tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15084051314605883562024-03-06T12:01:45.013-08:00Virtual Vanner's Custom Van blogUpdate on custom van events and happenings from across North America. There are approximately 5000 custom van enthusiasts in North America who go to the over 100 van related events held yearly.Showvanshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17423380693551780905noreply@blogger.comBlogger58125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1508405131460588356.post-28356219852567404052023-05-30T10:56:00.001-07:002023-05-30T11:19:51.083-07:00Started off 2023 with a bang!<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">The craziness that happened around March 2020 put a major dent in my plans for the next few years. Long story short after 2 years of putting a California trip together we managed to get down there in late January 2023. We managed to get pretty much everything done that had been planned. Highlights being visiting Count's Kustoms and get an amazing tour by Ryan. Having Rose give us a great tour of Gene Winfield's shop in Mojave. Having a self guided tour of the Galpin Speed Shop. Getting a guided tour of the Cambra Speed Shop by Ron. Meeting Terry Cook, former editor of Hot Rod Magazine and one of the main instigators of the 1st National Truck In. Meeting Ira the amazing airbrush artist who did the Moreland Choppers Chevy. Going to the Grand National Roadster Show over 4 days and seeing 12 custom vans on display! I wanted to get this up now, will tweek it as time allows. Have some major projects coming up with regards to the 50th National Truck-In in Sterling Colorado </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg23xNX8AiGJ-2ZtKP-gJmaxHEsQljxPtOVfxazxBwaA8d-x6WKPtTh3xx9nvJ16WRZJc0fYIK746ykhtdlboA3KnM_CMeFkSs87zPT9L-2Z4hCYHggMB3sjOHlrSkvrosRCq88C49MQ4okyOPOo-iMxl4reHwKQpAp7xRGW-CqaHoSUDt8Y7lkpzldAg/s1339/0000ryanforkurkspostfeb2023.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1339" data-original-width="1200" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg23xNX8AiGJ-2ZtKP-gJmaxHEsQljxPtOVfxazxBwaA8d-x6WKPtTh3xx9nvJ16WRZJc0fYIK746ykhtdlboA3KnM_CMeFkSs87zPT9L-2Z4hCYHggMB3sjOHlrSkvrosRCq88C49MQ4okyOPOo-iMxl4reHwKQpAp7xRGW-CqaHoSUDt8Y7lkpzldAg/s320/0000ryanforkurkspostfeb2023.jpg" width="287" /></a><br />We got to see Ryan's Master Vandal at Count's. He also gave us a full tour. </div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjyJ9mShCb58gegmCyG9wh9ayPpzBMqbvgScE2tf0UbF64W3HYcCViKyNYTlsmPUvRDz49XJ3yZVQyHQJe-yQY4_JgA4LAEEjIa8elSkAG2PS1li1h4oyhzx9eDy7mrpIhmDOOexQJyQ7DRMF4DZgyS13UJ9wkdsMOVLiiIkgmGeg1lxpnPf6PvY-sPig/s1920/IMG_0502a.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1920" height="180" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjyJ9mShCb58gegmCyG9wh9ayPpzBMqbvgScE2tf0UbF64W3HYcCViKyNYTlsmPUvRDz49XJ3yZVQyHQJe-yQY4_JgA4LAEEjIa8elSkAG2PS1li1h4oyhzx9eDy7mrpIhmDOOexQJyQ7DRMF4DZgyS13UJ9wkdsMOVLiiIkgmGeg1lxpnPf6PvY-sPig/s320/IMG_0502a.jpg" width="320" /></a><br />Ron was gracious enough to give us a guided tour of the Canbra Speed Shop. They were putting the finishing touches on 3 vans that had the GNRS the day they moved them in! Here's Deathwish an iconic van from the 70s that they did an amazing job restoring. <br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXru4Vw9tguddxbFi5omkaFAXSVZNj-tkWBIZwk-_gphY0EEyZoD0Qkg7N4D113KquCph653LtP8_7LmdlJiOrpYynrUC_Zt3k8yadZZZXZ0IgFAada_qN-Qn_aY1h6F4zpUyXkUS61C_cEE7tQ2QKQR3pnMDhBPs9qjvJ6qq1E7ECEVqpkNUgXjM9Mw/s1296/IMG_7631aig.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="864" data-original-width="1296" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXru4Vw9tguddxbFi5omkaFAXSVZNj-tkWBIZwk-_gphY0EEyZoD0Qkg7N4D113KquCph653LtP8_7LmdlJiOrpYynrUC_Zt3k8yadZZZXZ0IgFAada_qN-Qn_aY1h6F4zpUyXkUS61C_cEE7tQ2QKQR3pnMDhBPs9qjvJ6qq1E7ECEVqpkNUgXjM9Mw/s320/IMG_7631aig.jpg" width="320" /></a><br />One of the vans in the GNRS Keep on Truckin van display</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgNQcbsda-GJUAHQUpT6vB2uFyg95rjbxAbC4PVnCrO4tynplshM7AuqNP35pLD3UdRKL_VamvMtP6xaqzFIAYXuSiDpmowQGPFz0GtQw8NQO8comfNtq8SQxJftpfzvGItIxFmd4wkcTx15fUBnQR9Z_otvOcA25pZBFAtfTCOWsaG0r2ridms4SXCnA/s1296/IMG_1027daleebner.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="864" data-original-width="1296" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgNQcbsda-GJUAHQUpT6vB2uFyg95rjbxAbC4PVnCrO4tynplshM7AuqNP35pLD3UdRKL_VamvMtP6xaqzFIAYXuSiDpmowQGPFz0GtQw8NQO8comfNtq8SQxJftpfzvGItIxFmd4wkcTx15fUBnQR9Z_otvOcA25pZBFAtfTCOWsaG0r2ridms4SXCnA/s320/IMG_1027daleebner.jpg" width="320" /></a><br />One of the vans in the GNRS Keep on Truckin van display</div><div><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEguWePix0mtTGeCqkjBMa_WVrbPScoZZx9RuyQYibzbnEqGOKBQ7UeO1TIApPcKvFGc9IJUNNXKsjpc4ZuNeJ5E5n9tReWQlD8jw3L4baBc6gpt3bcBeYSQ9iO7agJAPOwUf7t5vDronHxYh2igCg4P44SUyEegLsNn7_8K_hybLo1yJCunbnA9TMbMYg/s4032/IMG_0998.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEguWePix0mtTGeCqkjBMa_WVrbPScoZZx9RuyQYibzbnEqGOKBQ7UeO1TIApPcKvFGc9IJUNNXKsjpc4ZuNeJ5E5n9tReWQlD8jw3L4baBc6gpt3bcBeYSQ9iO7agJAPOwUf7t5vDronHxYh2igCg4P44SUyEegLsNn7_8K_hybLo1yJCunbnA9TMbMYg/s320/IMG_0998.JPG" width="320" /></a><br />Coby and I in front of Vango. It was great to see him again. He had 2 vehicles in the show including one of the most talked about hot rods of 2023 Saint Christopher. </div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgjcL_GpvwVMkTdlWjf9OZ7tdXu5T_WBic6H9nPsDaXHjoU9GKN3QByTh4MXX8QGkl14zcbdTAHa-hq816C97V0T8YE2-RjyWruwI2wJwTjSbHvUpto6eC1MfXA7AqUJ7pkAXenGrTBgNwjz8h1PhdqxyLzm3BIDPT2sSVDt4ja00vcizakHAUA3SbqLA/s4032/IMG_0985.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgjcL_GpvwVMkTdlWjf9OZ7tdXu5T_WBic6H9nPsDaXHjoU9GKN3QByTh4MXX8QGkl14zcbdTAHa-hq816C97V0T8YE2-RjyWruwI2wJwTjSbHvUpto6eC1MfXA7AqUJ7pkAXenGrTBgNwjz8h1PhdqxyLzm3BIDPT2sSVDt4ja00vcizakHAUA3SbqLA/s320/IMG_0985.JPG" width="320" /></a><br />The Boogie Van, one of the vans in the GNRS Keep on Truckin van display. <br />Jeff is planning at the 50th Nats with it.</div><div><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiNlPQd6au14x4kUPC0rmWFXCxiPnplHhKclk6bKIGxBpT9Rb6V_9VY9VxDPWKRFUkWg8DwGiMWhW_ob0aB6cta8_o0xB4zVSZVzludhKtpn0aT7AkEGbhMFhJu3Dq7pQIfmPqvKpjG1tDOKlIqHRgBfvIfWjJylaKZlApInpy14ll9u0ltwIOf1uLP7g/s4032/IMG_0913.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiNlPQd6au14x4kUPC0rmWFXCxiPnplHhKclk6bKIGxBpT9Rb6V_9VY9VxDPWKRFUkWg8DwGiMWhW_ob0aB6cta8_o0xB4zVSZVzludhKtpn0aT7AkEGbhMFhJu3Dq7pQIfmPqvKpjG1tDOKlIqHRgBfvIfWjJylaKZlApInpy14ll9u0ltwIOf1uLP7g/s320/IMG_0913.JPG" width="320" /></a><br />Brian's great looking Dodge, one of the vans in the GNRS Keep on Truckin van display</div><div><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjOPphfIAjZUAK_g0lbTiMTeguq0XxS-4ImCMtKawxF9N1pKHtQhoOIa8At4xC4oBYLwfLZjOxUydwKh6HGo6pRalN2KEKV-IdhpZn2LylfIqwM2bsr6VrwlT9hERGMrLjw1EeAaoFoutYfDZTXhePbjOyjCFcP3WL7-wNSHzsmVI3m_cTCxIu5SMqNeg/s1920/IMG_0901a.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1920" height="180" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjOPphfIAjZUAK_g0lbTiMTeguq0XxS-4ImCMtKawxF9N1pKHtQhoOIa8At4xC4oBYLwfLZjOxUydwKh6HGo6pRalN2KEKV-IdhpZn2LylfIqwM2bsr6VrwlT9hERGMrLjw1EeAaoFoutYfDZTXhePbjOyjCFcP3WL7-wNSHzsmVI3m_cTCxIu5SMqNeg/s320/IMG_0901a.jpg" width="320" /></a><br />Ron's Octopus's Garden, one of the vans in the GNRS Keep on Truckin van display that Ron also coordinated.</div><div><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHxID8-F79WniGWUO_v1oUe8daE08xkxAOuibM3HONg4zFdWaoqjT1m1Je00pgsHCOGNYQ33fJNc-t3MVC93EGhb8jfVM99ywP6n3WRdQsLAcacIQx9-IgqGYPdmxkpteMENOfIaUIlw7Gtf0o6-8qGu7_II3qlM6EfLqGCud8_xBObRXTydt76ADrRg/s4032/IMG_0885.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHxID8-F79WniGWUO_v1oUe8daE08xkxAOuibM3HONg4zFdWaoqjT1m1Je00pgsHCOGNYQ33fJNc-t3MVC93EGhb8jfVM99ywP6n3WRdQsLAcacIQx9-IgqGYPdmxkpteMENOfIaUIlw7Gtf0o6-8qGu7_II3qlM6EfLqGCud8_xBObRXTydt76ADrRg/s320/IMG_0885.JPG" width="320" /></a><br />Deathwish in the GNRS Keep on Truckin van display.</div><div><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjsU50GhOsPSekV4nBfuVFyNYcsBBl7xa1q4fO4eXUGUkz5mRpVEpjStySxWP20BIp70LozK5IPhPBbqhXnJELpcLAf-pulhR8SYAs0UNsTiPkJSbKCWTY4u-6lp6HyMQt71mk5NvuybE0JYVKIID2jMcNFcgx9SRPkbPkVFno6gxhGfWirGuRyw5oNlQ/s1296/aIMG_1148.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="864" data-original-width="1296" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjsU50GhOsPSekV4nBfuVFyNYcsBBl7xa1q4fO4eXUGUkz5mRpVEpjStySxWP20BIp70LozK5IPhPBbqhXnJELpcLAf-pulhR8SYAs0UNsTiPkJSbKCWTY4u-6lp6HyMQt71mk5NvuybE0JYVKIID2jMcNFcgx9SRPkbPkVFno6gxhGfWirGuRyw5oNlQ/s320/aIMG_1148.jpg" width="320" /></a><br />Squarebody Syndicate's Smokebox.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9FCq_hiy8gkFp3jLSExzxrS0Jwfn722lRQGDzUqoiUthIpJGQuGr8OvzWJwXES1iQ7opQYz-cS2MD8Au1qM1cOZxvXmMMjEXm3z-d7U3TFbQZ0uepWJgFtr_pG1W-AROBe9dp6Xe9CEgv-tQql-mCW1R9YyoSVXDW0Za9FbLlCw9uOqgIxoa9UY9eiQ/s1296/000000000jasona100cover.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="512" data-original-width="1296" height="126" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9FCq_hiy8gkFp3jLSExzxrS0Jwfn722lRQGDzUqoiUthIpJGQuGr8OvzWJwXES1iQ7opQYz-cS2MD8Au1qM1cOZxvXmMMjEXm3z-d7U3TFbQZ0uepWJgFtr_pG1W-AROBe9dp6Xe9CEgv-tQql-mCW1R9YyoSVXDW0Za9FbLlCw9uOqgIxoa9UY9eiQ/s320/000000000jasona100cover.jpg" width="320" /></a><br />Jason's A100, one of the vans in the GNRS Keep on Truckin van display</div><div><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjYb-YW2vT7G_aiJa9sy58-GJ3HX18lMyEqh7W29blKCztbct6gkj5BZyDt5VhxXVG0VA7SLl6MUZulPQgak0GUMC_cxqClacPo-VS6Jv_hCCQ002UTVVHiZBq0AM4wCgxTBtcuCPgkbAMQc4SWqxXsm59rTpJJKshtH2jl6MOIGqgNvmucYoC4hYzdBA/s1296/0000Untitled-2.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="864" data-original-width="1296" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjYb-YW2vT7G_aiJa9sy58-GJ3HX18lMyEqh7W29blKCztbct6gkj5BZyDt5VhxXVG0VA7SLl6MUZulPQgak0GUMC_cxqClacPo-VS6Jv_hCCQ002UTVVHiZBq0AM4wCgxTBtcuCPgkbAMQc4SWqxXsm59rTpJJKshtH2jl6MOIGqgNvmucYoC4hYzdBA/s320/0000Untitled-2.jpg" width="320" /></a><br />A very nice Evel Knievel themed early Chevy.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgtfC0d-2fLl_3SDTCRS9t_gWnbTo8Z5SmxFqRYmthrS0HhgQ9eTLTr7u81fE6LCskOkVECRS_98sszfAXSEqAEkuL3Uz6efihQTwF5RvPW-i-9GivcKo-0t0mQgwC_g5lNI9rEUIpUYqwRiDdsgyW5ZtNV5Z8Xn3rqoFAHvoJJaHIK_DvzSu2hhfX5iw/s1296/000IMG_7628vanevel.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="552" data-original-width="1296" height="136" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgtfC0d-2fLl_3SDTCRS9t_gWnbTo8Z5SmxFqRYmthrS0HhgQ9eTLTr7u81fE6LCskOkVECRS_98sszfAXSEqAEkuL3Uz6efihQTwF5RvPW-i-9GivcKo-0t0mQgwC_g5lNI9rEUIpUYqwRiDdsgyW5ZtNV5Z8Xn3rqoFAHvoJJaHIK_DvzSu2hhfX5iw/s320/000IMG_7628vanevel.jpg" width="320" /></a><br /></div>A very nice Evel Knievel themed early Chevy. One of the vans in the GNRS Keep on Truckin display.<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgj7LTTZRvvcnXZDq_l3YE4cHlo5G8By6U5BYDxURudRaCaDHpJeUex-fK17Rz2SWFCFBVp1vJB8g5QexmvjAXPNfUMuTYfIhXvjRelJtgbOTpS35QNsdMUutpQ1edsmE7-lYGM5Wv5dmlpGrM_OHWvR2w7PimYnapidAq3P9RD3envTF_sZFaHmdPLXQ/s5184/IMG_8033.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3456" data-original-width="5184" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgj7LTTZRvvcnXZDq_l3YE4cHlo5G8By6U5BYDxURudRaCaDHpJeUex-fK17Rz2SWFCFBVp1vJB8g5QexmvjAXPNfUMuTYfIhXvjRelJtgbOTpS35QNsdMUutpQ1edsmE7-lYGM5Wv5dmlpGrM_OHWvR2w7PimYnapidAq3P9RD3envTF_sZFaHmdPLXQ/s320/IMG_8033.JPG" width="320" /></a><br />A van in the Grand Daddy Drive-In .</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi1h3V8uTGm_LdVcjQ3fMwsGhAGb3rbu6_ev8WjJrwJ9ulubD660GV_F0xYyryK2DE3aHdG62EuJbFy_cevFs5aCXXskW_jl43Sq4OWXzIEq4KDOBaJuOls5hYe5B3pHT3K3O8zOmbKUtHRekac8z8HMWUnswDFcR7bQbfT1r0uoHgIE-WHOKeAiBQD6g/s5184/IMG_7975.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; 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text-align: center;">Coby with Saint Christopher, his 34 Ford coupe that won the Good Guys Hot Rod of the Year last weekend in Nashville Tn. </div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgRYt4WjdI8TxI-maedQ2V306eYmHt7wLWIkZEYJglGThg3xRZAXgFfyE_OLsYGW79XSk9tAZYwimQs-H3hPGDh4E0V2CoapSoMFyo_KzyrIH8k8_nAJ7tf4JcGdLZxrfvBcan38jQzNQfcupbU2LpuZdwcoJgwV7h7HbFIZ7Vp1-dX7GyzEw4H2pYNqQ/s3332/IMG_1601croppeda.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2632" data-original-width="3332" height="253" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgRYt4WjdI8TxI-maedQ2V306eYmHt7wLWIkZEYJglGThg3xRZAXgFfyE_OLsYGW79XSk9tAZYwimQs-H3hPGDh4E0V2CoapSoMFyo_KzyrIH8k8_nAJ7tf4JcGdLZxrfvBcan38jQzNQfcupbU2LpuZdwcoJgwV7h7HbFIZ7Vp1-dX7GyzEw4H2pYNqQ/s320/IMG_1601croppeda.jpg" width="320" /></a><br />The December page from the 2022 Showvans calendar signed by Ryan and Dave.It would have great to get Gary to sign the Disco Van picture but we ran out of time to go that far north. </div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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Doesn't that Chevy look like the one they overhauled for Mike, but in orange :). </div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgj4BJz7eHMwSxG6p7gR1uH8LBD3gVJomA0CMiS8YxGYaCx8nQ1R-IAlvMG3yZ0K8NAzGmqqs8leK_P_X_I_ZXNPZ4iG-DakhoVRjIJk5TnUl55s9UIK49ZfxevfgI9lcrDTasD2ZnxPoVHinElp6ULLFpcqEJAkntNFPMEAykvGINNRhnv_wmQ8zQ-mQ/s2048/0000terrycookwithme.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgj4BJz7eHMwSxG6p7gR1uH8LBD3gVJomA0CMiS8YxGYaCx8nQ1R-IAlvMG3yZ0K8NAzGmqqs8leK_P_X_I_ZXNPZ4iG-DakhoVRjIJk5TnUl55s9UIK49ZfxevfgI9lcrDTasD2ZnxPoVHinElp6ULLFpcqEJAkntNFPMEAykvGINNRhnv_wmQ8zQ-mQ/s320/0000terrycookwithme.jpg" width="320" /></a><br />We walked into a sandwich shop beside Foose's and a guy called out: "Are you guys vanners?". 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Once again Showvans will be donating all the awards for the CofC Van Show Feb 26, this show will be free to entrants as well as the vanners in attendance. </p>Showvanshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17423380693551780905noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1508405131460588356.post-24619045397783681332020-02-04T18:03:00.000-08:002020-02-04T18:03:52.501-08:00Plenty of media attention for custom vans!The month of January and early February to date were full of vans in the media and online event coverage. <br />
The build of the Deberti 1961 Econoline seen at the 2019 SEMA event was featured on the Twin Turbos television show on Motor Trend. What a beast it is, 850 HP Coyote! <br />
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Last but not least on television, Texas Metal is airing a show tonight.<br />Where they are doing up a 1965 Falcon. </div>
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Disney is even getting into the van action. They will have the full sized version of the Onward van at the Toronto International Car Show. It has been on display at other events as well. Look forward to seeing that van soon. </div>
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Back in February 2011 the Council of Countils a.k.a CofC was in Buena Park California. Showvans was a big part of that great event donating money towards the actual event and sponsoring the CofC Van Show. This weekend at the 2020 CofC, the Pacific Van Council will be putting ina bid to host the 2021 CofC once again in Buena Park. If this bid is successful, Showvans once again will be a big part of this event which will guarantee another calendar for 2021. </div>
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Happy New Year! 2020 is going to be another great year in vanning, but aren't they all? Maybe it's time for a new look. At the 2019 Nationals in Greenfield Massachusetts, Matchstick and maybe a little bit of my help convinced artist Scott Fisk from Sudio669.net to attend. His Misfit cartoon had been out for a while, I was able to get a print and a decal at the 2014 Syracuse Nationals. He put together a very nice A100 cartoon in time for the Nationals. We spent some together in Greenfield and kept in regular contact. He did this new look logo up for me which kind of energized me. The Showvans website will be revived with features and event coverage. With the flurry of Facebook van pages, I realized and my friends have mentioned that something a bit more serious/substantial is needed, like what was done in the past with the features. <br />
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In late November 2019 I decided to do another Showvans Calendar. That's about 3 months later than I've ever started before. In fact one year possibly 2012,the calendars were already delivered in late November. The proceeds from these calendars have enabled me to support van events on both side of the border. Once again I'll be able to do this and it will help me doing something special for Vanfest 25. I've been involved with Vanfest since about 1999 doing the website and some of the social media.</div>
Vanfest 25 will be June 12-14 in Aylmer Ontario Canada. It's going to be a big one, many vanners will be there from all over North America, I've been putting out the welcome mat for this for quite a while now and planning some features that will make it even more special as I have in the past. <br />
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The 2020 Showvans calendar was a whirlwind project lasting less than a month from start to finish. There were a few glitches along the way, including the printer sending me just over 250 calendars when the order was for 350. So I came up short on some larger orders unfortunately. I'll hopefully get that straightened out very soon and be able order some extras on top of the original 350.Showvanshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17423380693551780905noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1508405131460588356.post-2945505779811334182016-03-30T17:02:00.001-07:002016-03-30T17:02:34.938-07:00Wow, it's been a long time since I've posted here. Facebook and Instagram have changed many of our routines online. It's so easy to post pictures and get instant feedback. It has also made it much easier to connect with everyone who is interested in custom vans and the press. So now instead of a handful of people trying to get vans back into the eyes of the public and press there are potentially hundreds. That has been paying off in droves. 2 weekends ago the largest indoor showing of vans in over 3 decades happened. The Cleveland Autorama invited vanners to bring their vans to the show to be part of the 50th anniversary. 38 vans were in the show ! I was very fortunate to be able to attend this grand event. Ron and Aixa did a heck of a job coordinating the event and logistics of the hotel. Jim and Lucy did their share coordinating the online portion of this on Facebook. Kudos to everyone involved in this show ! <br />
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In the fall of 2013 Coby let me know that M2 Machines was interested in doing a 1/64 diecast replica of Vango. They had actually approached him about this in 2011 when Vango was first introduced to us. Vango is one of the top vans ever built. So replicating it took quite a while and M2's designer Sean Taylor nailed it, inside and out. I was fortunate to have Coby mail up a bunch for myself and my vanner buddies who collect diecast vans. It's been pretty hectic around here the past week so today was the first day I was able to really check it out. Previous to this only version of the M2 Econoline was available in Canada. Comparing the two versions shows the absolute crazy attention to detail that went into the Vango version. We are used to Hot Wheels rebadging the same mold 50 different ways. The Vango van is unique with the correct interior as well as body details, down to the door hinges removed. There is a 3 van set showing the evolution of Vango, Coby ran out of these in the first 3 days but other M2 dealers do still have some as far as I know. However he does have plenty of the final Vango shown here. You can order direct from Coby on his website : http://churchforsinners.com/html/channel/prints_other/index.php Here's what they look like, remember this is the same scale as Hot Wheels.<br />
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The 2014 Showvans calendar is a done deal. They made their first appearance at the NEVC Truckin for Tots event in Greenwich Rhode Island on the weekend. But you can still order them here : http://www.vannin.com/showvans/calendar/index.html The calendar proceeds go to help promote vanning across North America. Used some of it this past weekend to help out with the vanner display at the Mooneyes Xmas Show in Irwindale California.</div>
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To help celebrate the 50th Anniversary of the Chevy Gvan and the Dodge A100 I had these tin signs done up. Proceeds from these signs will be going to help promote some of the evants directly related to early vans in 2014 and one of the signs was donated to the raffle for the Truckin for Toys event mentioned above. Details on the signs on the same link as the calendars above.<br /> </div>
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<br />Showvanshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17423380693551780905noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1508405131460588356.post-69767889978279309002013-07-24T19:32:00.001-07:002013-07-24T19:32:35.423-07:002013 vanning seasonIt's tough to keep on top of everything with so much social media available to pontificate on :). We're well into the 2013 vanning season and I'm way over the hump of the events that I'll be attending this summer.<br />Vanfest 18 was another great time. It was another record breaking year with well over 400 vans and trucks through the gates and close to 200 vehicles in the show on Saturday !.<br />
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Drove to Vanfest with Eric a.k.a MUD BOS and Steve a.k.a Ghostrider and his wife Carol. I had hoped to do some video but it rained all the way there but fortunately that was pretty much it for the weekend.<br />
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Then had a few weeks to get ready for the big show, the 41st National Truck-In. Being in Ohio and having about 380 pre regs I knew this was going to be a big one. 660 vans passed through the gates making it the largest Nationals in the past 10 years. The weather was absolutely terrible until I got there on Wednesday at 8:00 pm. As usual it was action packed with so much to pack-in in a matter of days. One of the highlights was doing road shots with some of my buddies from far away. Here's a shot of Jr and Glenda in Procrastownation all the way from Florida. This amazing van won the Best in Show title at the Nationals on 4 occasions. Was great to see the van back out, Jr and Glenda always makes an effort to support van events regardless of where they are. </div>
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The early lineup is now a yearly tradition at the Nationals as well. For the past many years Wookee has been the main man coordinating this event, rounding up the vans from the 4 corners of the fairgrounds and placing them in order. Unfortunately Wookee was unable to attend the Nats this year due to injury. So we needed to rely on many more people to make it happen and it all came together for the largest gathering of earlies at 53! <br />
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There have been a number of vans customized on television reality shows. Most have been done quite nice mixing old school with new school touches that haven't always appealed to all vanners out there. These days old school is in and the Count and his cronies ran old school on this gorgeous Dodge on the most recent episode of Counting Cars on the History Channel that ran last night. <br />
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One week from now Kurk and many of his vanners friends will be at Carlisle for the All Truck Nationals. This is the second year doing this, I was fortunate to attend last year's. Kurk has done some great stuff to get vanning back into the spotlight by getting vanners to participate in the Carlisle show as wel as in the Motorama indoor shows in the winter. Look forward to seeing the pictures from there that my partner in crime Superbeast will be taking.Showvanshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17423380693551780905noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1508405131460588356.post-34614393204471374622013-05-19T08:47:00.001-07:002013-05-19T08:47:29.158-07:002013 warming up to be another great year in Vanning<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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It's been a while between posts here but with Facebook, Showvans.com, Vannin.com and Instagram the word is getting out there. Back in March Steve and I got Ghostrider in the Megaspeed car show here in Toronto. We met a number of vanners/van owners there some for the first time. The van got a lot of attention but surprisingly not even a participation ribbon :(. Oh well same thing happened last year with MUD BOS.<img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEggBoI6ztSsQmqG8q2ak7g1hoJNRDYqPAEXpHN2MtvcNW8VSKnApKgkBVj2WtGnLGuN58qR3IExX99mbSaX-5DGf3WJNO3tlu3V9epHCCFh5vjoP_9fwYvQW1Ky_Awmqxj0cFMPhyssCu7U/s640/ghostridermegaspeedj.jpg" style="cursor: move;" width="640" /><br />
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Got word a while back from Scott that AACA had wanted his van Emerald Express for a display. The kicker being that they would need it from May 17 to Oct 13. Scott passed not wanting to be without his van all summer. Fortunately we were able to get Phil and Wendy to agree to put Nautique in the display. The showboard was an ad-van-ture that I took on. Dirty Donny was kind enough to let us use some of his art on the showboard This also made me delve a bit into the history of custom vans and that was a very good thing. I connected with one of the original members of Associated vans in California. Their club was formed way back in 1966 ! I'm hoping to see Beebe and some of their other members at the event following. Joe Madonia also supplied some images from the past from his vast collection. Will be doing something with Joe to showcase his Vanning Museum soon.<br />
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The Mooneyes 2012 Xmas show was the first time vans were officially invited. Although the Vandoleros had been going for a few years. The turnout of vans was very good and vanners/van owners were there from near and far. The word is vans are welcomed back in 2013. There may be limitations on vehicles this year, will keep on top of that. I'm hoping the turnout can be even bigger and better in 2013 and will be using funds from the 2014 Showvans calendar to help with that. <br /><br />
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Winter has yet to set in up here yet and all I can think about is the warmth of California. Maybe it's because of the huge Moon Eyes show this coming weekend. It will likely be the largest gathering of show vans in California this year. Matchstick is headed down to this show to launch Custom Vanner Magazine #5 that also includes a 2013 calendar. Matt is launching Rolling Heavy Issue 2 there as well, you'll see some of John Jackson's work in that issue. Coby will also be at Moon Eyes with the long awaited print of the award winning Vango logo. Some period correct 70's vans stole the Moon Eyes Yokohama Japan show last weekend, they are all over the internet already. VCVC has a wicked looking 2013 calendar as well. The bar has been raised very high this year for all things that vanners are doing in print, that is a great thing ! <br />
The 2012 Vanfest coverage is in the latest Mini Truckin Magazine, only a glimpse of vans in the background but this is the first national publication to run coverage of Vanfest. Huge thanks to Jessica and all the mini truckers who put this great coverage together. That whole adventure to get the coverage ended up with Jessica marrying John Mata, the editor of Mini Truckin during the 2012 SEMA week. We'll have John up here for Vanfest 2013. If we don't get the vans from Vanfest 2012 covered in a magazine we'll see if John can help us get them into Truckin' in 2013. He works down the hall from the Truckin' people. Getting back to California, the wheels are in motion to do another calendar for 2014. it would be the 10th and final edition of the Showvans calendar. Should there be a 2014 CofC in California the funds will once again be used to finance the van show. If that doesn't happen I'm looking into co-producing a show in the late spring/early fall of 2014 down there. One of the hottest car culture artists on the planet has already offered to do the poster for it. This time we would have the top van related artists in California displaying their wares at the show and I'll try to convince my friends at Wheels of Confusion to do a Slow Ride that weekend to coincide with the show. <br />
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<br />Showvanshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17423380693551780905noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1508405131460588356.post-41471047604398978022012-09-12T08:22:00.001-07:002012-09-12T08:27:25.137-07:00Showvans 2012 Tour, from All Trucks to Altruks, Van Gogh to Ed BeardThis year I did something completely different. Instead of putting all my eggs in one basket and going to the Nationals I went on a week long vanning tour. A few of us have been pushing vanners to get out to the big car shows both indoors and out for a while now. Kurk from Customvan.com took that idea this year and ran with it like no other vanner has done in many moons. First he put together the 10 vans to be in Motorama in march then he pulled off a major coup in getting vans featured at the Carlisle All Truck Nationals. The event was a big success close to 50 vans were at Carlisle and there was a very nice display of vans inside one of the buildings. Coverage is now up on Showvans.com.<br />
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After helping pack up everything at Carlisle I went by Kurk's Belly Acres for the night and got to see his shop with an amazing view. From there I headed east towards the Chop State. There are probably more chopped van projects happening in New Jersey than all other states combined. Superbeast my longtime co-partner in crime for Showvans took me on a tour to see a few of the locals. We stopped by Joe's place, he has 3 chops in various states and other vans as well. Then we passed by Claud's to see his varied collection of vans including Metalstorm. The next day I headed to N.Y.C for a quick visit there. First time there on my own so I was able to take a more leisurely tour through Times Square, Central Park and the Met. Then I got out of Manhattan before the trafic and headed to Munz'. Munz has a very nice collection of vans as well. Including a chopped Astro under construction that few vanners have seen. I've been a fan Astro/Safaris from day one and sure like what Munz has planned for his to make it one of a kind. Next it was off to New York, stopped by Orange County Choppers then headed to Albany. Next day my best non vanning pal Pete and I headed up to Hemmings for a tour and to check out their Cruise Night. Hemmings has the largest collection of panels in their museum that I've or heard of. We met up with their web/blogger guy Daniel and had a good chat. Then it was off to Scott's to see his newest project. Scott has built some incredible vans in his time like the Jersey Devil and Visions. Unfortunately Visions was lost in a fire shortly after it made it's debut at Lost Memorial. His latest project is Mid Ford but a shorty this time. The work so far on it is incredible. The plan is to have it done possibly in 2014, 2013 will be used to do the interior. Scott also showed us his amazing collection of model vans, he seems to have every van model ever built. He has also customized some Nylint vans to make them one of a kind collectibles. <br />
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Then to round out this amazing week I went to Somers Connecticut for Super Somer 11. I have a long time very special connection to Altruk Vans thanks to Pat who helped me get the ball rolling on the calendar project. I parked with Johnny O there who was a huge help with the 2012 calendars mailing out all the U.S and International orders for me. Mat and Shoreh from Montreal rolled into our camp late Friday and Munz rolled in Saturday. It was great seeing so many vanner friends there who I hadn't seen since the 2010 Nationals and some even longer than that.Showvanshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17423380693551780905noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1508405131460588356.post-2513329462968827572012-07-31T06:21:00.000-07:002012-07-31T06:21:10.795-07:00Moving along<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
The 2012 season is halfway done now but plenty more to go. Vanfest was another huge success once getting with a record turnout. It looks like we are finally going to get some coverage for it as well in Mini Truckin' thanks to the minitruckers getting together to do the story and coverage. It's been a long time coming for that. Here's one of my favorite shots:
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One of the biggest events for vanning this year will be the Carlisle All Truck Nationals. Kurk from Customvan.com has rallied vanners once again to show at what is the largest custom truck show there is. Vanners are coming from all over for this. We'll have plenty of pictures on the Showvans site and we'll likely see many of the vans showing up in national magazine coverage. </div>
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Krispy decided to sell his beloved van Psycho Delirious this year. He was rather surprised when a huge trailer with Hot Rod all over it showed up to pick it up. Hot Rod and Ebay have teamed up for a web based show called <a href="http://www.builtfromebay.com/" target="_blank">http://www.builtfromebay.com/</a> It is audience participation so please vote for each episode, right now there are 4 episodes and to no surprise the van is right up there in second place, but we won't be happy until it wins ! <br /><br /> </div>
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As a special treat this Econoline pickup was there, two of the guys with us currently own Econo pickups. This one is one of the nicest new school Econo pickups ever built. </div>
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Headed to Vanfest later on today barring bad weather, then I'll go early tomorrow. We'll be having a memorial for our friend Al there. Al pretty much started vanning up here in Canada and made vanning a part of his life for close to 40 years ! This collage will be shown at Vanfest, a slide show will be presented with all of these pictures and others and some of Al's photo albums, dash plaques and other collectibles will be on display. </div>
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This memorial has been very tough to put together in so many ways . It has extracted a tremendous amount of energy and enthusiasm from me. After Vanfest I'll be taking a break, then hopefully be doing a road trip to the Carlisle Truck Nationals and Super Somer. </div>Showvanshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17423380693551780905noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1508405131460588356.post-74069497072392131832012-04-29T08:44:00.000-07:002012-04-30T06:27:02.647-07:00Summer is arriving too quick !<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Oooh noo, so much to do so little time. I've been slacking off, well not really but it seems like it when I get my nose stuck in so many things and don't get it all done. <br />
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Vanfest is coming up quick in just over a month now. I've been doing the Vanfest website since about 2003 and been on the staff for as long. I totally revamped the website in the past couple of days to attract a bit more attention to it: <a href="http://www.vannin.com/vanfest" target="_blank">Vanfest 2012 website</a> . This year there will also be a special memorial to Al Brown who passed away this past Christmas. I'll post more about that once we iron out the details.<br />
I mentioned a couple of posts back about going to <a href="http://www.ivanbenic.com/" target="_blank">Ivan Benic's</a> during my trip to Autorama. Ivan's been very busy redoing the murals on the Cosmic Cruiser, building an incredible supercar, building another radical tandem Dodge van and a variety of other projects. Yesterday he had 100 gearheads through his shop on tour from Detroit. I had the great opportunity to hang out with Ivan all afternoon in his shop and had a very nice dinner prepared by his mother who is absolutely incredible.<br />
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Here's a closeup of some of the new artwork on the Cosmic Cruiser.<br />
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Here's a shot of Ivan's Supercar project, it's a fully handbuilt aluminum body. The plan is for it to have a 500hp rear mounted engine. It will scream ! Ivan's been posting regularly on Facebook. You can try to keep up with all the stuff he's been doing over there. Look forward to seeing him again at Vanfest and maybe before if things work out.<br />
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One of the things that interested me the most about vans from day one is the creativity that goes into the body mods and the artwork on the vans. There's a whole new generation of artists who are using vans as their subjects and or canvases. I'll be showcasing some of their work and linking up their websites. In the past year I've been fortunate to hang out with some of them and to be able to buy artwork from others.<br />
The artists creating van art range from artists who do renderings, airbrush artists and photographic artists who choose vans as their subjects or canvas'.<br />
I've added to the <a href="http://www.vannin.com/showvans/Vanart/index.html" target="_blank">Van Art section of Showvans.com</a> and will add more as needed.<br />
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Went by my favorite brewery yesterday, <a href="http://www.steamwhistle.ca/" target="_blank">Steam Whistle</a> is conveniently located at the base of the CN Tower in Toronto. Was hoping to see their newest delivery vehicle and was not disappointed. Here it is in all it`s metalflaked splendor. They got this so right with all the right accessories, molded in flairs and the stance is wicked. We`ll be back there on the pre Vanfest Virtual tour for sure to check it out including the interior. </div>
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<br /><br />The original Chevy van came out in the 1964 model year. Hoping that Chevy will do something for this milestone. I`ve setup a Facebook page to get some interest going in this : <a href="https://www.facebook.com/ChevyVan50thAnniversary" target="_blank">50th Anniversary of the Chevy Van on Facebook.</a> </div>Showvanshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17423380693551780905noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1508405131460588356.post-88394719375482711012012-03-24T04:50:00.000-07:002012-04-29T09:19:32.565-07:002012 Megaspeed TorontoThey like to reinvent their car show names here in Toronto. But Megaspeed sure reminded me of Performance World and that's a good thing.<br />
We had two vans in there. I managed to convince Eric to put MUD BOS into the show this year.It didn't take much arm twisitng as he was pretty much into it right from the get go. Now convincing my fellow vanners to enter shows is what I do best, actually helping them get their vans ready for the show was a whole new experience for me as usually I'm dealing with getting vanners from far away into shows equally far away. So this time around I did put in a few hours getting MUD BOS spiffed up for the big show and helped get it there and back. We brought it to the show Thursday night and set it up for the show that started Friday morning. On Saturday a good bunch of vanners passed through during the day and my good buddy Steve a.k.a Ghostrider spent the day with us. It was a good weekend. MUD BOS went over very well. It was without a doubt one of the most popular vehicles in the room that we were in with about 30 other vehicles. Eric's video compilation went over very well with the crowd as there were few interactive displays in the show. All that being said MUD BOS was passed by for any awards which was disappointing but unfortunately a fact of life at these carshows for some reason.<br />
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MUD BOS at Megaspeed on the Thursday night.</div>
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Miss Megaspeed with MUD BOS. We had abevy of beauties posing with it all weekend long.</div>
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John Jackson was there with the Boogie Van in the feature area. He was fortunate to come up to Canada in style in the RPM rig that also carried two of their muscle cars. John presented Ken with his metal print of California Special and Alpine, it's amazing how the metal makes his photographic art pop even more. <br />
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John and Ken with a metal print of California Special.<br />
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I was hoping that wemight see John back up here for Vanfest, but he'll be going on the Hot Rod Power Tour which will open up the opportunity for more vanners to meet him, see the Boogie Van and maybe get some pictures taken of their vans. This weekend he's at Motorama in Buffalo.<br />
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The Boogie Van in the show. You need to see it to truly appreciate it. John's put 140,000 miles on it in 4 years. It's not just a trailer queen, lol.<br />
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<br />Showvanshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17423380693551780905noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1508405131460588356.post-50421499794426564752012-03-03T15:21:00.002-08:002012-03-03T15:28:49.693-08:002012 Detroit AutoramaMade another trip to the big show, in these parts anyways. Every year I go it gets more interesting, as I get to meet more people that I've met only online previously. One of the highlights was meeting Randy Pelc after 10+ years of chit chatting online. Randy built Heavy Metal, Metalstorm and Showtime and others, we've seen all three of the vans mentioned at the Nationals in the past 5 years and they all still look great up to 30 years after they were built. Dave Jarvis had his 9 second drag van there in a great spot pretty much smack dab in the middle of the main floor. His 100" flat screen had videos going all day of his feats on the track. The Pass Time episode with him on it will air March 28th at 7:00 pm. <br />
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John Jackson was also there all the way from Texas with the Boogie Van. This vintage Corvair is without a doubt the most traveled custom van there is these days. It's John's mobile photo studio and daily driver. Check out John's amazing photography here: <a href="http://www.notstockphotography.com/">Notstockphotography.com</a><br />
We took this shot in front of the Boogie Van for our mutual friend Coby who runs: <a href="http://www.carsnotculture.com/">CHURCH Magazine</a> and owns Vango. We have Ken who was the captain of the Vango Retrieval team at the CofC in California, John, Jess (daughter of Gary owner of Alpine Express) and your's truly in our Vango and CHURCH shirts. </div>
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There were a couple of other vans in the shows and an equal number of early van pickups as well. Coop was there as well in the panel jam and a good bunch of us went to Greektown together for supper on the Saturday night. </div>
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Here's another shot of the Boogie Van. I promise to get better ones at Megaspeed as John will there as well.
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Went back early Sunday and snapped a good bunch of shots before the crowds came including this one of the Webbs' collection. The car on the right the So-Cal Streamliner is on the cover of the next Rodder's Journal, the ultimate hot rod magazine that John also has a couple of shots in. </div>
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Then I hightailed out of there to get to Windsor for 1:00 to hang out with Ivan. I'll post that story next time.Showvanshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17423380693551780905noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1508405131460588356.post-6978797086593363342012-02-17T20:13:00.000-08:002012-02-17T20:13:47.652-08:00No time to relax these days if you're a fan of vans. Just so much going onacross North America. This weekend there are 10 custom vans in Motorama in Harrisburg Pa, Pirates of the Caravan is in the Darryl Starbird Show in Tulsa Oklahoma and my buddies from Wheels of Confusion are doing another Slow Ride cruise through Malibu California. Next weekend 2 vanner vans will be at Detroit Autorama, Dave Jarvis will have his 9 second drag van in the center row and amazing photographer John Jackson will have the Boogie Van among all the hot rods in the basement of Cobo. Dirty Donny is doing his first solo art show called Vantastic Voyage in Santa Monica California on Saturday the 25th. Many vans are expected to show up for that. I'd love to be able to go to all these evants. I'll just have to settle for Detroit, if only we could all be so lucky.<br />
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Vanarama 2012 started off today in St Petersburg Florida at the CofC van show. Don't have all the details but I do have this picture thanks to Tim B one of the gurus of early Econolines. The show was partially sponsored by Showvans and fortunately Snotty from Moon Lite was able to bring some of the 2012 Vanarama banners down there fresh from the printer.<br />
Vanners are getting ready to show their vans in Motorama and Autorama this month as well. Kurk from Customvans.com has done a great job coordinating the 10 vans entered in Motoroma and also got a call from Carlisle events this week. They want to feature vans at the 2012 Carlisle Truck Nationals which is the largest custom truck event there is. This is all pretty new so we'll have more info posted doen the line.Showvanshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17423380693551780905noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1508405131460588356.post-45674653442048263892012-01-30T20:25:00.000-08:002012-01-31T05:01:16.803-08:00Council of Councils this weekend in St Petersburg FloridaEach year hundreds of vanners attend the annual custom van convention called the Council of Councils (CofC). There are meetings to discuss custom vanning with elected members of the various councils as well as an open meeting where anyone can participate. It's also at this event that the decision is made on who will be hosting the following year's National Truck-In. The National Truck-In is in it's 40th year in 2012 and will be held in Elkhorn Wisconsin July 11-15. A fairly new addition to the CofC is the van show. Last year we took advantage of being in California to have a full blown van show after the Saturday meetings. This show was sponsored by Showvans.com and attracted some of the top vans in the land including Vango and Octopus's Garden, vans that had just been in the GNRS. Octopus's Garden had also been in the 2010 SEMA show. We managed to get a few magazines there including Hot Rod, Truckin' and Drive Magazine. 2011 went on to be a very good year for coverage of vans in magazines, mainly of Vango. It's appearance at GNRS was huge, Coby took home the Chip Foose design award which pretty sealed the deal that it would gain acceptance by the very critical car crowd. It will be tough to beat 2011, we're not doing the CofC on the doorstep of all these magazines but we do have a new guy at Hot Rod interested in vans. Dennis Pittsenbarger just bought himself a classic Chevy van and is wondering what to do with it. He has written two blogs about it and his motivation to tackle a van : http://blogs.hotrod.com/hrml-motivation-and-’74-g10-shorty-19867.html#comment-38807 I'll be sending him a vanner care package and invites to the next Slow Ride headin up the coast from Malibu as well as Dirty Donny's art show called Vantastic Voyage opening Feb 25th in Santa Monica.<br />
So the future is looking bright once again. To make sure of that Johnny O has followed through with the idea to make show cards to promote vanning. The idea is not new however this is the first time someone has followed through to this extent. Somewhere in the neighborhood of 10,000 of these cards have been made. This was another project I was able to donate money to thanks to the 2012 calendar proceeds. Here's what they look like :<br />
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Custom vans are hitting the road once again to go to these indoor shows across North America.<br />
Last year was a huge year for vans at these indoor shows with Coby's Vango stealing the show at the prestigious GNRS and taking home the Foose Design Award. Ron's Octopus's Garden was also in GNRS last year as well as SEMA in 2010. John Jackson's Boogie Van was everywhere in the past 2 years including SEMA (2001 and 2011), Detroit, Houston and countless outdoor shows. In honor of this we'll be making banners for all those entering their vans in these shows this year and I'll send some to Coby, Ron and give John his at Autorama. I'll get all the details together of these shows and post them on Showvans.com.Showvanshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17423380693551780905noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1508405131460588356.post-69957265293519679332012-01-07T05:04:00.000-08:002012-01-30T20:30:19.162-08:00<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Coverage of the first Slow Ride is here : <a href="http://www.vannin.com/showvans/events/2012slowride/index.html">Slow Ride coverage on Showvans.com</a><br />
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The next Slow Ride is Sunday Feb 19th full info here: <a href="http://vannin.com/threads/ubbthreads.php/ubb/showflat/Number/532285/Searchpage/3/Main/47459/Words/slow+ride/Search/true/Re_SoCal_Slow_Ride_Malibu_Van_.html#Post532285">Slow Ride to Malibu, discussion on Vannin.com</a><br />
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Al Brown left us on Christmas Day, at the very feisty age of 81 years old. Al pretty much started organized vanning in Canada way back in the early 70's and actively participated in it with his last event being Vanfest 2011 this past June. The wheels are in motion to properly recognize Al for his dedication to vanning. Here's a collage of mainly recent photos of Al with some of his many friends.Showvanshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17423380693551780905noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1508405131460588356.post-57643013453654779182011-11-20T03:56:00.000-08:002011-11-20T03:56:45.398-08:00The 2012 Showvans calendar is sold out.<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Finally got a chance to see the 2012 Showvans calendar yesterday and send out some of the final orders. The printer once again did a bang up job. My buddy Johnny O did an incredible job mailing out 90% of the orders last week, that was a huge help this year especially. <br />
This calendar project started in 2004 as a labor of love and turned into a lot of work trying to outdo the previous version and trying to keep everyone happy. It went from mostly a northeast thing to a world wide thing with a full 1/4 of orders coming from overseas this year.<br />
The 2012 calendar is sold out, I have to scramble ro cover 2 remaining orders. There won't be another calendar until at least 2015 when a final 10th issue could come out to support the 2015 CofC in California. <br />Thanks to everyone who supported the calendars for all these years !Showvanshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17423380693551780905noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1508405131460588356.post-50769031973408520042011-09-10T06:35:00.000-07:002011-09-10T06:50:53.809-07:00The 2011 vanning season is winding down slowly, but there are a couple of big events left. So that means it's time to get crackin' on the 2012 Showvans calendar. Our friend Arne in Norway is busy taking orders to once again blow everyone away . He's aiming for 125 this year ! He asked me to do a preview for him. Once again I need a disclaimer ... this is not the cover and the pictures you see aren't necessarily going to be the ones used. Order info here: http://www.vannin.com/showvans/calendar/index.html<br />
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How about I let the pictures do the talking about the 6 amazing days we had in Old Washington Ohio with 614 vans through the gates from the 4 corners of North America.
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Check it all out here on <a href="http://www.vannin.com/showvans/events/2011Nationals/index.html">Showvans.com</a> :
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