I've wanted a van like this since I was a little kid in the 70's when they were all the rage. I'd want one with a clutch, with a high stick shifter with a cue ball for the shift handle.....and definitely a mural of wild mustangs on the back or on the side panels, lots of shag carpeting, and front seats that rotate to the back:-). Great van, I love this...really takes me back to when i was a kid.
Old chevy vans are so cool might very well be my next project had one in high school it was 71 model had a ton of fun parked in cow paster partying with 3 or 4 friends drinking and playing quarters. Memories graduated in 1982 miss it dearly.
Great van, you've done a lot of work on it. I have a short wheel base also, 1978 on it's third engine a 350 with a Holly, I had a lot of trouble with Rochester. Has the 3 speed manual I use it for work so it doesn't look anything like that but I've had it for thirty years, manual everything. No computers, they are immortal!
11:12 I don't think that I've every heard a happier sounding big block. The engine just sounds comfortable, if you listen to it on a good stereo system.
The van looks great. I thought about making my rear door parted just like what you did. That is COOL! Thnx for sharing. 'Keep~On~A~Rockin'~N~A~Rollin' ';)
gorgeous Van! I would love to know what size tires you are running on those 15x10's all around! I usually do 295-50-15 for the back on 15x10's and the fronts I usually go 255-50-15 on 15x8 rims never ran 15x10s all around but I like it the look!
I like the blue lights on back lights. My motor is a Vett 350 300 to 400 Hp How did you put a 454 in it I have roller rocker mine just like ur’s Well almost
Awesome! I'm 49 so I missed the van era but did grow up in the 70s and remember them. I was just too young to drive. I got a 1998 1500 Express conversion van. I'm going to look at a 71 Chevrolet G series today, V6 manual three on the tree. I hope it meets my expectations. Any idea if a grill from a 76 Chevy pickup will fit a 71 G series? Reason being I have a grill from my father's truck that's been in his barn for over 40 years. i thought it might look good on it. Is the factory 71 G series grill aluminum? The one on this van is painted white. I could just polish it.
My 1979 had a 350 and turbo 350 i got 16 mpg on the highway my neighbor bought a short wheelbase inline 6 and 3 on the tree he bought it for fuel milage he thought ,his got 14 mpg but took him forever to get anywhere lol NICE VAN THOUGH
Beef up rear suspension of the van. put a bulkhead in right behind front seats. CUT THE ROOF OFF the rear portion of the vehicle to the bottom of the windows and rhino line the crap out of it. Basically turning the minivan into a pickup truck. you get to keep the comfort and climate control of the minivan as well as the fuel economy and cheap maintenance. And you get the benefits of a pickup truck at least most of them.
& i want an electric automatized driving not noisy Chevy van like that (but some saints row 4 tunning & a white color would be better) for the travel, and to move later
What a clean chevy, thats how you take care of a classic van
Your van is one of the best looking I've ever seen. Simple understated elegance, and then then you open the doors it blows you away!
I've wanted a van like this since I was a little kid in the 70's when they were all the rage. I'd want one with a clutch, with a high stick shifter with a cue ball for the shift handle.....and definitely a mural of wild mustangs on the back or on the side panels, lots of shag carpeting, and front seats that rotate to the back:-). Great van, I love this...really takes me back to when i was a kid.
Old chevy vans are so cool might very well be my next project had one in high school it was 71 model had a ton of fun parked in cow paster partying with 3 or 4 friends drinking and playing quarters. Memories graduated in 1982 miss it dearly.
Great van, you've done a lot of work on it. I have a short wheel base also, 1978 on it's third engine a 350 with a Holly, I had a lot of trouble with Rochester. Has the 3 speed manual I use it for work so it doesn't look anything like that but I've had it for thirty years, manual everything. No computers, they are immortal!
Lovely van. Enjoy theses stories.
Who besides me remembets J. C.Whitney?
Me !!!!!!
but it works
what a sweet van you have. tnx 4 sharing man
They had everything !
I loved the catalog back in the 90s . The web site doesn’t seem to have no van parts anymore...
Super cool Joe! Nice job!
Great Van Joe, Thanls fot posting JJ
Love what you did with the rear doors. Engine box is cool. 454👏👏
The best part for me about Joe's Van.
"I had a friend".
Like a true stow away.
I love the rear doors
Nice & clean, watching this makes me miss my 75 high top chevy van, its was nice to be able to stand up strait in it.
11:12 I don't think that I've every heard a happier sounding big block. The engine just sounds comfortable, if you listen to it on a good stereo system.
Very nice... I guess as you getting older older vehicles seem to bring your youth back.
The van looks great.
I thought about making my rear door parted just like what you did. That is COOL!
Thnx for sharing.
'Keep~On~A~Rockin'~N~A~Rollin' ';)
No AC and Dutch doors, does that make it a Dutch oven? 💨
Ha!
Good
One
SWB chevy vans are awsome loved them as a kid still have the hot wheels i miss being a kid in the 70s great van
Great Van! Diggin the back door setup. 2%
Yep - the best way to go..
I/3 Gullwing
what i love about vannin...you cant tell a book by its cover....the inside has many stories too tell!
A 454 with 3.73 gears. That van must haul ass.
Beautiful van !
Nice! The big wing is cool!
If I could give u more than one like I would. Fellow NYer FL transplant here. God bless.
what a sweet van you have. tnx for sharing man
Wow that's a really nice van I would've kept the bed but that's for my own reasons lol!!
gorgeous Van! I would love to know what size tires you are running on those 15x10's all around! I usually do 295-50-15 for the back on 15x10's and the fronts I usually go 255-50-15 on 15x8 rims
never ran 15x10s all around but I like it the look!
Love the hood scoop & side pipes and of course the 454 !
GREAT VAN. HAVE had a couple of custom vans with murals. THIS is 2021. do YOU STILL have the van? LOOKING to be YOUNG again at 63.
Did anyone else catch the 38 gallon tank?
My 73 G20 had a 40gal👍
strange because the shorty vans couldnt use the oem g20/30 33 gallon so that tank is definitely custom
Beautifull van wish i had one
Love what this guy did to the rear doors ....
Van is great! Not feeling the wing tho.
I’ve got all the aluminum body line trim from a 77 sitting in my garage
Hey, nice job! Joe's van!, I've got a 1995, I bought new,, ya can't beat those Chevy vans!, mines still good,23 yrs., later!...
Really like what you did with the back doors. What did you fill the void in with where you cut and how do you keep them from leaking.
thank you love your van!!
Sick van!
Bad ass Van mhain do you have anything extra? Or know we’re to get more stuff.
I do glass etching
I like the blue lights on back lights. My motor is a Vett 350 300 to 400 Hp
How did you put a 454 in it
I have roller rocker mine just like ur’s Well almost
Tried sending pictures of my Van send me ur text # I have allwase liked your the best
Where did you get the fender flares
Did you buy it from Sammy Johns?
That 7.4 sounds good.
You Have Done Alot of nice Mods
Best looking van I have ever seen 😱😱😱
Where did you get the back window vent shades the black ones?
454 CID in that thing? Wow!
I really like your van.
That is one bad ass van, Van! I love the Chevy shorties. Also, killer idle, what cam does she have?
these are some Badd ass Van
70's was the shit, best era! Though I was born in 1988. Nice van, Van
What size tires are on there?
How did u do back door.
We’re do you live. Any we’re close LA Santa Monica
Ok gotta ask where the hell did you get the fender flares im redoing a 99 astro can't find the flares to save a life
Awesome! I'm 49 so I missed the van era but did grow up in the 70s and remember them. I was just too young to drive. I got a 1998 1500 Express conversion van.
I'm going to look at a 71 Chevrolet G series today, V6 manual three on the tree. I hope it meets my expectations.
Any idea if a grill from a 76 Chevy pickup will fit a 71 G series? Reason being I have a grill from my father's truck that's been in his barn for over 40 years. i thought it might look good on it.
Is the factory 71 G series grill aluminum? The one on this van is painted white. I could just polish it.
They are steel chrome
Thanks everyone for the replies vanning is the only life style I know and I live it well..!!!...Joe Van
celia argana ...Vanner for Lyfe...nothin else matterz....Keep on Vannin! 😎😎
is the van 2 different colors?
Nice video and Thumbs Up !
Nice Van, I have a MK1 Ford Transit, my dad fitted a 351 V8.
Lucky guy to own that van
Better have an 8track factory stereo
what's the name of those rims?
Xaevi American Racing AR62 Outlaw II
Nice Van 👍
Ha.. I put an aluminum wing on my 2018 Promaster city and love the look. My wing is so sturdy I use it and an aluminum wind deflector as roof rack.
My 1979 had a 350 and turbo 350 i got 16 mpg on the highway my neighbor bought a short wheelbase inline 6 and 3 on the tree he bought it for fuel milage he thought ,his got 14 mpg but took him forever to get anywhere lol NICE VAN THOUGH
Does anyone know any place where I can buy a 38 gallon gas tank just like his ?
Dude my Dad still has his 77 Chevy Shorty that's Built.......Wow a 454 ,,,😎
Genius
Sweeeeeeet
I have a 1985 ford van that l need help with it or will sale it
Like the motor nice art van
Thankyou✌😋
"extra captivity gas tank"
I think he meant capacity lol
Bet that carpet can smell some stories
No wonder TMNJ chose this van
Very nice
Mine’s a 94 G 20 ,, just recently purchased, , I’m the second owner,, I had a 76 1/2 ton ( immaculate shape ) , someone stole it -
very nice
Hot dogs and beer ultimate cool
man I had 1 of thousands the area all good and TAF
that 454 sounds Mean
Beef up rear suspension of the van. put a bulkhead in right behind front seats. CUT THE ROOF OFF the rear portion of the vehicle to the bottom of the windows and rhino line the crap out of it. Basically turning the minivan into a pickup truck. you get to keep the comfort and climate control of the minivan as well as the fuel economy and cheap maintenance. And you get the benefits of a pickup truck at least most of them.
😎VANNER 4 LYFE 😎
Wow 454 .
Too fine loco!
but it works
In Florida with no ac,
I bet that van will lay some scratch.
NIIIICE !
& i want an electric automatized driving not noisy Chevy van like that (but some saints row 4 tunning & a white color would be better) for the travel, and to move later
2%
Coooool Healthy needs Sleep Quarters if you're going to Stow away.
the van would would have been perfect if that spoiler removed ...
Look's stuiped with the wing's on the roof !!!!!!!
Wow sweet 😘😘
very nice