Old Pictures of Earlies at Work

Ah! Thanks

oops I just made a new thread, basically attempting to start one just like this without realizing it already exists.

Wow…awesome vans!! CLASSIC!

I have some shots of vans I need to dig up from old sign painter trade mags. I'll try to find them all and post them here.

Old working 8 door.

8-door working van! Nice! Wouldn't it be cool if someone on this site realized that one of these old workers was their van...?

Old pictures with vans, not necessarily working

The girl might be a bit distracting in this first picture, but there is a van somewhere.

I got some of those. Vans in the background. Cept the girls aren't as pretty. LOL.

Ma Bell second gen Chevy.



Hippies in front of an Econoline.



Econoline behind a Metro bus.

I like the gas prices in the first picture.

Someone posted this one on the A100 mailing this today:



I have never seen one setup like this before...purty neat!

Nice rail inspection Truck!

Here's another street shot, think this was an old postcard or something

"SAM the Record Man" photo is from Yonge street in Toronto.

Goggled it Oscarm...sure has changed.

I've been looking for an old picture of my van back when it was a Fire Department support vehicle in a small town in Grangeville ID from 1963 - 1993. I didn't have any luck until I placed an article in their local paper asking if anyone had a pic. One guy answered named Clyde, a retired fire fighter, and he said he knew the van and he's looking for a pic.
Another guy named Dick said there was a van like it in a nearby town called Cottonwood, ID. Here's a scanned picture he sent of the Cottonwood FD Van. Not my van or a great scan...going to try and get a better one later.

Saw this clown van on the Yahoo econoline site...

Looks like an old worker on display and a fancy Pizza van.

Speaking of fire department vans, have you guys seen this 66 Ford Econoline Supervan no-door?!

http://www.gatewayclassiccars.com/chicago/1966/ford/econoline-S196.html

It was for sale in Chicago. There are a bunch of hi-resolution photos of this beauty. The interior shows how it was outfitted for the fire department. Very cool! Save those photos before they're gone. There's a video tour of it too.

Pretty cool KFD FD Van. There were a lot of departments that used all the Earlies.

Brent, I love the idea of searching for an old photo of your van at work! That's a great idea to ask around like that.

I also love the old "bubblegum machine" on the roof in these shots. The blue NY Sportvan I bought a few years ago was originally owned by a NY fire department. But the stock vinyl interior was still in good shape, so I assume it was never decked out like that Econoline. The only indication, besides the Protecto plate, were the (poorly) patched holes in the roof.

VANagain,

I'm hoping to get a picture, but each week that passes makes me think that they aren't going to be able to find one. I'm sure mine wasn't decked out with a fancy paint job like the pictures above, but Clyde said it had a Cherry on top and a ladder etc. I do know, like yours, it had some poorly patched roof holes and a ton of other holes everywhere else! lol

Does this one count as a working van?! I guess it was working on The Love Boat in Hollywood.
JJ Walker driving a Dodge exterminator van! He misses the boat and has to drive into Mexico to catch it at its next port. Dyno-mite!





(I also posted this in Earlies on the Small Screen.)

lol, I had that first picture with the bug on top on here already. I thought it was a picture of a real exterminator.

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[quote="uante"]lol, I had that first picture with the bug on top on here already. I thought it was a picture of a real exterminator.

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Hey Brent, were you at the Hemmings museum in Bennington, VT? Cool place!!!