My 84 ol blue still is rust free with 34k miles and running strong. Just did its first set of spark plugs and wires oem were still OK and ran well prior. Oem carb has never needed touched fires up first key turn still. Shame we can't build them like this anymore
Wait a minute! in another promotional video, Chevy was touting that they have swing away sides doors for 1979 instead, because having sliding side doors makes it harder to load and unload cargo in tight spots. Yet, 5 years later they brag about having a larger swing away side door? Haha. Oh the irony.
I literally came from that video, I find it hysterical how the contradicted themselves. Still, a clever design making one door larger. Now you need MORE space to open it lol.
and still doing it to this day with fords "man step" and aluminum body. they now have their version of a "man step" and moved to aluminum like Ford LMAO
Were they unibody? And could Chevy/ GMC be used for Ambulances and cut off chassis? I always remember seeing Ford box trucks and Ambulances but no Chevy, GMC.
I think Dodge DID have a diesel engine for their vans and trucks in 1978, but it was VERY unpopular and was a terrible Mitsubishi diesel engine which prompted Dodge that a diesel engine wasn't worth it.
The 5.7 gm was so poorly developed and received, Iacocca killed the entire diesel program. Not until Case/Cummins/Consolidated Diesel began production of a good engine did they reexamine.
@@MichaelOKeefe2009 the Studebaker line had a Diesel 1 ton in the early 50's....😁 Made them popular? Honestly? I'd say the VW caddy. The tales of crazy fuel economy sold a lot of people on diesels.
Thanks for the upload. I drove one of these back when I worked in the mail room during my college days.
I used to own an '84 shorty window sport van. Bright yellow too.
❤❤❤❤❤❤Best vans ever built❤
My mom has one of these in brown...she bought it brand new back in the day and it's still in amazing shape.
My 84 ol blue still is rust free with 34k miles and running strong. Just did its first set of spark plugs and wires oem were still OK and ran well prior. Oem carb has never needed touched fires up first key turn still. Shame we can't build them like this anymore
0:39 I love those original hubcap on these van, it is not a chevy truck or van without these hubcaps.
Awesome I've seen these at some car shows loved it keep it up
Wait a minute! in another promotional video, Chevy was touting that they have swing away sides doors for 1979 instead, because having sliding side doors makes it harder to load and unload cargo in tight spots. Yet, 5 years later they brag about having a larger swing away side door? Haha. Oh the irony.
I literally came from that video, I find it hysterical how the contradicted themselves. Still, a clever design making one door larger. Now you need MORE space to open it lol.
and still doing it to this day with fords "man step" and aluminum body. they now have their version of a "man step" and moved to aluminum like Ford LMAO
Optional they caved to market demands, and the sliding doors on there were to "confusing" for vans being used as shuttle vehicles
@@milesgerschefske6231 Sliding door limits tire size, we like wide tires, extensions for the slider was hard on the bushings
Thumbnail reminds me of Who’s the Boss? Intro.
I think it was funny how much they pushed that Diesel engine. Everyone I knew that owned one back in the day hated it.
Lets go Chevy!
i wonder if new Chevrolet trucks get that anticorrosion bath?
These were very popular back in the day . The Chevy and GMC vans did'nt have a full-frame like the Ford E-series ( Econoline ) vans . CHEERS..
Were they unibody? And could Chevy/ GMC be used for Ambulances and cut off chassis? I always remember seeing Ford box trucks and Ambulances but no Chevy, GMC.
I think Dodge DID have a diesel engine for their vans and trucks in 1978, but it was VERY unpopular and was a terrible Mitsubishi diesel engine which prompted Dodge that a diesel engine wasn't worth it.
Because that Mitsubishi engine was a pile of HORSE SHIT!
The 5.7 gm was so poorly developed and received, Iacocca killed the entire diesel program. Not until Case/Cummins/Consolidated Diesel began production of a good engine did they reexamine.
@@randymagnum143 So what was the first vehicle that made diesel engines popular in consumer pickup trucks?
@@MichaelOKeefe2009 the Studebaker line had a Diesel 1 ton in the early 50's....😁
Made them popular? Honestly? I'd say the VW caddy. The tales of crazy fuel economy sold a lot of people on diesels.
I remember the diesels, they were pretty common
6.2lt? That's massive...sounds like something out of a prime mover!
Unlike Ford, the Chevy needs balljoints every 60,000 miles, the Ford is king pins, keep it greased and drive 200,000 miles