Vans are cool man

When I was a kid living in Lake Havasu my parents owned a 1975 Harvest Gold Ford Econoline 150 Van.  It had the kitchen with table and bench seats all set up.  The little window on the sides at the rear had a a copper flower painted around it.  So awesome!  That Van was perfect for families such as mine who looked to road trip or even live out of.  Looked something like this minus the paint color and flower:

 

My homie and I were just talking about old 1970's Vans the other day as he wants to get himself one.  Make it a second "home on wheels" where he could cruise it where ever with surfboards, snowboards, bikes, chopper accessories and whatever else.  Old school vans are super cool so I thought I would drop a few here in a blog post.

Enjoy:

“The medieval knight stands bold in its shining armour as Miss World of Wheels, Dorothy Hoogstraten (Dorothy Straten) dubs Ron Bergsma, who is one of the ‘Macho Man’ contestants from Universal Olympic Gym at the World of Wheels Custom Car Show, August 16th, 1978.” –Photo by Paul Snider.

And this last one just ties it all together.  A dope Van and Choppers!  WTF?!  Well shit!  Now I think I too will have to get me a Van.  Let's start a Chopper Van club!

Sick Flick from Vans

I have been a fan of Vans for a very long time. For so many years my closet has been loaded with their classic vulcanized, diamond tread shoes. As a kid growing up, skating in Vans went hand in hand. They have and to this day are still my go to shoe. Shit, I just bought a new pair yesterday!! So the Juggernaut of skate shoes decided to put together this EPIC video premiering Jamie Lynn, Shaun Palmer, Circe Wallace and the Vans snow team. Here's the teaser! For the full video hit up Transworld.