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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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    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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    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 skaycog
    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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    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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    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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    Image of F1Morgan F1Morgan
    11/28/09

    @eriqdiesel: I think is was Sha Zammm like Gomer Pyle...
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    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 günter macbeetle, codename: chrystlubitshi günter macbeetle, codename: chrystlubitshi
    11/22/09

    In reply to The Power And The Beauty, 1985 Style: Nissan Silvia ZX Turbo
    closed road.

    not professional driver... hence the lack of sliding through corners.
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    Image of Vkoslak Vkoslak
    11/22/09

    @günter macbeetle, codename: chrystlubitshi: I saw sliding, but it was coming from the wrong end of the car.
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    Image of günter macbeetle, codename: chrystlubitshi günter macbeetle, codename: chrystlubitshi
    11/22/09

    @Vkoslak: yeah, that is not sliding through corners... that is sliding beyond the end of a straight....
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    Image of Joe-Btfsplk Joe-Btfsplk
    11/22/09

    In reply to The Power And The Beauty, 1985 Style: Nissan Silvia ZX Turbo
    Do you think that the babe is still "hot" after 30 years?
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    günter macbeetle, codename: chrystlubitshi promoted this comment Joe-Btfsplk was starred Joe-Btfsplk was unstarred
    Image of günter macbeetle, codename: chrystlubitshi günter macbeetle, codename: chrystlubitshi
    11/22/09

    @Joe-Btfsplk: she's british enough that her hotness might be questionable anyways.... she is an automatic-driving euro-girl... what's great about that?
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    Image of smrtypants44 smrtypants44
    11/21/09

    In reply to The Power And The Beauty, 1985 Style: Nissan Silvia ZX Turbo
    Why does he keep turning on/off the lights while traveling through the tunnels
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    that ain't the way to have fun, son promoted this comment smrtypants44 was starred smrtypants44 was unstarred
    Image of that ain't the way to have fun, son that ain't the way to have fun, son
    11/21/09

    @smrtypants44: Might have had auto-headlights.

    I know the auto-lights on my '99 Grand Vitara turned themselves on and off when going from sun to the shade of a cliff. This was on US285 in CO, and it bugged the living hell outta me. This wasn't at dusk/dawn, either, but middle of the afternoon.

    Disconnected them within a week of ownership. DRL's followed shortly thereafter.
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    Image of smrtypants44 smrtypants44
    11/22/09

    @that ain't the way to have fun, son:

    #tips 1985 seems a bit early for dusk sensing headlights, but this is Europe so who knows...
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    Image of that ain't the way to have fun, son that ain't the way to have fun, son
    11/22/09

    @smrtypants44: The '85 RWD Fleetwood I used to own had both auto-headlights and a really poorly-conceived idea on automatic high beam use.

    The theory was oncoming traffic lights would shine on the sensor, telling it there's oncoming traffic. However, this sensitivity was adjustable by the "driver", and minimum sensitivity required a 500,000 CP Q-beam held six inches away to make it dim.

    /now understands why cars of that era have high beams on all the time
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    Image of Clown Shoe Pilot Clown Shoe Pilot
    11/22/09

    @smrtypants44: my 1986 200sx doesn't have automatic lights, but it does have rain sensing wipers. there's a little piezo sensor on the trailing edge of the hood. before the car was LeMons-ized I drove it as a daily for several months, and the rain sensing wipers worked pretty good, probably at least as good as the more complex system in my '05 mini.
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    Image of tonytaylor85 tonytaylor85
    11/21/09

    In reply to The Power And The Beauty, 1985 Style: Nissan Silvia ZX Turbo
    i love how the second thing google finds on the TVR 280i is one that has burst into flames.
    [www.google.com]
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