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Jeff Dunham’s 1976 Ford Econoline Chateau | Jay Leno's Garage

Shag carpeting? Check. Porthole windows? Check. 70’s graphics? Check. V8? Check! Jeff Dunham’s factory conversion van brings back a wave of nostalgia.

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12 Replies to “Jeff Dunham’s 1976 Ford Econoline Chateau | Jay Leno's Garage”

  1. About that bit about younger people driving a car like this….I learned on cars like this, my dad had a 77 F150, my first car was a 79 Malibu wagon, had an 81 Diplomat from 2001-2005….recently I got to drive a 76 Pacer….it was very familar, but DAMN, it sucked to drive, I guess I was hoping I was past these beasts and didn't want to go back.

  3. You know your getting old when you remember when these vans were new. I was 15 when these vans came out. I thought they looked awesome even back then.

  5. I'm 50 years old, my dad bought a brand new Econoline 150 in 1977. I have many great memories of taking family vacations every summer in that van.

  6. This van reminds me of the van in Edward Scissor hands movie that the trouble makers rolled in

  7. I owned a 76 Château club wagon that I towed my Opel GT race car with. It had 460 ci police Inceptor motor in it from the factory.

    It had an amazing top end, one day on the way up to Road America not towing, we came up alongside and XKE on an open stretch of road and we decided to race each other. Ice phenomena stopped at 100 but the needle continue to go and wrap around the bottom of the speedometer all the way backed up to 20 miles an hour on the other side at the end the XKE was slightly edging away and we slow down my buddy roll down the window and asked how fast the XKE was going because he had 160 mile an hour speedometer and the guy said 145!

    I should’ve brought it to Bonneville I could’ve said the land speed record. 🙂

  9. Wow, I always wanted one. I worked for a couple of camps as a bus driver while in college. At one camp I drove the Bluebirds the 46 seat standard school bus, but the second camp I drove a Dodge Maxi Wagon. It was a stretch Dodge Van, with a 318. This was 1972 and the backup van was an E-350 Ford. It was a mess I wanted to buy it so badly as they planned to dump it at the end of the season. My dad who'd been an ordnance Sgt in WWII and loved engines, he'd repaired jeeps and loaded bombs was upset. I had $1,900 bucks saved up for a car. He gave me $200 dollars and I bought a Ford Pinto with 2 liter engine new instead. I wish I had bought the E-350,

    Actually the Pinto was great I put 124,000 miles on it and sold it to another kid in 1978.

  11. 77-351C? Sorry but probably 351M, the tall deck version.
    Quadraphonic? In that era I worked in an electrical store selling those home size stereos and they were distinctly 4 different track together.
    But 8 track? They were finished by about 72.
    Here in Oz we never got 'sports vans' There was Bedford and Transit vans. A few did them up. I can remember a Transit van with a 454 Chev!!
    We got Holden,Falcon and late as usual Valiant vans in 77. Holden started with Sandman vans, Ford came up with initially GS vans. Full hoodliners but otherwise a plain van with instruments, nicer wheels, bucket searts etc. The Ford became Sundowner in 76, a bit more dressed up though nothing more than carpet on the floor. To deck out the back was up to the owner. Some where really nice, some very basic. I had a 64 Holden van with carpeted floor and a mattress. And mid level driving compartment area. It started life as a full pov pack!! Said carpet and mattress were transferred to later model station wagons. I still have the mattress!!

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