First a little back ground. I was a teen in the 70s when the thing to have was a van. I remember walking to places to see a van show. There was even a Dodge dealer around the coner from where I grew up, they did a van convertion in there lot over a week. yup I went and watched every day. At that time dad drove a 72 ford pick up. one day we were going by the local ford dealer where he had got the 72. Dad wanted to stop and look at the new trucks, as we pulled in to the lot he said "don't tell your mother" lol. as he looked at the trucks with me by his side, I looked over and across the lot was a red van that sat head and shoulders over the rest. I ran over to see what it was, and there sat a 4x4 cargo van. I was hooked. this had to be some time around 1977-78. I never forgot that van, I told my dad that "some day I'm gonna have one of those" well that day has come, and the funny thing is the van is a 78. sadly dad is gone, but I'm sure he would have remembered that day. Here is a photo of it as a buddy of mine picked it up in Nj yesterday. Its going to be in my yard some time tomorrow. Hasn't been on the road in over 20 years so Ill need to go through it before it hits the road, but I am looking forward to traveling with the old girl.
