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

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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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    Image of Old Grimey Old Grimey
    09/27/09

    In reply to Primered, Chong-Autographed, 3-On-The-Tree Chevy Van May Be Best Motor Vehicle Ever!
    This is pretty cool, although it would certainly make the police take notice, especially when parked where children congregate, or directly in front of a tall building, such as a federal building, jail, courthouse, embassy, or other government-related building.
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    discontinuuity is happy that everything has been set right in the Jalopverse. Now all we need is more of engineerd's Brefas Scotch! promoted this comment Old Grimey was starred Old Grimey was unstarred
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    09/27/09

    @Old Grimey: That's just the Man trying to keep you down.
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    Image of UDMan UDMan
    09/27/09

    In reply to Primered, Chong-Autographed, 3-On-The-Tree Chevy Van May Be Best Motor Vehicle Ever!
    Nothing makes it more complete than a Chinese made Haier Air Conditioner. I can't say much, as one of these is normally hanging outside of my bedroom window during July/Aug/early Sept.
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    Image of underwear-ninja underwear-ninja
    09/27/09

    In reply to Primered, Chong-Autographed, 3-On-The-Tree Chevy Van May Be Best Motor Vehicle Ever!
    I was so hoping my late 70's Cutlass Cruiser with the old 70's slot car kits in the back would make DOTS today, but man... that thing is just really hard to beat.

    You win this round, amazing van.
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    Image of wkiernan wkiernan
    09/27/09

    In reply to Primered, Chong-Autographed, 3-On-The-Tree Chevy Van May Be Best Motor Vehicle Ever!
    I'm wondering how much that generator weighs. You can't actually run it inside the van, can you? And if you set it out on the ground then some crack-head will steal it in the middle of the night while you're sleeping it off inside. Roof rack, maybe? Big dog?
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    Image of CptSevere CptSevere
    09/27/09

    @wkiernan: Rig it so the frame is hot, and set on a sheet of galvanized connected to the ground lug. When the tweakers try to steal the generator, you'll hear the engine come under load.
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    Image of Novaload Novaload
    09/27/09

    In reply to Primered, Chong-Autographed, 3-On-The-Tree Chevy Van May Be Best Motor Vehicle Ever!
    Perfect. Eightball shifter is the icing on the cake. But the horn, Murilee--it must have something special there, mounted on the roof. I hope it's a train horn like the sleeper Farm Truck....
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    Image of SeanKHotay SeanKHotay
    09/27/09

    @Novaload: HOLY CRAP! LOL!

    That IS a sleeper!
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    Image of nollid51 nollid51
    09/27/09

    @Novaload: The train horn is definitely what makes that truck so awesome.
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    discontinuuity is happy that everything has been set right in the Jalopverse. Now all we need is more of engineerd's Brefas Scotch! promoted this comment nollid51 was starred nollid51 was unstarred
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    09/27/09

    @nollid51: I like how the camper top opens up when it launches.
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    Image of MushyHeirloom MushyHeirloom
    09/27/09

    In reply to Primered, Chong-Autographed, 3-On-The-Tree Chevy Van May Be Best Motor Vehicle Ever!
    I have never seen a fina'
    Van than this, from Carolina.
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    Image of Novaload Novaload
    09/27/09

    @FP: Your Volvo is awesome! Anyway: \...In the morning...Draws tickets and warnings...
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    Image of Mad_Science Mad_Science
    09/27/09

    In reply to Primered, Chong-Autographed, 3-On-The-Tree Chevy Van May Be Best Motor Vehicle Ever!
    I would assume it's very existence constitutes probable cause down there.
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    Image of Maxx Cracker Maxx Cracker
    09/27/09

    In reply to Primered, Chong-Autographed, 3-On-The-Tree Chevy Van May Be Best Motor Vehicle Ever!
    Molestervans don't get any better than this.
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    Paul Y. don't drive too fast. promoted this comment Maxx Cracker was starred Maxx Cracker was unstarred
    Image of Paul Y. can't get in the club; gotta parking lot pimp Paul Y. can't get in the club; gotta parking lot pimp
    09/27/09

    @Maxx Cracker: This is more stonervan than molestervan.

    Of course, I'd reserve final judgment until I see the owner -- it all hinges on how likely he is to use the phrase, "...but she seduced ME."
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    Image of Paul Y. can't get in the club; gotta parking lot pimp Paul Y. can't get in the club; gotta parking lot pimp
    09/27/09

    @Paul Y. don't drive too fast.: I watch a lot of Law & Order SVU, FWIW.
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    Image of nygenxer nygenxer
    09/27/09

    In reply to Primered, Chong-Autographed, 3-On-The-Tree Chevy Van May Be Best Motor Vehicle Ever!
    I'll be living in one of these in a few months.
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    Image of InfinitisEnd InfinitisEnd
    09/27/09

    @nygenxer: Down by the river?
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    Image of Uncle Bo Uncle Bo
    09/27/09

    @InfinitisEnd: He will be living adjacent to Jalopnik's CSRSL Detroit HQ. How nice is that?
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    Image of MushyHeirloom MushyHeirloom
    09/27/09

    @Uncle Bo: He works for Time?
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    Image of AlienProbe AlienProbe
    09/27/09

    In reply to Primered, Chong-Autographed, 3-On-The-Tree Chevy Van May Be Best Motor Vehicle Ever!
    I was tempted to say that it would look lovely with some mooneyes... but I do adore the slotmags too... hmmmm I can't make up my mind. <3
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    Image of Paul Y. can't get in the club; gotta parking lot pimp Paul Y. can't get in the club; gotta parking lot pimp
    09/27/09

    @AlienProbe: As an owner of a set of Moon discs, I can safely say that slotmags are a notch better. The day someone makes a set for 4x100 hubs, I'm all over it.
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    Image of alexander_the_car_salamander alexander_the_car_salamander
    09/07/09

    In reply to 1978 Chevrolet Chevy Van 20

    What about this van?
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    Image of Novaload Novaload
    09/07/09

    @alexander_the_car_salamander: Yes. The "mystery" being why anyone would do this.
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    Image of MushyHeirloom MushyHeirloom
    09/06/09

    In reply to 1978 Chevrolet Chevy Van 20
    I, age 18, saw this post and immediately decided that this van was all right with me.

    I hold out hope for my generation.
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