The family who owned one of these was usually the same family who handed out full size candy bars at Halloween.

Thought this read that the family that had this owned the coolest people in the neighborhood. I was like what in the fuck kinda slavery...

@@StevenEveral this hit so deep omg

Try being Mark Vann, going to school in a mark 3 van... No shit, wanna know what my grandmothers name was? Minnie Vann. Swear to God. Lol

That is funny! So, did I! I knew someone Thad had one.

> "Winga-Dinga" Nice RCR reference

Agreed

quality

Yes

This comment is gold. Lol🎉

They bring back memories of the golden times, 80s & 90s...people had character & personality back then, and so did cars...

Same boat. Have yet to come across a better all around daily driver.

There's the new type of conversion vans but the shape isn't good like old ones.

coolcamaro12 my grandfather used to have an econoline halfback conversion van, we junked it when it got a bad oil leak :/

An2nio Productions 😂

Econolines made the best conversions.

coolcamaro12 dude, my parents had a very similar Starcraft conversion. It's forever ruined me for long car-rides in anything else. My comfy windows seat was seriously the best thing ever.

Explorer still makes conversations of Ford, Chevy, and Mercedes Benz vans. They start in the $55k range and can go 6 digits

how much did you pay

Walker Hall My child hood ruined. 😂

Take van is better

@@TheBasher-_- that hit me hard too 😢 Sometimes when I am lonely I will shave one leg so it feels like I’m sleeping with a woman 👩🏼

conflicts with the casette deck and CD Player

kids dont really pay attention to vehicles much anyways. Only a few like me

I remember getting excited when my dad got a company car with a DVD player in it... A few times kids in the big ol rv would like taking a peak at what we were watching.

wait, so how do kids today have it lazy and convenient without these vans? :D

@@mipmipmipmipmip because they can watch movies on their phone and all that stuff. Those vans were cool because they had VCRs in them lol

And not only the large vans (E-Series, Express / Savanna and Ram Van) benefited from the conversions, but both SWB and LWB Astros / Safaris and to a lesser degree the Aerostar were bought as conversions...

Yeah, my family had a Aerostar conversion, then got an Econoline.

LOL, this and the Minnie Winnie...

Sorry, but depending what you mean with "creep vans" the large Nissan NV's would also qualify, as they're still "old-school", as in based on last-gen Armada SUV with their old gas (NA-4.0L) V6 and (1st gen NA-5.6L) V8 and no TD option yet (why?). And the USDM GM large vans are no longer available for '17 MY except for (3500+) HD versions. The E-Series (Econoline) Ford vans are still available for '17 only on HD Cab+Chassis versions (the ones RV makers used even in Y2K) with V8 and V10 gas engines and the Power Stroke (6.7L) V8 TD sold only by special order on Ford's specialized truck dealers. Other versions available at regular Ford car dealers have been transferred to the Euro-styled Transits and their (NA and EB'd 3.5L's) V6 gas engines and 3.2L I5 Power Stroke TD's. Those Euro-styled vans and their multiple lengths, heights and sets of options from the factories made the conversion van pretty much not needed... (I've seen yesterday locally a USED 4-row factory stock Mercedes Sprinter hi-rise passenger van on a used car dealer that's pretty much a modern version of a regular length conversion van, except for the TV and a few other thingies...)

The Peugeot-Fiat van>>>aka Dodge Ram Promaster, Ford Transit, and Benz Sprinter are unit-bodies and don't have the beam/torsional stiffness in the spot-welded sheet-rails to build an "old school" Class C size-weight class....which is why they look downright hideous when made into faux Class Cs. The Sprinters are downright garbage...typical Benz non-reliability.Thank Benz for killing off the Dodge van (to force consumers to buy their garbage) then when they owned and ran Chrysler-Jeep into bankruptcy.

Dan McCarthy My family had one 😂 didnt know they were creep vans lolb

Well, GM is the only American company making vans. Although Ford still has E-Series cab & chassis models. Regular E-Series vans were replaced by the Transit.

Still have GM tattooed on your lower back?

gladiators were the best. i have a safri chariot

in europe, a late 90s gmc luxury van would cost about €10k up to about €30k for a mid 2000s model

The Car Crazy Guy They are great deals nowadays if they have been taken care of. A new one is around 60k.

As is with any 20 year old car you big dummy

GMs have stayed in production longer than their blue oval counterparts...

Eks calybur The whole "free candy" trick won't work with a van like this, you'll have to trick them by saying "free wifi".

Conversion vans weren't really creeper vans. You can tell by how many windows it has.

Just your daughter

I find that funny, I’m going to hell

Just buy a calendar... (or roughly accelerating on par with economy cars of the Y2K era, wishing to stop soon and plowing through the falling cones... )

THAT'S where an LS swap would make sense, joke or not...

A vortec V8 is already loosely an LS.

Not exactly. The Vortec was still a SBC at heart, not an LSx.

syxepop Hoovies Garage reference?

LOL, they are both small block chevy's, what do you think an LS is!

I think he’s saying son of Sam!!

I used to work there yes they would cut the roof off and then install sport roof and we would trim out the inside

It is probably 12v so you need to replace it with 12v or set up an inverter.

Dot crash tested including rollover

Chapman Films depending on your budget but definitely check out "sportsmobile.com", they specialize in these types of conversions and often have used ones for sale, additionally they are like a middle man for clients looking to sell their vans. While back they had some Econoline Ford's and Chevy vans lifted and 4x4 with the diesel motors.... SOFAKING AWESOME!!!

You can say the same thing about most luxury vehicles. Look at the prices for an old X5 or Range Rover.

They are based on the Chevy or GMC vans, so any shop would be able to fix it. But they are very reliable. We have one with over 300K miles and she still runs strong. GM makes bulletproof V8's

They are reliable as long as maintenance has been done. watch out for leaky intake manifold gaskets.

The GM van chassis should be pretty reliable. Custom conversion parts (wood cabinetry, mood lighting, picture windows, etc.) could be hard to find if they break since Mark III and many of the conversion companies are out of business. Sherrod and Explorer are two of the major conversion van companies still in business.