Episode 463: Gonna Love Me In My Chevy Van

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Episode 463: Gonna Love Me In My Chevy Van

This week Host Dave Bledsoe drunkenly climbs into the back of a van and insists the driver take him back to 1986. (The cops closed the doors of the paddy wagon and took him to The Tombs. Again) On the show this week we go back to the 1970’s when the vans all airbrushed murals on the sides and waterbeds in the back! We talk about Van Life in the 70s!

Along the way we learn that Dave’s Senior Prom experience was exactly what you might expect from him. (He got high in the parking lot.) Then we dive right into what vans are and why we are using them to pad out six minutes of content for the show. (We have a formula and we stick to it!) Then we dive right into how cool people decided to make their vans more than just boxes on wheels, they would make them artistic sex wagons. (Pro-tip: Bean Bags) We learn how van conversions went mainstream and then inevitably into corporate money makers, and died. (Blame Lee Iacocca.)

Our sponsor this week is Corey’s Custom Conversions, the man for your van! We open with the story of vans and close with John G Chapman, who gave a girl a ride in his wagon.

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Citations Needed:

1971 Chevrolet G20 Van Catalog and Classic Car Guide, Ratings and Features

https://metrommp.com/Classic-Car-Guides-Ratings-Features/Chevrolet/1971-Chevrolet-G20-Van-Catalog/

Boogie vans: the history & the present

https://www.classic-american.com/boogie-vans/

Remembering the American Van Craze of the 1970s

https://www.motorcities.org/story-of-the-week/2024/remembering-the-american-van-craze-of-the-1970s

The Van (1977)

https://geekvsgoth.com/2011/09/12/the-van-1977/

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