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    Image of Maymar Maymar
    11/29/09

    In reply to The 1978 Chevy Van Has The Potential Of Becoming Something... Very Personal
    So, GM beat Chrysler to the Magicwagon game by 6 years? Who knew?

    I'm also a little disappointed that the only personalization that gets done to this van's modern equivalent is whether the owner wants a GMC or Chevy logo up front, and if they want the company logo on the sides. Other than that, they're almost all white with grey interior and a black dash panel.
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    Image of Triborough Triborough
    11/28/09

    In reply to The 1978 Chevy Van Has The Potential Of Becoming Something... Very Personal
    Special paint and trim not available from Chevrolet? No wonder GM went bankrupt!
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    Novaload promoted this comment Triborough was starred Triborough was unstarred
    Image of Van Sarockin, rogue trebuchet Van Sarockin, rogue trebuchet
    11/28/09

    In reply to The 1978 Chevy Van Has The Potential Of Becoming Something... Very Personal
    I'd have liked to be in the meeting where someone decided that using a magician to sell work trucks was a genius move.

    And really, the paint job was the best thing about that truck. But it doesn't really make it, until you glue some shag carpet to the dash.
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    Image of Novaload Novaload
    11/28/09

    In reply to The 1978 Chevy Van Has The Potential Of Becoming Something... Very Personal
    The cargo would have to be garbage bags pull of kind bud and reams of candy dot acid.
    The wheels do seem a little ahead of their time, though.
    Nothing cheesier than a central casting magician.
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    Image of eriqdiesel eriqdiesel
    11/28/09

    @Novaload: Bwahaha, can you imagine how many times that guy must've read the line "seeing is believing" in auditions during his, urm, career?
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    Novaload promoted this comment eriqdiesel was starred eriqdiesel was unstarred
    Image of Novaload Novaload
    11/28/09

    @eriqdiesel:
    "OK, so I'm a magician?"
    "Yeah."
    "Well, what do I do?"
    "You sell vans."
    "Why do I have to be a magician to do that?"
    "Because --well, because--ya want the job or not?"
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    Image of smalleyxb122 smalleyxb122
    11/28/09

    In reply to The 1978 Chevy Van Has The Potential Of Becoming Something... Very Personal
    Special paint and trim not available from Chevrolet.

    Thanks for clearing that up.
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    Image of Iron-Balls Minardi Iron-Balls Minardi
    11/28/09

    @smalleyxb122: With a ride like that, you'll have no problem picking up your own special trim.
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    Van Sarockin, rogue trebuchet promoted this comment Iron-Balls Minardi was starred Iron-Balls Minardi was unstarred
    Image of Steve_in_NC Steve_in_NC
    11/28/09

    In reply to The 1978 Chevy Van Has The Potential Of Becoming Something... Very Personal
    Man I hate that my employers makes us pee in a cup. I miss my youth.
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    Image of skaycog was here skaycog was here
    11/28/09

    In reply to The 1978 Chevy Van Has The Potential Of Becoming Something... Very Personal

    I think the owner of this van customized his interior while on some sort of a 'trip'.
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    Image of jewce is fueled by sour gummy worms jewce is fueled by sour gummy worms
    11/28/09

    @skaycog was here: Damn. Where's Alice when u need her.
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    Novaload promoted this comment jewce is fueled by sour gummy worms was starred jewce is fueled by sour gummy worms was unstarred
    Image of Novaload Novaload
    11/28/09

    @jewce is fueled by sour gummy worms: OMG, that was my exact thought.
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    Novaload was starred Novaload was unstarred
    Image of jbh11126 jbh11126
    11/28/09

    In reply to The 1978 Chevy Van Has The Potential Of Becoming Something... Very Personal
    I'd simulate a load or two onto that van.
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    MushyHeirloom promoted this comment jbh11126 was starred jbh11126 was unstarred
    Image of MushyHeirloom MushyHeirloom
    11/28/09

    @jbh11126: The loads unloaded inside were certainly not simulated.
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    Image of jbh11126 jbh11126
    11/28/09

    @MushyHeirloom: Loads...simulated or not..FTW!!!
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    Image of Old Grimey Old Grimey
    11/28/09

    In reply to The 1978 Chevy Van Has The Potential Of Becoming Something... Very Personal
    This was a stupid commercial back in 1978 (the Dodge Magnum commercial of the same year was one of the best Malaise Era car commercials IMHO), and it has not aged well. But the Chevy van in it still looks better than one that says "Free Candy" or "Kidnapper", or that is a slowly-dissolving rust bucket, like all too many 70s-era Chevy and GMC vans.
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    Image of newport413 newport413
    11/28/09

    @Old Grimey: Every one of these I saw back then started rusting before they left the car lot. Of course that was true of just about every car back then, at least here in Minnesota.
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    Image of Old Grimey Old Grimey
    11/28/09

    @newport413: I agree with you 100%. The 1972 1-ton long-wheelbase cargo van I bought as a clearance item at a Chevrolet dealer in Washington, DCback in '73 was already rusty when I bought it, and is totally rusted now. Because of that, I am probably one of Mill Supply Co.'s best customers for Chevrolet G-series van rust-repair panels, as well as the local U-Pull-It's best customer for sliding doors, fenders and hoods.

    Except for the time that I dropped a Lotus Big Valve twin-cam engine through the floor in the back, it's been very good to me.
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    Van Sarockin, rogue trebuchet promoted this comment Old Grimey was starred Old Grimey was unstarred
    Image of JDisnidiet JDisnidiet
    11/28/09

    In reply to The 1978 Chevy Van Has The Potential Of Becoming Something... Very Personal
    What is a "hard" of carpet?

    I've heard of carpet. That's my favorite type of bombing.
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    Van Sarockin, rogue trebuchet promoted this comment JDisnidiet was starred JDisnidiet was unstarred
    Image of Van Sarockin, rogue trebuchet Van Sarockin, rogue trebuchet
    11/28/09

    @JDisnidiet: You're probably herd of hearing, too.
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    Image of JDisnidiet JDisnidiet
    11/28/09

    @Van Sarockin, rogue trebuchet: I am hard of hearing, but was wondering, in retrospect, whether or not the shag carpet had become hard due to the encrustation of, well, nevermind. Shag carpet is never a good thing.
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    Image of eriqdiesel eriqdiesel
    11/28/09

    In reply to The 1978 Chevy Van Has The Potential Of Becoming Something... Very Personal
    Does he say "shabam", "shabazz", or "kazzaam"? Either way, it's nice to see that my palletized loads of magic hats will be showing up ON TIME from now on.
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    Novaload promoted this comment eriqdiesel was starred eriqdiesel was unstarred
    Image of F1Morgan F1Morgan
    11/28/09

    @eriqdiesel: I think is was Sha Zammm like Gomer Pyle...
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    HoonThatFerrari promoted this comment F1Morgan was starred F1Morgan was unstarred
    Image of HoonThatFerrari HoonThatFerrari
    11/28/09

    @F1Morgan: It was "ChevVAN!"
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    Edited by HoonThatFerrari at 11/28/09 5:39 PM HoonThatFerrari was starred HoonThatFerrari was unstarred
    Image of HurtsSoGood HurtsSoGood
    11/22/09

    In reply to Engine Of The Day: The Very First Chevrolet V8
    FTFA:

    Advanced in design, the 1917 V-8 had a central camshaft operating vertical overhead valves in each bank, a counterweighted crankshaft, and detachable crossflow cylinder heads. Displacing 288 cubic inches and breathing through a Zenith two-barrel carburetor, it developed 55 horsepower at 2,700 rpm, running on 4.75:1 compression.

    This is probably because gasoline had an octane rating in the mid-40s in those days. 4.75:1 was probably pushing it, and 55 HP was about as good as it got for that size engine during World War I.
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    Image of Ford Tempo Fanatic Ford Tempo Fanatic
    11/18/09

    In reply to Chevrolet Crash Testing: A Spectator Sport?
    I've got an old VHS, no idea where it came from, featuring "crash tests" of trains. Old school steam engines that were pending the crusher were bought cheap and crashed into each other. Call it a demonstration, crash test, whatever, but spectators were most definitely there.
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    Image of TR3-A TR3-A
    11/18/09

    In reply to Chevrolet Crash Testing: A Spectator Sport?
    Now there is an idea for the auto manufacturers to make a little extra cash - sell tickets to the destruction tests. Heck, were I in town, I'd buy one! A great place to take a date.
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    coupeZ600 promoted this comment TR3-A was starred TR3-A was unstarred
    Image of P161911 probably shoudn't have P161911 probably shoudn't have
    11/18/09

    In reply to Chevrolet Crash Testing: A Spectator Sport?
    I can't decide if this is supposed to be an actual endurance advertisement or just a really boring stunt show.
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    P161911 probably shoudn't have was starred P161911 probably shoudn't have was unstarred
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