Vanner Girl

My wife saved up for about a year and bought herself a 1964 Econoline about 8 weeks ago. It took a while to track down an affordable engine for it in our area but we finally did and today she got to drive it around for the first time. She is in love to say the least with her van. Ive said it before but thanks to everyone on the site that has posted questions and answers about these vans. It helped me get the van back on the road and to put a smile on my wifes face that probably wont leave for a while. Here are a couple pictures from earlier today!

Very Nice. Congrats.

Sharp looking Van..!!!..Congrats.. Enjoy It...

I found this lovely couple on Instagram and sent them the craigslist add for this van. Makes me so happy that u helped you guys find this beauty. Congrats!! Looks awesome.

That is one nice van.

Awesome

Her smile speaks volumes!!! Congrats on a Fantastic score!!!

Hooray! Beautiful wife and she's got herself a beautiful classic van

welcome to our party.

Thanks everyone for the kind words!

Neat story

Kind of curious as to what the emblem is on the front?

Uante -
Its just a generic emblem you get at parts store like autozone. It says special edition. saving up for the original F O R D emblem but for now it fills that blank space up a bit.

Well, even being a Chevy guy, I have to say I like that van. Whoever designed the headlights on those things deserves a bonus point. I wonder if anyone on this sight has any insight into who might have been involved in designing these....

Vanny got it right... the smile speaks volumes. Nice to see happy new owners....

And those rear heart windows... too cool!

Congrats to you both!

drc wrote:Well, even being a Chevy guy, I have to say I like that van. Whoever designed the headlights on those things deserves a bonus point. I wonder if anyone on this sight has any insight into who might have been involved in designing these....

Vanny got it right... the smile speaks volumes. Nice to see happy new owners....

And those rear heart windows... too cool!

Congrats to you both!

The Econoline was designed by Roy Brown who also designed the Edsel. You can see a resemblance between the Edsel grille and the Econoline headlight bezels turned sideways. The front turn signals are also similar.

Congrats on your new van. Welcome to VV.

It is great to see young folks buying and loving the classic Econolines.
We've been talking about having a get together in NC for a while. Maybe this spring.

If you have some sort of event in NC we will most definitely be there! We love these vans and would really enjoy meeting some other people who feel the same.

congrats on the great van!

EconoUSAparts wrote:

drc wrote:Well, even being a Chevy guy, I have to say I like that van. Whoever designed the headlights on those things deserves a bonus point. I wonder if anyone on this sight has any insight into who might have been involved in designing these....

Vanny got it right... the smile speaks volumes. Nice to see happy new owners....

And those rear heart windows... too cool!

Congrats to you both!

   

   The Econoline was designed by Roy Brown who also designed the Edsel. You can see a resemblance between the Edsel grille and the Econoline headlight bezels turned sideways. The front turn signals are also similar.

Thats something I didnt know, and your right the turn signals and headlights are a very close carry over, Im very surprised we all know how well the Edsil sold...

Welcome to VV. I come down to your area 2 or 3 times a year. I'm going to try a PM.

ThunderVan - Ill be giving you a call sometime tomorrow about the emblems. Thanks!

Very nice!

Sweet!

Welcome to Vintage Vans.

See you Carolinians up in New Jersey in July for the Northeast Vintage Van Show.

If you need the FORD front letters let me know.

Jim in NJ aka Casimier