I need more !

Now that I have found this forum,this itch that I have, to find and own an early van is getting worse. I can hold off til I find the right one for me (prefer 1st gen. chevy, east of the mississippi ) but I need to quench this thirst with reading material.
What are some books or magazines that you all recommend ?

mike

You know, I've gotten no info from print media on earlies... just on the internet!

There is a group I don't belong to (I don't own a vintage Chevy YET), but the Vintage Chevy Van Club VCVC is somewhere you must be online.

You need to be here at VintAGE-Vans, and you need to research the market on Craigslist, Kijiji (NYC's listings suck right now, but they're huge in Canada), eBay... look at prices and conditions of vans that pop up!

If members here are selling, they tend to be picky about who buys them... they don't want it stripped to be a work truck, because it's for vannin and we're proud of our vans! So people tend to have positive experiences when they buy within the community.

You've already made up your mind you want a first gen Chev, and it will be easy! You'll own one very soon. All the candidates will range from barely breathing to fully restored. I've got two barely breathing earlies... a Ford I paid $700 CAD for, and a Fargo A100 I paid $50 CAD for, both probably in the same condition, but I was a bit more frugal and less emotional when I made the offer on the Fargo.

I give it a couple weeks before your jones gets the better of you!

Welcome aboard Mike. Just remember while your looking that the right van will probably find you. There is usually a steady listing of vans for sale and thanks to G-man and Vanish most everything out there gets listed here on the site under the A's, G's , or E's for sale. As far as reading material there's not a whole lot out there about the early's that I know of. If you haven't found it yet there is another site that is devoted to the early chevy's ,(Vintage Chevy Van Club) VCVC.org . A lot of the people here are also members there. A great bunch of people on both sites and everyone is really helpful. Between the two sites there should be enough reading and pic's to keep you busy and fuel the fire for an early. If you have any questions just ask, someone will help.

wideload

If a picture is worth a thousand words then this site and vcvc site will provide you volumes of information.

I agree ,I am not in a rush and the right one will come along.
I looked at one over the weekend that was on ebay last week 20 mins.from my house.I was there 5 min than left.Being it was what I was looking for I expected to buy it til I saw it and the worst part was what this guy thought it was worth.
Thanks again for the warm welcome

ditto on all advise especially what gman says about the body - the search function here and at vcvc will answer a lot of questions - and when you find your van a factory manual will help - oo3

Hate to say it but I did get all my manuals on "FeeBay".
And the rest I either got from internet searches or folks here or the vcvc site. The amount of knowledge here is truly amazazing!!!

Dan

DanTheVanMan

how about a 64 no-door? no rust, v-8 auto. needs paint. let me know in ct.

sure, pm sent

bill your selling your early??????
or have another?

l.f. thinking of letting it go, got my eyes on another project, so if the price is right it goes. otherwise ill keep it.

damn here i am too and can't afford to pay attention...
well there's always lotto hopes.... good luck man