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

    Chevy Vanamino Spins Bearing, Not Giving Up

    Primered, Chong-Autographed, 3-On-The-Tree Chevy Van May Be Best Motor Vehicle Ever!

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    Image of Maymar Maymar
    12:14 AM

    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 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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    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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    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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    Image of Novaload Novaload
    11/28/09

    @jewce is fueled by sour gummy worms: OMG, that was my exact thought.
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    Image of citroën67 citroën67
    10/03/09

    In reply to Chevy Vanamino Spins Bearing, Not Giving Up

    Holy crap! When I saw the first pic on this post...it brought back memories of a similar scene that I witnessed that involved a Chevy Van with its guts barfed out the front.

    Bear in mind that this particular event happened at a service plaza in the middle of nowhere Ohio, on the turnpike.
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    Image of mazdaspeed3 mazdaspeed3
    10/03/09

    In reply to Chevy Vanamino Spins Bearing, Not Giving Up
    Having the engine out will surely hurt the front/rear weight ratio on the track.

    Oh, wait a minute...
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    Image of ValborgDuck ValborgDuck
    10/03/09

    In reply to Chevy Vanamino Spins Bearing, Not Giving Up
    Actuallly, there is one Fiero still in it. I just talked to one of the drivers from Ponticrap We are Driving Excrement- #102- and they are still running good!
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    Image of Paul Y. don't drive too fast. Paul Y. don't drive too fast.
    10/03/09

    In reply to Chevy Vanamino Spins Bearing, Not Giving Up
    I really like that they went to the trouble to mount a real tailgate. It's a shame this had to happen to it -- I hope they get running soon!
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    Image of Mad_Science Mad_Science
    10/03/09

    @Paul Y. don't drive too fast.: I was surprised about that, too.
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    Image of CptSevere CptSevere
    10/03/09

    In reply to Chevy Vanamino Spins Bearing, Not Giving Up
    Anybody care to bet a six pack of PBR that at least one of those Fieros is dead due to the Iron Duke munching its fiber timing gear? Happened to my Iron Duke motivated Jeep twice. Shitty little engine.
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    Image of Mike the Dog is sitting by the door with a pair of cow slippers, and a very sad face. Mike the Dog is sitting by the door with a pair of cow slippers, and a very sad face.
    10/03/09

    @CptSevere: Well, at least one of the Fieros is a V6, and I detest PBR, so no bet.
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    Image of Flathead Smith Flathead Smith
    10/03/09

    @CptSevere: Never really understood the Fiber timing gear, I always guessed it was for noise abatement that needed because of excessive gear lash that resulted from poor manufacturing tolerances; or that just some smart ass wanted to see if it was possible to make a vital engine part from compressed resin injected cardboard.
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    Image of kleinlowe kleinlowe
    10/03/09

    @Flathead Smith: It's the work of GM's Department of Planned Obtuseness, which is charged with making sure that the cars have as many dumb design and engineering flaws as possible.
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    Image of mechimike mechimike
    10/04/09

    @Flathead Smith: Volvo used a fibre timing gear, to. It was for noise reduction, though frankly the B18 sounds like a sewing machine on crack anyway, seems irrelevant. The fibre gears would last for about 80,000 miles- the one in our lemons car worked fine for 3 races. A steel set will set you back about 2 bills, WAAAY out of our budget.
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    Image of smalleyxb122 smalleyxb122
    10/04/09

    @CptSevere: I've got an '87 with an iron duke that I may try to run in next year's race. I paid $400 for the car, and I've got $110 into a re-main kit, so I'll have to sell off at least $10 worth of parts to get it under budget.

    Anyway, I can say with certainty that '87s had iron timing gears. I'm sure it was one of the changes made for the '87 model year, along with serpentine belt, roller lifters, and distributorless ignition.
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    Image of CptSevere CptSevere
    10/04/09

    @smalleyxb122: I wish I knew that when I gutted my Iron Duke like a trout replacing that first timing gear. I'd have gotten the iron one, most definitely.
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    Image of Novaload Novaload
    10/03/09

    In reply to Chevy Vanamino Spins Bearing, Not Giving Up
    Talk about puking up an engine! Talk yes, but this is an actual photo capture of same.

    I never liked Snoopy. I think he's bad luck.
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    Image of Joe_Bloe Joe_Bloe
    10/03/09

    @Novaload: Reminds me of this:
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    Image of Joe_Bloe Joe_Bloe
    10/03/09

    @Joe_Bloe: Let's try that again:
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    Image of MushyHeirloom MushyHeirloom
    10/03/09

    @Joe_Bloe: It's the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown!
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    Image of mytdawg mytdawg
    09/28/09

    In reply to Primered, Chong-Autographed, 3-On-The-Tree Chevy Van May Be Best Motor Vehicle Ever!
    I love me some beater vans. I've had 5 full size vans from a 77 with a straight 6, mags and shag up to the 94 conversion van I have now.

    Rust took most of them and is working pretty hard on this one. I never drove them in the winter but lots of people did before I got them.

    Occasionally on the 77 you'd go to slide the side door open and it would keep going right off the side of the van and fall on the ground.

    As if that wasn't enough there were good sized rust holes everywhere and going down the highway things would accumulate in the foot well of the sliding door and blow around like balloons in a Sears fan display. Beer cans mostly but once a full bag of potato chips fell over in there and the entire van was filled with airborne potato chips.

    Salt in the eyes kinda stings.
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    Image of MushyHeirloom MushyHeirloom
    09/28/09

    @mytdawg: I'm glad we still have you around. This post is the Jalopnik I know and love.
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    Image of Dedend Dedend
    09/27/09

    In reply to Primered, Chong-Autographed, 3-On-The-Tree Chevy Van May Be Best Motor Vehicle Ever!
    My buddy had a 302, 3 on the tree, in high school, Metallic brown and was a Ford by the way...Same slotted mags and ovesize tires and Scare the SHIT out of you goodness... I love my vans like I love my childrens...Wait, What?

    RIP Mikey, Thanks for the Corvair, the V8 Vega, the High School drags, and that Goddam V8, 4bbl, headers and sixtys on the the rear van,... w/ 3 on the tree van. I miss you buddy...Ded
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    Image of souldoubt88 souldoubt88
    09/27/09

    In reply to Primered, Chong-Autographed, 3-On-The-Tree Chevy Van May Be Best Motor Vehicle Ever!
    Just got me a three on tree '81 Ford econoline 100 with the 300 I6. I can only pray that I can get Chong to sign it some day soon...
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