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She Gave Her Van a 1970s Overhaul, Shag Carpet Included
Wall Street Journal ^ | April 15, 2023 | A.J. Baime

Posted on 04/15/2023 5:00:09 PM PDT by nickcarraway

Soumaya Majout Bent was inspired by ‘That ’70s Show’ to turn her 1977 Dodge into a road-tripping ride

Soumaya Majout Bent, 35, who lives in Jackson Hole, Wyo., and Santa Barbara, Calif., and is a student planning on opening a restaurant in Santa Barbara, on her 1977 Dodge custom van, as told to A.J. Baime.

It was the week of my wedding, and my fiancé and I were driving in Chicago. We saw this van parked on a lawn with a “for sale” sign. I was always mentioning how I wanted a van to go road tripping. I yelled, “Stop the car!” When we approached the van, I noticed two other people looking at it. I thought, I need this van in my life. So we called the owner right away. The following day—Aug. 5, 2022—he met us with this van. It had over 90,000 miles on it, and we bought it for $12K. The next day, my fiancé and I got married.

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TOPICS: Hobbies; Local News; Miscellaneous
KEYWORDS: 70s; automotive; van
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To: dragnet2

Lol


21 posted on 04/15/2023 8:12:04 PM PDT by combat_boots
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To: Drew68

They were one of those bands that did one thing reeeeally good and stuck to it. The Action Is Go is one of the best albums of the late 90s in my book. There were a bunch of new rock bands that should have been huge in the 90s/2000s that didn’t get a fair shake due to the triumph of the feces in popular culture. They might have been huge in the 70s. In the 90s and 00s they didn’t have a chance.

Freegards


22 posted on 04/15/2023 8:24:57 PM PDT by Ransomed
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To: nickcarraway
I had a 78 chevy van that I actually lived in for about 6 months just for the adventure.

TV, VCR, stereo, bed. Showered at the gym and lived off of Taco Bell and McDs. Very comfy and fun.

23 posted on 04/15/2023 8:37:58 PM PDT by Manic_Episode (A government of the government, by the government, for the government)
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