CC Van Sunday Finale: Sleazy Old Camper Vans
Published: January 10th, 2010
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I’ll wrap up Van Sunday with this collection of vans that fit the stereotype of the kind of vehicle you warn children about. Why? because I have a compulsion (no, not that kind) to document all the old vehicles in Eugene, no matter what they are. Maybe these are of limited interest today, but who knows; fifty or a hundred years from now they’ll be a time capsule. Right! Actually, these snub-nose Econolines are getting pretty rare. More unhealthy vans:
This Chevy looks like a short-wheelbase model that was once in the employ of the phone company, given the faded paint scheme.
And finally, the other extreme of the Big Three’s van size offering, the Dodge Maxi Van. Wasn’t that van-tastic?
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Why are these vans always a rotten shade of seafoam green, harvest gold, or beige???
I use a 1988 G30 Sport van (bought from the DC METRO for $1250 in 2000) to tow my boat. It looks sad, but runs great. When there is a problem it's always easy to fix or cheap to have fixed. With X78,000 mi (X being 0, 1, 2, 3, etc.) I've definitely gotten my money's worth. I'm actually in the market for a replacement (wife is getting embarrassed with it in the driveway) and I'm looking at regular wheelbase (135") '96-'02 GM 3500 passenger vans. You can't beat the towing capacity, storage/carrying capacity, and value of these beasts.