Do you remember Vans??? you know PV's.... Panel Vans!
Not the Kombi type, the super modified and custom Vans of the 70's-80's. I remember going to as many as i could as a young buck and was always dreaming of one day getting a PV. Only to discover my new attraction to all things VW. Then it's all down hill from there 馃槈
and those body kits.
They use to put the Statesman front on them - and them in 78 when the commodore came out they use to graft them on to!!
I had a 'scorty van - a baby PV
Would have loved a big V8
T'was only a 1300. My mate had a 2.0L 'scorty van and another had a twin cam Lotus 'scorty
pod 路
yep it does ,reading about all the vans ,my bro had an eh van but wasnt allowed to buy it when he was selling it :cry
Midlife crisis 路
Sandman Panel Van - friends b/f had one and her parents wouldn't let her get in it....................friends picked her up and then she would get in b/f van up at the servo nearby. She didn't get busted..........until she found out she was pregnant. Her parents then suspected what was going on!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Ahhhhhh those were the days!
Oops, maybe I'm thinking of the 70's...................
[Edited on 15-5-05 by Midlife crisis]
jenz58 路
....This is a panel van we had back in the 70's.......look at what's parked next to us lol
This pv did so many camping trips loaded with junk and friends in the back....We used to go out Saturday nights with our friends all piled in the back as well...everyone stoned off their faces:party
hahaha the good old days
jenz58 路
...OK the girlfriends and I went on a holiday to the Gold Coast when we were 18....just finished 1st year nursing....first time away from home:party
Yes hired a buggy:thumb
Muzza72 路
i had a hg and hq van this post certainly brings back a lot of memories of things i did in those vans that i tell my kids not to do now
Fossil 路
yeah I remember them putting chev camaro front ends on them - looked ridiculous - even now the Kombi was much kooler
WABaja 路
One of my fond memories as a kid was riding around in the back of our next door Neighbors Brand New Green V8 Sandman Panelvan with the tailgate open...
Those were the days...!!!
We'd go to the speedway and have a great night...:thumb
:P
VWMA Editor 路
I'm showing my age here, but the Chrysler Drifter Panel Vans were awesome. Burnt Orange (as seen in the Wheels cover) was the most popular colour choice. The other was yellow. In my youth I played with Chryslers, and if it weren't for the attraction of VW's, a Valiant RT Charger would be my next choice. Yes, I know, I'm a few sandwiches short of a picnic - probably explains why I tackle peak hour traffic each day in a Kombi.
StenGuns 路
Not so much into the PV's but big into the Bedfords and Transits with the 350 or 454 donk..
carisma 路
i use to have a hz van had a waterbed in the back the tubes type.. use to do a lot of horse shows so stil had the comfort of home to sleep in,, and cant forget the old cb radios in it to...they were a thing of the past
kustomkool 路
My dad had a van with a 3 leaf clover shape in it bubble windows metal flake paint and mirror tiles angel fur airbrushed and all it was the shit. I loved it.
Fossil 路
Remember a night at the drive in with the best mate in an escort PV with 2 girls - great night. One of the girls owned the PV - those were the days
jenz58 路
....very naughty lol
57kombi 路
In the early eighties I had a midnight blue escort panel van with slot mags. It had bubble windows, bolt on guards like a SLR torana and the spade shaped arch inside with decanters??? and the crushed velvet.
Thing was it was only a 1100 and I blew 2 engines(changed to a big block 1300) 2 gearboxes and 4 diffs.
When I took my then bird to the drive in, my mate and his bird would come to, we would be in the back for the first film????, while they were outside sitting on the floor and for the second film we would be outside.
Managed to lift the front wheels many a time(explains the blown engines, diffs, gearboxes) by having all my mates hanging out of the back doors and dropping the clutch.
Cheers
Dave
ancientbugger 路
In the very early 80's my beetle had Triumph Stag front seats and instead of the back seat it was panelled out with deep buttoned dralon and had a drinks cabinet. Door panels, ceiling and the Stag seats were all in the same red dralon. No door handles, black windows, lowered front suspension, wheelarches all widened 4" -not flared, 1835 engine, balanced crank, scat C35 cam and twin Reece Fish carburettors.Several paint jobs the last one being completely white. Loved that car!!
jenz58 路
....wow you knew how to impress a girl 馃槈
Any pics? Sounds cool
ancientbugger 路
Here the drinks cabinet is closed but the cupboard front is the padded square to the left of the heart shaped cushion
ancientbugger 路
And here's the back with widened arches and BMW rear lights
ancientbugger 路
How about from an earlier incarnation
ancientbugger 路
And
ancientbugger 路
Oh here it is, by the way the car had a name at the time "German Grafitti"-this was the late 70's remember
jenz58 路
....well if a girl got in the back seat with you she'd have to know what she's in for or be very very dumb indeed 馃榾
Very cool...at least you did it with style 馃槈
ancientbugger 路
Luckily I was only interested in looks not intelligence:thumb
jenz58 路
.....I don't know a good drink n sitting in that back seat would have been very conducive to stimulating conversation.... dumb and it's straight to the chase 馃榾
ancientbugger 路
I just remembered, before the interior was red the roof lining had been done like the night sky-dark blue with stars etc. Actually quite embarrasing when I think about it.
jenz58 路
.... lol that is so funny you saying that....you must have thought it was very cool at the time though.....why didn't you just cut the roof and see the real sky??? Nothing like a bit of exhibitionism 馃榾
....but if you were parking outside the parents house then maybe not :duh
ancientbugger 路
When you live in central London you do not cut holes in the roof, what with the weather for starters but we had loads of tower blocks round our way and yes I did think it was cool the same as the cruising lights underneath and the prismatic number plates (which I got nicked for on 3 occasions).
jenz58 路
....I forgot you were from a cold climate....can understand