Long wheelbase, full shag interior, flipping awesome Bengal tiger on the side, slot mags, and a picture window on the side big enough to fog up. Yep, this thing will do just fine. Who am I kidding? I could never pull of this van. I don’t have the mojo or the ability to try and look past everything that has happened inside the rolling pleasure palace for nearly the last 40 years. Wait until you see the inside. It isn’t horrible in the Elvis living room sense, it is actually awesome because the thing is set up like Van Force One. There’s room to mill about, negotiate a treaty, roll some doobies, or make cocktails. Of course in this van all of those things would have to be done while traveling at the speed limit on the highway. Because Bengal tiger.
The seller of the van has an awesomely complete history on the thing and his CL ad is good because it is funny but not one of those deals that have completely jumped the shark where the person channels Andrew Dice Clay and Sam Kinison at the same time and it goes so far over the top that it sucks. Nope, this one has some jokes and a lot of history on the van which starts with the thing being bought and outfitted as a tailgating machine in Ohio for Massillon games. After doing that for years, it was stuck in a barn, then found, rehabbed by a gearhead who then drove it to Massachusetts and that’s where the current owner comes into the picture.
The van is in startlingly good condition. Even the weirdo interior is in perfect shape. It is comedic but since the vanning deal has started to gain some steam over the last few years, it is a good time to put something like this on the market. Mechanically the thing is completely bone stock. There’s a differential cover on it, some fuzzy dice, and that is it. The motor is a 2BBL equipped 318 and the gear ratio probably sucks so the van has to be a sled, but that’s not what these things are about.
If you want to get in on the retro vanning movement that’s trying to really sprout these days this is your chance. Some patina, some great art, and interior that serves all kinds of purposes, and slot mags?! How can you go wrong?
Thanks for the tip Jeff Preston!
Since we have gotten a few feet of snow over the last several days it may be a challenge to look at but I’m willing to check this thing out if a BangShifter wants to buy it. Shoot me an email to [email protected].
SCROLL DOWN TO SEE MORE OF THE VAN AND THE LINK TO THE CL AD WHERE IT IS BEING SOLD –
One could be vacuuming for years inside that thing and the cops would STILL find seeds in that carpet ….Heavy man, just heavy.
Link’s not working. And I’m at least slightly interested if the price is right.
Fixing story now — http://boston.craigslist.org/sob/cto/4869845844.html
Thanks. The van seems like it would be a cool road trip machine, and the price is not unreasonable, but I’m not sure I can fit a $5000 van in the budget.
The pluses: if a virus massively depopulates the world & we need genetic material in order to have sufficient variation to not have inbreeding, then this baby will provide everything we’ll need. Also, it’s a survivor Mopar. The minuses: we’re gonna repopulate the world with the people who left their secretions in this van.
Oh, shag carpet, velour and fake wood paneling, how we haven’t missed thee…
Mother of God….Want….TAKE MY MONEY!
I’d rock it…with pride! Perfect for teh weekend camping trip with the boys…just needs some custom long side pipes fabbed up….
And a very good cleaning before I would let children ride in it….
Needs a more elaborate mural. Lots of real estate there. Maybe a jungle scene w/naked broad to compliment the tiger.
Are you kidding me? What kind of self respecting custom shaggin’ wagon doesn’t have a water bed?
Backing up ANGRYJOE and Scott Ligget. This needs long side pipes and a waterbed!!! I would be recarpeting it though.
Bought this car today! Great car, many thanks Myles and BangS.