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78C10BigTen · Apr 1, 2020

Found this laying around at work, obviously its broke but anybody know what it came off of??

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Turbo4whl · Apr 1, 2020

GMC Rally Wagon

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RoryH19 · Apr 1, 2020

78C10BigTen said:
Found this laying around at work, obviously its broke but anybody know what it came off of??

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Cool, never seen one before.
Probably because I don't see many vans.

bucket · Apr 1, 2020

Cool emblem!

I think it's early 80's or older. Van of course.

Keith Seymore · Apr 2, 2020

RoryH19 said:
Cool, never seen one before.
Probably because I don't see many vans.

Quick story - most of the vans we built back then were very utilitarian. Stripped down (white) cargo vans for phone companies, utilities and conversion upfitters.

We did a study one time and determined that the majority of the loaded up fancy vans were ordered by Engineering for the engineers to drive around. Very few went to the general public.

K

Shiny · Apr 21, 2021

@78C10BigTen

Here it is!
Thanks!

-Shiny

78C10BigTen · Apr 21, 2021

Shiny said:
@78C10BigTen

Here it is!
Thanks!

-Shiny

Ah ok! I forgot about that one... to be honest i never actually grabbed that one from work, i just took a pic of it. But im pretty sure its sitting in the scale house at work. Let me look tomorrow and ill get back to you.

Keith Seymore · Apr 22, 2021

Keith Seymore said:
Quick story - most of the vans we built back then were very utilitarian. Stripped down (white) cargo vans for phone companies, utilities and conversion upfitters.

We did a study one time and determined that the majority of the loaded up fancy vans were ordered by Engineering for the engineers to drive around. Very few went to the general public.

K

There was probably one specific engineer responsible for that: Bob Z.

He loved those vans (for some reason) and always drove one when he could get one.

He was a funny guy (off beat sense of humor). We were standing outside at the Milford Proving Ground one day and could see a bunch of buzzards circling in the distance.

Bob sighed and said "...there must be a G Van going up the 16% grade".

K

78C10BigTen · Apr 22, 2021

@Shiny i do still have it. Heres pictures. Its dirty and 1 mounting peg is broke off

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75gmck25 · Apr 22, 2021

In 1977 Ford offered an Econoline that was called the "Cruising Van". It was a short wheelbase van with special striped paint, round porthole windows in the back, swivel captains chairs and a few other special features. At the time, Ford was trying to meet CAFE gas mileage standards and gas was relatively expensive, so most E100 and E150 vans came with the 300 Cubic Inch 6 cylinder engine.

I don't remember if GM had something similar.

sirweesarunch · Apr 24, 2021

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my ole man bought a GMC Rally Wagon in 1972. You can barely see it in this foto taken in 1978 after we moved to California. Drove from NY to CA. Paid $3600 out the door brand new.

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