I have had the Idea for this blog for several years. I have a collection of nearly every van magazine ever printed. It sits on the shelves down stairs. I get out a mag or two ever once in a while to browse, or when I want to research a van or event. But for the most part they are hidden from the world .

Anyone under the age of 40 most likely has never seen these publications. There is little available on the net about the early days of vanning. Sure there is Vanning.com and other sites dedicated to Vanning, but they are mainly about the current state of the sport.
These magazines are nearly impossible to find now. You will find some in swap meets,but most are gone. The library s of the country won't have them.
I intend to post all of the issues eventually. I scan all the pages except any adds that are not really van related. Even some of the adds are cool in their own right.

I am endeavoring to post all the mags and articles about Vans, Vanning and Vanners that I can, that way there will be some resource in the future to find out about what we van people did with our lives. Even the long time vanners will enjoy seeing these articles and vans. There is a lot of them that I don't even remember seeing before.

I am starting with the oldest mag I have Vans & Trucks. I am not sure if I will do all of the issues of a title. or do them by year. I will try to do at least one a week, but there are over 10 different titles over a period of 10 years to go thru, so its gona take a while. hope you enjoy.

VANS & TRUCKS.

   ISSUES:

NO 1 JUNE 1975      POSTED                   NEW OWNERS

NO 2 SEPT 1975      POSTED                   NO 39  JULY 1982

NO 3  NOV 1975                              NO 40  SEPT 1982

NO 4  MARCH 1976                        NO 41  NOV 1982

NO 5  APRIL 1976                          NO 42  JAN 1983

NO 6  MAY 1976                             NO 43  MAR 1983

NO 7  JUNE 1976                           NO 44  MAY 1983

NO 8  AUGUST 1976                     NO 45  JULY 1983

NO 9  SEPT 1976                          NO 46  SEPT. 1983

NO 10  OCT. 1976                         NO 47  NOV 1983

NO 11  NOV  1976                         NO 48  JAN 1984

NO 12  JAN. 1977                          NO 49  MAR 1984

NO 13  MARCH 1977                    NO 50  APR 1984

NO 14  APR. 1977                          NO 51  MAY 1984

NO 15  MAY 1977                           NO 52  JUNE 1984

NO 16  JUNE 1977                         NO 53  JULY 1984      

NO 17  AUG, 1977                         NO 54  AUG  1984

NO 18  SEPT 1977                        NO 55  SEPT 1984

NO 19 OCT 1977                          NO 56  OCT 1984

NO 20  JAN 1978                           NO 57  NOV 1984

NO 21  MAR. 1978                        NO 58  DEC. 1984

NO  22 APR. 1978                        NO 59  JAN. 1985

NO 23  JUNE 1978                       NO 60  MAR 1985

NO 24  JULY 1978                        NO 61  APR. 1985

NO 25  SEPT 1978                      NO 62  MAY 1985

NO 26  NOV. 1978                       NO 63  JUNE 1985

NO 27  JAN. 1979                       NO 64  JULY 1985

NO 28  MAR. 1979                     NO 65  AUG 1985

NO 29  MAY 1979                      NO 66  SEPT 1985

'NO 30  JULY 1979                     NO 67  OCT/NOV 1985

NO 31  DEC 1979                       NO 68  DEC/JAN 1986

NO 32  MAR. 1980                     NO 69  FEB/MAR 1987

NO 33  MAY  1980                     NO 70  APR/MAY 1987

NO 34  MARCH 1981                 NO 71  JUNE/ JULY 1987 

NO 35  MAY 1981                      NO 72  AUG/SEPT 1987

NO 36  JULY 1981                    NO 73  OCT/NOV 1987

NO 37  SEPT 1981                    NO 74  DEC/JAN 1988

NO 38  MAR 1982                     NO 75   FEB/MAR 1988

                                                  NO 76  MAY/JUNE 1988

                                                  NO 77  JULY/AUG 1988

                                                  NO 78  SEPT/OCT 1988    LAST ISSUE

 

 

 

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