1st Gen 8 door

Why don't you ask him if he wants to weld up all those unnecessary windows and doors, VANISH, (king of the cave vans).

Don Thanks for Posting that Picture !!!! That's Just a Beautiful Thing !!!!!! Just Can't get enuff !!!!!! O' By the way !!! Got a set of Panel Doors for the ford to Put on it !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Gonna Look GREAT !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Welcome Billy. Very rare van you have there!!!

First off,a big Welcome to ya Billy !
I guess you can gather by all the previous posts,how extremely rare your van is.Seems to be the only one so far known in exsistance.Bet there's some drool on some keyboards too.
Don't know how you found us,but glad you did.
Now ya'll don't bombard him with PM's sayin..."If ya ever wanna sell it....." Haaa!

thanks. thats a real nice van you have also. like the white and red paint. what year is your van?

thanks. i did not know what i had till i joined this club and talked to donivan. still dont know a lot, but that donivan sure knows his vans. i hope buy early winter i will have it done. i would like to find a 2nd gen van to fix up at a later time. right now the money goes on the one i have now. billy

I am at work right now so I will check out my vin tonight. Nope, no step or pop outs. Mine had a rear seat in it when I got it but I don't think it was stock. I also have the jumpseat as my passengers seat.

Ok, got my VIN G1256P113543. What can you tell me about my van???

Doesn't the lower slot opening on the 'radiator grill' identify it as later than a '64?

Regardless, what a fantastic find!

Billy, you've got a rare gem there, and I'm very glad that it's found it's way to the hands of someone that will give it the respect it deserves.

Vanning's history has gotten quite a bit richer this day, the addition of this find to the culture and to the future of vanning and it's fans is a gift beyond measure.

Here's to you Billy, and to all who love Detroit's utilitarian (but ubercool) shoeboxs on wheels!

Three Cheers for Billy and the Great 8!

Hip, Hip, Hooray!

Hip, Hip, Hooray!

Hip, Hip, Hooray!

Now, where's the beer?

What? Didn't they tell you?

New guys with pics have to buy the first keg...

g-man . thevin# on door jam is G1256P 120260 and the one on frame at the gas tank is 6P120260. maybe this will help. if you find out what or how many was made, please let us know. billy

So, it's a '66 then?

donivan65 wrote:Well its White.



And its a 1/2 ton Chevy (G12)
panel (5) 1966(6) and the 13,543 out of 28,180

Well it won't be white for much longer...

wacko wrote:Ok, got my VIN G1256P113543. What can you tell me about my van???

Hey Wacko,

my 66 was 13520, your van was only 23 vans down the line at the same assembly plant!

Cool story on this 8 door van. Whats the satis of it now? it's been almost 9 years already.

Billy, Where in Alabama are you? I'm in Huntsville, AL. Maybe we can have a southern Van In one day

Had part of it right Don, Thanks again

,,,sure are a lot of van ghosts floating around,,,,,,,,

Thanks for resurrecting this thread, Don. I never saw it before. Let's hope we hear back from Billy.

You know I have an affinity for them Sportvans...

That sure is a fancy word,,,,,,,but anyways,,,,,I got a lot of van videos on PhotoBucket that I cant get off of to come here,,,,,,so what would be a video hosting/transfer service to allow videos to be posted here from my computer,,,,,,this is what I get when I just try to use Host an Image here,,,,,,

YouTube would be the easiest. Maybe make a channel for all your van videos. I think you can set it up so only those with the link can see them. Then just paste the link into a forum post.