1st Gen 8 door

My buddy Harry has one as well as A/C on his 1970 Chevy......

11 years ago, I thought the 1st Gen, 64-66 Chevy/GMC vans only came in 2 flavors,,,,a panel with a choice of doors and windows, and the glorified station wagons, the SportVans,  with the fancy  seats and interior, little triangle windows, battery inside, slide out step under side doors and pop out windows,,,,HOWEVER,   these vans with the SportVan  body and panel VIN numbers showed  up,,,,we call them SHEVYVANS,,,,,, looks like they were a trial run for the new SportVans,,,,,,,slots in grille and doghouse latches are ways of telling what you got,,,,,,also,,,,if you got a 65 with 5 slot grille,,,,you got something made out of leftover 64 parts, like mine is.  They changed the brakes on the real 1965 vans.
A panel with all those windows, like mine has,  is pretty rare,,,,,,I have driven the vans with the factory 4 speed on the column,,,,,,

I have not heard from Billy since then,,,,,,,

I got 1000's of pictures on here,,,,,we had a previous web hosting service that went under and it took our forums and pictures with them,,,,,I think we lost our first 2 years,,,,,HOWEVER,,,,,if you want to talk CHEVYS,,,,,,,look at my posts under the G sections,,,,,,we rebuilt many vans,,,,,,you will find VanAgains 1st Sportvan, the yellow  STORAGE van,,,,then he got his NEW Sportvan, the blue one from New York and then he got his current one, his NEWEST Chevy Sportvan Deluxe,,,,,,
lots of stories here,,,,,you want a ShevyVan,,,,,look at Surfer Scotts,,,,,you want a No Door,,,,here is Vanishes,,,,,


https://vintage-vans.forumotion.com/t243-the-blue-no-door


,,I sure seem to have a lot of them there SportVans following me,,,,

1st ones came with 4 cylinders,,,,,then you got the 194 and 230 cu in 6 cylinders,,,,we surely grab those 250 engines and put them in our 1st Gens,,,,,they only came with 90 inch wheelbase,,,,,the 2nd Gens, 67-70 had the 250s as well as two v8s,,,,,you could get them in 1/2 and 3/4 ton ratings and 2 different wheelbases,,,,,