View From The Porch: Automotif XXXIV...

Thursday, July 17, 2014

Automotif XXXIV...

The old Dodge A100 vans have always looked strangely neat, or neatly strange, to me.
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22 comments:

Cincinnatus said...: Needs "Free Candy" spray painted on the side ...; 5:50 PM, July 17, 2014
bluesun said...: There's one of those around here, except it's the pickup truck variety. Weird as hell, but it looks like it's been nicely restored, so at least someone is loving it.; 6:02 PM, July 17, 2014
Kristophr said...: If it has a slant six engine in it, it will still run for another four decades.; 6:20 PM, July 17, 2014
Ken O said...: A100 Van Seats in Acid Dipped, Hemi Lightweights, 'cause 'Murica!; 6:22 PM, July 17, 2014
MSgt B said...: Is that a split windshield?; 6:45 PM, July 17, 2014
fast richard said...: Does it have an 8-track? It needs an 8-track.; 7:12 PM, July 17, 2014
Terrapod said...: Ah, great memories. The only van I have driven long distances in bitter cold winters where you could repair the engine without leaving the cabin. Ask me about failed dropping resistors and sheared distributor gear pins (upstate NY in January); 9:14 PM, July 17, 2014
Scott J said...: The pickup truck version of same that bluesun mentioned has always tripped my neat-o meter.; 9:55 PM, July 17, 2014
Sebastian said...: Looks like a child molester van to me.; 10:44 PM, July 17, 2014
Anonymous said...: In the art dept of the U I finally
graduated from (some time ago and for about five minutes) I knew a woman who had a van like that.
She rearranged the letters of two of the Dodge badges to make one that read ODD.

Hadn't thought of that in years.; 11:20 PM, July 17, 2014
Old NFO said...: Them and the Econoline vans... the original 'boxes'... :-); 11:23 PM, July 17, 2014
Don said...: That van has seen some things. Things, man. Just . . . things.

That van is clearly aghast.; 12:56 AM, July 18, 2014
Don M said...: I like the Marque- at least if you hit someone you can say they were warned.

"DODGE!"; 1:51 AM, July 18, 2014
KM said...: Looks like the van my uncle drove that poisoned me with CO from the 'rotted out by winter' muffler and floorboard.
To see that shitbox go away didn't break my heart at all.; 3:18 AM, July 18, 2014
Anonymous said...: Had a frat brother who had one like that to carry his rock band equipment and a keg of beer on tap. He had an orange VW thing for his everyday ride.

Rich was the Steve McQueen of our group, terminally cool.

Gerry; 10:44 AM, July 18, 2014
Murphy's Law said...: That van would not look out of place parked just down the street from a playground. But they're still cool vans.; 10:45 AM, July 18, 2014
Anonymous said...: Is there a tear-stained mattress in the back?

gfa; 11:01 AM, July 18, 2014
Matt G said...: Looks to me like it needs to be emblazoned with "Mystery Machine" on the side.; 12:32 PM, July 18, 2014
Will said...: Scott j:

The Econoline Pickup version had a huge weight mounted over the gas tank. They were seriously unbalanced without it. I'm told the Dodge versions had to do the same thing, to be drivable.

I suspect they were copies of the VW Pickup, but those had a rear engine, so weight distribution was ok when unladen.; 4:12 PM, July 18, 2014
Tom the Impaler said...: It's frowning at me! MAKE IT STOP FROWNING AT ME!; 3:23 PM, July 19, 2014
Micki Mahoney said...: That van looks like it just sat down on a train seat before realising it's completely soaked in someone else's urine.; 10:14 AM, July 20, 2014
Anonymous said...: "She rearranged the letters of two of the Dodge badges to make one that read ODD."

The Pacific Telephone motor pool in Pasadena California had one of these. The side doors of some had D O D G E in separate chrome letters. One in the fleet was D E D G O.; 7:11 PM, August 13, 2014

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