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    Billetproof 2009: GM 502-Powered Divco Delivery Van

    Return of the Super Commando, 392 Hemi
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    Image of thunder; now eta-powered thunder; now eta-powered
    06/10/09

    In reply to Billetproof 2009: GM 502-Powered Divco Delivery Van
    Nice! I like it almost as much as this one.


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    thunder; now eta-powered was starred thunder; now eta-powered was unstarred
    Image of Van Sarockin, rogue trebuchet Van Sarockin, rogue trebuchet
    06/08/09

    In reply to Billetproof 2009: GM 502-Powered Divco Delivery Van
    Is it time for Gruman step vans to start getting the resto mod treatment?
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    Image of Elhigh Elhigh
    06/08/09

    In reply to Billetproof 2009: GM 502-Powered Divco Delivery Van
    That's my kind of minivan.
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    Image of Novaload Novaload
    06/08/09

    In reply to Billetproof 2009: GM 502-Powered Divco Delivery Van
    All I know is that if I saw this little monster scooting by me at triple digits, I would just assume I was hallucinating from some sweet old cartoon+ oh, R. Crumb, let's say. He'd draw this.
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    Image of Cognitive Friction Cognitive Friction
    06/08/09

    In reply to Billetproof 2009: GM 502-Powered Divco Delivery Van
    Women in 1600's Salem were burned at the stake for lesser acts of witchcraft than shoehorning a 502 crate engine into a Devco delivery van
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    Image of Novaload Novaload
    06/08/09

    @Cognitive Friction: Way to bring it!
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    Image of Feds Feds
    06/08/09

    In reply to Billetproof 2009: GM 502-Powered Divco Delivery Van
    If the HHR looked exactly like this, would it have sold more, or less. Discuss:
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    Image of Elhigh Elhigh
    06/08/09

    @Feds: The Divco vans were endearing in their overall shape: lumpy at one end, functionally boxy at the other, and honestly from a different era they carry no pretensions of classic styling. The Divco is the classic style the HHR struggles to emulate. Would it have sold more? Probably. The Divco's tall shape, low floor and compact length make it simultaneously spacious inside and conveniently small outside. Originally designed for city and suburban deliveries, the Divco's been optimized for tight squeezes as traffic goes. The one area where the Divco falls far short is on-highway cruising, where its short gearing and trucky suspension put it at a serious disadvantage compared to the HHR. Modern chassis modifications could quickly level the playing field, however. Given my choices, HHR vs. Divco, I'd be strongly inclined to drive the classic Divco. The HHR would be a distant second choice.
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    Image of Boosted Lego Wagon Boosted Lego Wagon
    06/08/09

    In reply to Billetproof 2009: GM 502-Powered Divco Delivery Van
    You want to know how awesome this delivery van is? You load it up with jugs of water and by the time the Divco gets to its destination (12.8 seconds) it's changed to Shiraz.
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    Image of tenbeers tenbeers
    06/08/09

    In reply to Billetproof 2009: GM 502-Powered Divco Delivery Van
    if this were a beer truck I could drop dead right here and now and not have any regrets.
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    Image of Deartháir II Deartháir II
    06/08/09

    @tenbeers: But only if it were YOUR beer truck. Otherwise, you'd never catch it to get the beer that's inside.
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    Image of engineerd engineerd
    06/08/09

    In reply to Billetproof 2009: GM 502-Powered Divco Delivery Van
    Yin yang is a Chinese philosophical concept which says that two seemingly unrelated and opposing forces are interconnected in the natural world in order to keep everything in balance.


    This beast proves yin yang when you consider UPS is putting hybrid systems on their delivery trucks to increase their fuel economy. In order to keep the world in balance, this guy builds a soon-to-be 572 ci monster of a delivery van.

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    Image of the good dr zero the good dr zero
    06/09/09

    @engineerd: Isn't increasing fuel economy as simple greenwash over the fact that they would presumably be saving money as well?
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    Image of Deartháir II Deartháir II
    06/08/09

    In reply to Billetproof 2009: GM 502-Powered Divco Delivery Van
    This, to me, is proof that all is right in the world, and there are still people out there fighting for truth, justice, and everything that is truly good. I salute you, Mr. High-Speed-On-A-Stool.
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    Image of Novaload Novaload
    06/08/09

    @Deartháir - Now with more SingoFinger™!: Although obviously you might want to rephrase that before we get it engraved on the guy's plaque. Because, after all, high speed on a stool generally requires medical treatment and is not really something to crow about.
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    Image of Ford Tempo Fanatic Ford Tempo Fanatic
    06/08/09

    In reply to Billetproof 2009: GM 502-Powered Divco Delivery Van
    That is possibly the most awesome delivery van in the world. The only way this could be any more awesome would to actually use it as a delivery van.
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    Image of Dr. H. F. Danger Dr. H. F. Danger
    06/08/09

    In reply to Billetproof 2009: GM 502-Powered Divco Delivery Van
    *Slow loud clap of approval*


    -tear

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    Image of .357 .357
    06/08/09

    @Dr.Danger drives a Chevrolet movie theater: I wonder if the interior is Crocodile Alligator.
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    Image of MushyHeirloom MushyHeirloom
    06/08/09

    In reply to Billetproof 2009: GM 502-Powered Divco Delivery Van
    Airborne Express.
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    Image of PHIL PHIL
    06/08/09

    In reply to Billetproof 2009: GM 502-Powered Divco Delivery Van
    No wonderbread, it needs to be some sort of dairy.


    I wonder if he kept the flat gas pedal these had, so you could drive them while standing.

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    Image of P161911 probably shoudn't have P161911 probably shoudn't have
    06/08/09

    @PHIL: Looks like he added a 1970's special "barefoot" pedal, you can see it in the interior pic.
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    Image of scroggzilla raids again scroggzilla raids again
    06/08/09

    In reply to Billetproof 2009: GM 502-Powered Divco Delivery Van
    How are you supposed to get frickin' Drumstick or Star Pop when the ice cream truck goes 147mph?
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    Image of Dr. H. F. Danger Dr. H. F. Danger
    06/08/09

    @SCROGGS!!: Bomb-pop bitches
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    Image of Deartháir II Deartháir II
    06/08/09

    @SCROGGS!!: Run?
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    Image of tenbeers tenbeers
    06/08/09

    @SCROGGS!!: I think this is the type of ice cream van that would sell nothing but candy cigarettes.
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    Image of the good dr zero the good dr zero
    06/09/09

    @tenbeers: I miss being able to buy what were known as Fags. I think that they were then changed to Fads, but I haven't seen them for years.


    As for the van, I like it. Billetproof seems so much more in tune with the Jalop ethos than Autorama.

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