" In our ongoing search for the killer-est retro-cool runabout for a family of five with a bit of time on its hands, we recently stumbled upon this very lovely customised Mazda Familia 1200. The pictures come via the very interesting Nostalgic "
Vantasia ’77
If the seventies is just a veil of misty clichés to you and your reference points are films like Dazed & Confused & Boogie Nights – then the whole craze of Custom Vans that exploded all over the American influenced planet may be something of a mystery to you.
But we associate these things with a lot of other good stuff that was happening all over the planet. Their candy apple, metal flaked, slot-magged, sidewindered loveliness makes us grin.
Skateboarding exploded. Surfboards had gotten shorter. Summertime was all about endless sundrenched days. There were no speed cameras, no Vehicle Number Plate Recognition System or speedbumps.
Crack wars, AIDS, Ronald Reagan and Margaret Thatcher were still blips on the horizon and the world seemed a simple, colourful place.
It’s nearly summer. Paint your wagon!
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i have been predicting the return of the custom van for 15 yrs now.seems nobody has the stones to make the first move,can only imagine what would evolve with todays tech…
Fully enjoying my Chevy Van (insured through Adrian Flux!) and there is a van scene out there if you look hard enough . . .
Throwing stones won’t help. Just imagine the COST of having a van painted like this today. That’s where it all went fundamentally wrong!
“There were no speed cameras, no Vehicle Number Plate Recognition System or speedbumps.
Crack wars, AIDS, Ronald Reagan and Margaret Thatcher were still blips on the horizon”
It should have stayed this way. Why did we allow it to change?