The Van (1977)

Introduction of the 'Straight Arrow'.
Bobby (Stuey Goetz) almost shits his flared trousers when he picks up his ridiculously fucking huge custom Dodge van, the Straight Arrow. Driving ensues.

[@bwilliams13able]

Imagine 70's vans with all the modern technology. HDTV etc.

[@genxmurse7019]

I used to see vans like that when I was a kid in the 70's. Some of them had paint schemes that were mind blowing.

[@jasonm.8174]

The Van is the greatest motion picture ever made and I will fight anyone that disputes this with knives.

[@Ryan-mq2mi]

This movie is so bad it’s not even funny because it’s cheesy. You know sometimes low budget and cheesy can be funny? This video will make you question if you’re alive. It’s like staring at a chalkboard.

[@CycleCruza]

Vans are making a come back. I just got one myself and pimping it out. lol

[@CycleCruza]

***** lol

[@JonathanLong]

I am on my second one just wish the customizations would be like the 70s when it came to accessibility

[@Tomcat71]

me too, 2004 E250 econoline, Been slowly working on getting the inside done.

[@Dragonfly6160]

I remember the whole van craze. The best days.

[@martylevente8742]

+Craig Zimmerman yeah I remember those days too, even though I was just a little guy back then. My uncle had a late 70's Chevy van and my dad had a '71 Dodge Tradesman 200 that was a used ex Canadian Armed Forces fleet van when he bought it. It was over 3 years ago that I bought myself an '87 Chevy G10 cargo van to re-ignite the past. I customized my Chevy like it would of been back in the late 70's/early 80's (shag carpet, mahogony wood panelling, CB, fridge & microwave and an updated stereo). My dad and uncle sure love the memories my van brings back for them. And everywhere I drive I always get the thumbs up and many compliments... :)

[@robertmasina4610]

@Craig. I too remember that craze, only appropriate with the song on the radio in 1975, "Chevy Van" by Sammy Johns.

[@Warren1814]

still the best lookin custom van i have ever seen. i'm in a wheelchair and i would love to fix me a van up like that. i seen this movie as a kid. loved it !!

[@Ryan-mq2mi]

Still alive?

[@bbarnett3469]

Very cool. Good times! Good memories!! Good friends.... I've had my 79' GMC (G25) for 30 years now, best $2,000 I ever spent!! Rolling Man-cave. Work out of it! Live out of it! Travel! Move big stuff! Surf! Currently in it's 3rd form with hood-scoop, flares, front & rear spoilers, sunshade, sunroof, louvers, closet w/ TV/VCR, sink/faucet, pull-out table, bench/bed, & swivel Captain seats! Newspaper BBQ! Plaid tuck & roll thru-out. Doggie window. See ya at da beach Chillaxin'!! World Local....

[@narc6150]

I remember why my father bought a brand new 1980 custom van. Then in 1981 he put in a water bed and then 1982 my sister was born. 😊

[@KHearse87]

Wow, this made my day. Easily the funniest example of late '70s cinema I've ever seen. I had to laugh at "8 track!" and the speedy animation when he pulls out of the garage.

[@CitizenKane380]

i love this movie

[@nickhill8612]

​@@CitizenKane380 I want to see it now.

[@dondajulah4168]

I am waiting for the Tarantino remake

[@jmpecore]

Highly underrated movie!

[@Fluk3D099]

Proud owner of a 74 Vandura. Whoever I bought it off of must have watched this movie hundreds of times. Its a little rough around the edges but it is still awesome and people love it. My addition was a keg of homebrew in the closet with tap mounted in the door. People flip their shit when they see I have beer on tap in the party van. lol

[@ulyssesnorth6843]

70's were so damn cool

[@mamaT461]

Yes they were I was a little girl then

[@pamkay1756]

@@mamaT461 Yeah, me too.

[@alainvosselman9960]

The complete movie used to be on youtube about a decade ago. Was a great movie to watch.

[@stevencantrellzenroom7383]

Good time vans are awesome 🚐

[@zorpis65]

I still LMFAO every time I see this... Such witicisms such as "Hey, got time to smoke a joint? No But I got time for a quickie" LOL

[@luisbohorquez7096]

😃😃😃😃👍👍👍 🤙🤙🤙 Lol

[@jeanc819]

I was sold the moment he said it's got an 8 Track.

[@Quixotepr]

Its funny to remember that in those times, 1977, an 8 track was the newest technology.

[@barbmelle3136]

Cassettes were already really popular by then. The 8 tracks were more popular in the late 60's.

[@TebooTedMarshall]

I remember watching this as a kid, Now I got me 72' b-100 shorty that is sweet as hell.

[@1VinylFetish]

That nerd was in the Brady Bunch episode with the ole "somehting suddenly came up" crap that Marsha jackd him with.... ha howd he get this gig.... lol go 70's!

[@johnsonvlogz6723]

Rick Serici what happened to him any way

[@lillylazer429]

Charlie

[@babydollkiller]

I love these types of vans. one of my goals is track down one and get it on the road again

[@markbowman5515]

the CB radio really sold me

[@waynebrown8513]

I was a senior in high school when this movie came out 😉

[@camaromullet]

Thats a hell of a nice van. I seen this movie back in the mid or late 1980's on the usa channel. I would like to have one of those vans now. I just never see any 70's era custom vans on the streets nowdays. I guess there all gone. Too bad, it would have been fun to have owned a van like that back in the 70's.

[@sund7cuU]

I had the Hot Wheels Straight Arrow van as a kid, but had no idea it came from a movie until I saw this on Netflix 30 years later. If I knew about the naked lady curtains back then I probably would've taken the toy apart trying to get a look.

[@MvanWijnen]

This is a nice Van !

[@drewgrows7765]

It has a toaster! I'm sold. Pop tart heaven

[@davidconde1521]

*BUT WAIT!! THERE'S MORE!!*

[@davidthomas4277]

I graduated in 1978 , I knew a couple guys ,who had van , but up north they weren't all that popular. But some guys had.wrestle castles, f..ck trucks. But back then the drinking age was 18yrs old .most high school seniors could buy beer ,so we didnt have to sneak around, and the summer weren't long enough to really put all that money into a van ,a couple buddies had some old convertibles, that was more the summer ride,where I grew up.

[@WatchVenusSpa]

NEED to download this!!!

[@darkstar6909]

God I remember this classic I'm baked now and it was just like old times only I wasnt as big of a geek, and I had a Chevy

[@parkerjanelle7853]

And more!

[@TebooTedMarshall]

Thats funny when the guy opens the fridge, he has to do a double take because he didnt remember what it was. Im so happy I own a 77 Tradesman :O)

[@yourallbrainwashed]

yeah, i love dodge vans too. but i love all the old 60s-70s vans. but my favorite used to be the tradesman. but now i love them all for different reasons. when i was a kid i used to think the early flat nose full size ford econoline van swere so ugly, but now i love it because of its mean smooshed face looking front end. teah, i love old vans

[@CircaMay85]

That van is fucking sick....

[@sneakerfreak2002]

Nice! I’m sure he’s gonna haul lots of timber in that one

[@Hellthrasher]

IS this a movie!!!?? That van is insane on the inside! Love those oldschool vintage vans. Fuk this new era of minivan shits!

[@bigblackcocks]

I've heard that this was retitled as 'Chevy Van' at one point, after the themesong but, yeah, its a Dodge. Crazy!

[@TheDutyPaid]

How West Coast Customs started.

[@bws1971]

I've always thought the Dodge vans were the best looking of that era -- something about the stance and the oval-ish shape of the front fascia.

[@juanpabloarena2724]

ICONIC ✨

[@FT29V6]

vans are cool

[@seabasssimpson4547]

You know it's a high dollar build when you get FOUR mag wheels!

[@drewgrows7765]

I only got two.

[@fixitmann6685]

Bobby planned on buying a Chevy, hence the title of the song. Then he found the Dodge, and.. hey whatever.

[@SunsetSideVet]

Just Saw this on Netflix damn reminded me of How California used to be

[@olemulletgarage2637]

Love my 77 big block tradesman 200💪💪

[@thyubernoob]

A 8-track....cool man! lol

[@mansonrkmc]

The best scene was when he ask the chick in the hotdog stand window if she wanted to share a joint in the back of the van. Post that scene.

[@TebooTedMarshall]

Thats one badass B200!

[@alexperez-ux8db]

hablo en español quiero saber como se llama la pelicula

[@bigblackcocks]

The Van

[@bestestrecords]

I had to laugh when I read the info on this video. That's the funniest shit I've seen in awhile.

[@sideshowcarny]

Sammy Johns sang all of the songs from "The Van". I own the soundtrack. :)

[@joeyoconnor4476]

yes-but is that sammy johns around the 4:40 mark?when she tells em the car's on fire

[@joeyoconnor4476]

sorry-4:28

[@raynutty82]

Nobody calls dugan a turd!

[@dondajulah4168]

Maybe so, but I call my turds "Dugans"

[@raynutty82]

@@dondajulah4168 lol

[@shaunmaree6493]

I have this movie on video, gotta dig it out

[@bwilliams13able]

Now with HD!

[@pageisarockgod]

we have a 77 dodge van but its a p.o.s it hasent been registered since 1992 we might customize it my dad wants to bring back the van craze I would rather stick with our muscle cars

[@CMDevoid]

I love this movie my dad had a custom van. Funny thing this movie came on 1 night in the late 80's and my little kid mind did not get why my mom kept making funny remarks to my dad in hindsight I know why fuck my dad was DUGAN

[@freespeachrulez]

Yeah just like it!!

[@meesalikeu]

"mag wheels. 4" & nice tuneage. lol! 'the van' used to play endlessly at drive-in movies. usually it was paired up with 'van nuys blvd.' look for that one too. both had long driving around scenes and some sex scenes. heh.

[@fiveslots]

Mag wheels...4 lol

[@73dustpan]

mike misk I would have looked at him like..the fucks wrong with you??

[@dto605]

naked under overalls, scary

[@Ryan-mq2mi]

20 years ago, I had a roommate, and we didn’t have any cable, so we didn’t have any TV at all. I had this video though. Used to play it all the time. It’s one of the cheesiest, but not even in a funny way or anything. The movie just is. Is what? Is nothing. Describing this movie is like trying to describe the flavor of styrofoam. The weird thing about it though is Danny DeVito is in it! The music is milquetoast, the cinematography is bad and cheap, but it’s better than a blank screen!

[@wakeem93]

and 3 miles to the gallon

[@bigrigJim]

Those aren't mag wheels , they are chrome steel. Mag wheels are made out of Magnesium.

[@Metemi]

Ha? Van! Ha? Ha? Waterbed! Ha?

[@CycolacFan]

Wow four mag wheels... and did he say a pop up toaster?

[@tonyfreeman1339]

And more

[@cjvirnig]

I bought this movie from the bargain rack at Best Buy for $5. The best money I've ever spent. Classic line from this movie: "There ain't a girl around who doesn't love the sound of a zipper coming down."

[@vulture3112]

8 Track!!!!

[@MrCheezeWhizz]

that's the balls

[@GaryCBroyhill]

they have this movie on Netflix streaming

[@staircas3737]

What's the song called at the end of the video

[@meesalikeu]

yeah, but do you have it on 8 track?

[@skipplet]

What is that song at the end of the clip?

[@bigblackcocks]

@LukaStanojevic 'Country Lady' by Sammy Johns. Now, stop stalking me...

[@AidanTA]

@cjvirnig Classic, gonna use that line...ha ha ha

[@Alchemy510]

is this like pimp my ride?

[@scottharvey7195]

I feel so bad for the straight girls of the 1970's... look what they had to work with!

[@ToyotaGuy1971]

It's only a movie, bro. These "actors" weren't chosen for their looks or acting abilities - it was nepotism.

[@DannyXXXXX]

They got to fuck in a dope van.

[@Madbandit77]

"and"

[@ABCDEFG-bk9gx]

That's not a van. It's a shaggin wagon.

[@Ryan-mq2mi]

Thing is, the vans themselves are cool. The era is not bad. It’s just this video might as will be a blank screen. I watch this video probably a dozen times, at the time I had no TV and it was the only video we had so we were just put it on, so there was something on. I still couldn’t tell you much about the movie though. That’s how it makes you feel, just completely blank. It’s not even funny for being low budget and cheesy. Instead of popcorn, I think for a snack you should eat some styrofoam. It’s not funny, it’s not edgy, no riveting story, the music is awful, etc. It’s the weirdest thing. I’ve never seen anything like it. You can watch the whole movie and it’s like staring at a chalkboard.

[@timpriddy349]

I prefer the shortboxes......Maxivans rode better but too damn long

[@andy1200]

dam thats 1970" baller shit right thurrrr lol

[@jackburton6133]

Always wanted to get a van "when I grow up" as a kid... but all I think of now is poor shirley lynette ledford. Hard to want anything to do with them after finding out about that evil.

[@Madbandit77]

You youngsters don't know nothing!