Groovy Gamora: 1972 Ford Custom Van

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Located in San Francisco, California, this 1972 Ford Van has been customized and was once featured in Hot Rod Magazine. The van is being sold by a van rental company called Bandago and they call the van “Gamora” in honor of its emphasis on green. As you probably know, Gamora is a fictional Marvel comic book character who is the adopted daughter of Thanos and the last of her species. The van is listed for a very reasonable price of $15,000 here on craigslist.

Equipped with a rear table that can also be converted into a bed, the customized interior includes a padded ceiling above and shag carpet below. The owners have added seat belts, a wood grain video screen, and the van comes with an Atari 2600 video game system. The steering wheel is unique and is a wild sparkling green metallic.

There is not a mention of what engine powers the van but there is a cool exhaust system that the seller states is very loud. Power is sent to the rear end via an automatic transmission. Apparently, the owner is a University of Oregon fan because there is a sticker of the Oregon mascot on the dash.

Being a customized van, the roof features a large sunroof to let the California sunlight in on the passengers. The craigslist ad states that the odometer reflects 92,000 miles and the van comes with a clean title. The van does not have air conditioning but does have a cool dual snorkel scoop on the front hood. I have no idea what this van is worth but it seems to be in great shape. What do you think?

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  1. Bob_in_TN Bob_in_TNMember

    I too have no idea what it is worth. But as a statement of the 70’s, one can’t get much more appropriate than this. It has all the stereotypical 70’s van scene parts and pieces. Even the colors are spot-on. Maybe it needs some surreal air-brushed graphics?

    Van rental company — I’ve rented a large van a few times to take the grandkids (and their parents) on a trip. This would probably not have been my first choice for such duty.

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    • 4Quarts

      Oh yes, Surreal Graphics are definitely needed. Maybe a couple blacked-out Crescent Bubble windows in the year quarter panels.

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  2. bud lee

    This is cool . Camping with the tent already set up .

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  3. Phlathead Phil.

    Reminds me of my ‘73 E-350. It was a “workhorse” with a 302 and 3 on the tree.

    I bought it for $1600.00 in 1985. It could pull anything but, the week spot was the clutch.

    This one looks to be a real “Keeper.”

    Everything is done, just load up the coolers, wetsuits, surfboards, the dog, the woman and you are ‘down the road’ to your favorite surf spot.

    Oh yeah, don’t forget your mini BBQ!

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  4. 370zpp 370zpp

    Hey, I had that same steering wheel in my 61 Beetle. And I don’t believe we used an actual “adapter kit” for the install, either.

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  5. Tom

    Had a ‘74 and the C4 transmission died at 60K miles.

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  6. Matt G

    Love the green… a shot of the passenger side of the vehicle would be nice… won’t those side pipes burn the paint off?

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    • Phlathead Phil

      Matt, if it were me I’d take this ride to the local muffler shop and have the pipes modified. Carburetors that ran Leaded fuel (unleaded appeared in 1975) had a tendency to burn rich if not kept tuned up, thus spewing carbon. I assume the owner attempted to direct the exhaust blast away from the rear wheels.
      I always run my pipes aft of the rears or toward the ground if there is chrome in the vicinity.

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  7. Turbo

    On the one hand, I can’t imagine the kind of debauchery that occurred back in the day in this petri dish on wheels. But I still think it would be pretty cool to own my very own, authentic, 70’s shaggin’ waggin. I would be THE MAN at the next class reunion. So torn…

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    • Turbo

      Oh, and the correct spelling is “Gomorrah”

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      • David Ulrey

        Did Sodom come in to play as well?

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  8. K. R. V.

    These were great work vans, over built with heavy loads in mind. But one very peculiar design element. Ford at the time had a sales slogan of “A better idea!” That I’m not sure how much it helped, but. To help make more leg and foot space on the drivers side, the entire drivetrain was mounted off center approximately 4-6” towards the passenger side, that includes the doghouse, that definitely left more room for the driver, but passenger? Not so much! Even the passenger seat was narrower!

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