nice pics slugtrkr!

When I was 13 years old I bought a blue 1979 Ford cargo van from a friend's dad for $100. It had a 300 c.i. inline 6 and a 4 speed (overdrive) manual tranny on the floor. It had 15x7 and 15x8.5 slot mags on it. I never got very far with it, though. My parents wanted it out of the driveway when they saw the scary amounts of rust on the body. It ran great though, and I got to sneak it out of the driveway and cruise the neighborhood once or twice before I sold it for $650. I have a pic or two somewhere, I'll try and find 'em when I get home from school.

Man I love this topic.I don't have time to surf around now that the weather is in full swing in my neighborhood.and Very Busy busy busy.

But please keep adding more pics and stories.

I know I have a better pic somewhere, but this was all I could find of the blue Ford. I should have told my parents to deal with it, it was a cool van.

Man I remember those days, my first ride was an 83' Impala ex-cop car I bought at a police auction for 150 bucks back in the early 90's, MAN did that thing cook! anyways I hadnt gotten my licence yet but I wouldnt let that minor detail stop me. I would wait until everyone was asleep, go out, put it neutral and push it outta the driveway in the dead of nite, fire it up and cruiz the neighborhood with my friends.

Those where the days.

Kooba--those pics take me in the way back machine!
But, when I all these pretty old Vans--it's like they never left!! Thanks all!

Suzie

nice pics

This was Israel's early Dodge with his two sons in the doorway.

I've had a 75 Chevy Shorty (really miss it) & 85 Astro
Roger had a Chevy long wheel base, 75 Chevy Shorty (he misses it), 87 Astro
We still have the 87 Astro but we have had together 1990 Chevy Hightop & now we have a 2000 GMC hightop

well being in a wheelchair meant I always needed a van, so maybe I carried it to extremes??? Starting in 1973 the family purchased a Ford club wagon, it was given to me in 1976 in my demise started. It was traded for a 1979 club wagon (ugly green one ton). I then purchased a new 1985 ford which I did some mild customization on and promptly totaled it six months later. It was replaced with a new 1986 which for some stupid reason I painted it within a month. I kept this one are quite awhile. My next was a 1990 hi-top ford. Here's where it gets real tricky... I purchased the 1985 Astro and started customizing it. In the process I purchased three other Astros, 1985, 1986, 1990, these were all mostly parts vans but they were all driven home. I've also had a 1991 Astro with a 350 V8. As far as full-size I've had a 1997 hightop ford and my current 1978 big block ford. And then of course my every day drivers, my 1999 Dodge Caravan and then there was a 1990 Dodge Caravan. And this is the one I have to get a picture up as soon as I can find it, I had a 1986 shortened Chevy. You can actually touch both the center caps on the wheels at the same time. The drive shaft measured 12 inches long. That's my history in vans...