J Vans

I happened to be perusing the ace Retro Rides forum again today when I saw a thread about Japanese vans and campers because someone was thinking of looking for some Japanese vans for sale and wanted some inspiration and guidance of what was around and what could be done to them.

The thread (here) has absolutely loads of amazing pics but I thought I would pick out a few of my favourites for your perusal.

First off have one of my favourite things in the world… RAKE! For a van that is so square this actually works really well and even the white band tyres look good considering its modern-ness (I may have made that word up…)

This has a very 70′s So Cal feel to it for a Japanese van but it works really well and I can imagine seeing it down by the beach with all the surfboards thrown in the back!

The most distinctive Japanese style is easily Bosozoku so obviously it gets done to everything, even tiny little vans…

Slam, banded steels and flat paint. Always a MASSIVE WIN!

This looks like the perfect race car team vehicle, just because something is completely impractical for the style doesn’t mean it shouldn’t be done, race car stylings on a van obviously works I mean just look at the picture! Drag racer styled G-Wiz anyone?