{"id":3855,"date":"2009-07-03T08:41:30","date_gmt":"2009-07-03T15:41:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.alleewillis.com\/blog\/?p=3855"},"modified":"2009-07-03T08:43:08","modified_gmt":"2009-07-03T15:43:08","slug":"allee-willis-kitsch-o-the-day-if-this-vans-a-rockin-dont-bother-knockin-tin-sign","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alleewillis.com\/blog\/allee-willis-kitsch-o-the-day-if-this-vans-a-rockin-dont-bother-knockin-tin-sign\/","title":{"rendered":"Allee Willis&#8217; Kitsch O&#8217; The Day &#8211; &#8216;If This Van&#8217;s A Rockin Don&#8217;t Bother Knockin&#8217; Tin Sign"},"content":{"rendered":"<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-3857\" title=\"vans-a-rockin\" src=\"https:\/\/www.alleewillis.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/07\/vans-a-rockin.jpg\" alt=\"vans-a-rockin\" width=\"500\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/alleewillis.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/07\/vans-a-rockin.jpg 500w, https:\/\/alleewillis.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/07\/vans-a-rockin-300x180.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/>\n<p>Swingin&#8217; 70&#8217;s aluminum sign from the burgeoning van culture that proliferated in that decade as folks realized they could have living rooms and love lairs on wheels. Zebra coital caves, Disco dens and the like popped up like weeds on the highway and a new automotive accessories market was born that included heart shaped bubble windows, car bars, massive sound systems and waterbeds. Movies like 1977&#8217;s Supervan and The Van, featuring the song &#8220;Chevy Van&#8221;, popularized the free-lovin&#8217;-with-matching-vehicles lifestyle.<\/p>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-3861\" title=\"the van poster\" src=\"https:\/\/www.alleewillis.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/07\/the-van-poster.png\" alt=\"the van poster\" width=\"264\" height=\"404\" srcset=\"https:\/\/alleewillis.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/07\/the-van-poster.png 264w, https:\/\/alleewillis.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/07\/the-van-poster-196x300.png 196w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 264px) 100vw, 264px\" \/>\n<a style=\"text-decoration: none;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=0SU6jae9FZo\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-3863\" style=\"text-decoration: underline;\" title=\"van-video\" src=\"https:\/\/www.alleewillis.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/07\/van-video.jpg\" alt=\"van-video\" width=\"485\" height=\"349\" srcset=\"https:\/\/alleewillis.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/07\/van-video.jpg 485w, https:\/\/alleewillis.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/07\/van-video-300x215.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 485px) 100vw, 485px\" \/><\/a>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/images.google.com\/imgres?imgurl=http:\/\/www.barris.com\/gallery_cars\/TV_MovieCars\/images\/gallery\/super_van.jpg&amp;imgrefurl=http:\/\/www.barris.com\/gallery_cars\/TV_MovieCars\/gallery_supervan.html&amp;usg=__RfYry8-kd4ep9cZcgPKM1B9kCt4=&amp;h=338&amp;w=600&amp;sz=28&amp;hl=en&amp;start=1&amp;um=1&amp;tbnid=Km90jeeEOZOB9M:&amp;tbnh=76&amp;tbnw=135&amp;prev=\/images%3Fq%3Dsupervan%26hl%3Den%26client%3Dsafari%26rls%3Den-us%26sa%3DN%26um%3D1\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-3873\" title=\"super_van2-Barris\" src=\"https:\/\/www.alleewillis.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/07\/super_van2-Barris.jpg\" alt=\"super_van2-Barris\" width=\"450\" height=\"254\" srcset=\"https:\/\/alleewillis.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/07\/super_van2-Barris.jpg 450w, https:\/\/alleewillis.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/07\/super_van2-Barris-300x169.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 450px) 100vw, 450px\" \/><\/a>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Swingin&#8217; 70&#8217;s aluminum sign from the burgeoning van culture that proliferated in that decade as folks realized they could have living rooms and love lairs on wheels. Zebra coital caves, Disco dens and the like popped up like weeds on the highway and a new automotive accessories market was born that included heart shaped bubble &hellip; <a class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/alleewillis.com\/blog\/allee-willis-kitsch-o-the-day-if-this-vans-a-rockin-dont-bother-knockin-tin-sign\/\">read more &raquo;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[87,193,281],"tags":[61,3232,3245,415],"class_list":["post-3855","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-kitsch","category-kitsch-o-the-day","category-transportation","tag-allee-willis","tag-kitsch","tag-kitsch-o-the-day","tag-super-van"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/alleewillis.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3855","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/alleewillis.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/alleewillis.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alleewillis.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alleewillis.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3855"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/alleewillis.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3855\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/alleewillis.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3855"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alleewillis.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3855"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alleewillis.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3855"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}