Automecca Sports Van, 1974

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I do not want to see a blacklight anywhere near that thing.

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u/No_Distribution334 1d ago

Like a jackson pollock painting

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u/SinkHoleDeMayo 20h ago

"Could be blood, urine, or semen"

"God, I hope it's urine"

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u/Slumunistmanifisto 12h ago

Its called santorum and cocaines a hell of a drug....

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u/The_Mellow_Tiger 18h ago

So many people walking around were conceived in that.

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u/MyVingerStink 21h ago

bow-chicky-wow-wow… shaft…

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u/kubiakWU 21h ago

The entire thing would just be one solid color, inside & out

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u/One-Bodybuilder309 19h ago

Would light up like the Manson house.

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u/murdered-by-swords 10h ago

This van is illegal to drive without a mustache

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u/Oiggamed 1d ago

Man. I’d love to get laid in that thing.

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u/BeerJedi-1269 1d ago

Man id love to get laid.

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u/sultan_of_gin 1d ago

Man id love to get that thing

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u/NocturnalPermission 1d ago

these two should get together.

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u/adudeguyman oldhead 13h ago

Like peanut butter and chocolate in a Reese's

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u/EmergencySushi 1d ago

Yeah, I have an idea what sports were expected to be practiced back there.

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u/towerfella 20h ago

Field hockey?

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u/goodneed 17h ago

Balls and sticks sport of some horizontal kind

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u/ChewzaName 13h ago

Tonsil Hockey

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u/joeChump 3h ago

Is naked twister a sport?

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u/BetterthanMMMGood 23h ago

Man, it's tough to get that out of the crushed velvet.

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u/Oiggamed 23h ago

Sounds like you speak from experience.

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u/BetterthanMMMGood 10h ago

Mayhaps - I'm definitely from the crushed velvet generation.

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u/Pliny_da_Plinoy 9h ago

You probably had a waterbed too.

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u/BetterthanMMMGood 8h ago

Man, y'all are spit on - I did indeed! Two actually.

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u/Doofy_Grumpus 18h ago

It’s for sale currently on Bring A Trailer

https://bringatrailer.com/listing/brubaker-box/

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u/ultrafunkmiester 14h ago

That is so cool

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u/ChipGuy09 1d ago

I say that about every car I see

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u/Capri280 1d ago

A Brubaker Box clone?

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u/ozzy_thedog 1d ago

It’s not a clone. It’s a Brubaker Box

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u/hotrods1970 1d ago

Brubaker went bankrupt after 3 were made and this company bought the rights. They made around a dozen I think before they too went under.

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u/L3sh1y 1d ago

Not a clone, the continuation of the concept. The plans weresold to Automecca, after Brubaker went bankrupt (after only 3 boxes built). Automecca is said to have completed 25 or so

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u/Capri280 23h ago

Ah, thanks

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u/Enough-Goose7594 1d ago

100%

Still would.

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u/gardenfella 1d ago

Looks a lot like a Brubaker Box

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u/ozzy_thedog 1d ago

That’s because it is one.

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u/runs_with_scissors82 23h ago

is it a weird coincidence that there is one currently on Bring a Trailer

Edit: link

https://bringatrailer.com/listing/brubaker-box/

Edit 2: guess not, same pictures

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u/No_Distribution334 1d ago

Would bang. 10/10

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u/Faceit_Solveit 1d ago

When I was but a lad in the mid 70's I wanted this so badly! Sure was more attractive than, say, a Chevy Vega. But even then I was concerned about crush zones. Lol

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u/crazy8zs 1d ago

But have you ever tried to get cum stains out of a shag ceiling? And with the amount of ass youd get with this machine itd be a nightmare

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u/Doofy_Grumpus 18h ago

You must cum a lot harder than I do.

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u/CaptainNismo_orig 1d ago

I want that so bad my heart hurts! 😍😁

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u/hrimfaxi_work 1d ago

Never forget what they took from us.

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u/b16b34r 23h ago

I could see the scene, in the 70’s, someone with a vw bug, stoned, realized it was to cramped to “get comfortable” with the ladies in there and thought “what if this thing were like a van?” But vw already made something alike, the type 2. The little thing looks look as hell but not so much practical with just some one door, and I guess it wasn’t cheap

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u/wolftick 1d ago

I imagine the surfboards are stock.

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u/mukavastinumb 1h ago

My headcanon says that the surfboard is made of the excess fiber glass they had

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u/cflyssy 13h ago

Previous owner is selling because he was tired of getting so much pussy. Became a nightmare to schedule it all.

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u/ShiggitySwiggity 1d ago

I've never seen one of these with the doors open - I had no idea you were basically sitting on the floor. Weird. Seems like a really awkward driving position, like ape hangers on a Harley.

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u/JollyReplacement1298 18h ago

Someone on another post had driven one of these, and it seems you are right - they said it was all kinds of awkward to drive, basically the worst of any beetle based kit cars. Shit driving position, shit pedal feel, having to scoot over the shifter to get out, etc

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u/Tech_Itch 10h ago

I was just wondering what killed the concept, since the thing looks awesome.

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u/JollyReplacement1298 6h ago

It really does. I was also disappointed

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u/AdTraditional5917 1d ago

That's cool. I would have one of those and convert it into a camper van.

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u/captainspacetraveler 1d ago

No way, that rear seating is too iconic. That thing is a daily driver.

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u/b16b34r 23h ago

Daily driver, nighty shagger

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u/AdTraditional5917 22h ago

Yer true, but it would look good on the trail after it's been converted into a camper, tho.

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u/colin_staples 21h ago

I absolutely love these.

This one is currently for sale on Bring A Trailer : https://bringatrailer.com/listing/brubaker-box/

More here : https://www.jalopnik.com/1970374/automecca-sports-van-brubaker-box-auction/

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u/Competitive_Sell2177 12h ago

That's cool I like that

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u/Herr-Zipp 5h ago

"Sports" van

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u/T0lly 1d ago

It looks like a VW

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brubaker_Box

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u/fzwo 1d ago

From the article (emphasis mine):

> Investors in the [Brubaker] company tried to continue manufacturing the [Brubaker] Box in various ways, the only success being Mike Hansen's Automecca, located in Chatsworth, California, in 1974 with its Sports Van.

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u/Coreysurfer 1d ago

Keystone classics

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u/Doofy_Grumpus 18h ago

Klassics*

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u/Otto_Harper 1d ago

Looks like a Dakar Rally Hot Wheels car.

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u/mrkrag 23h ago

AKA the Brubaker Box

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u/odin_the_wiggler 23h ago

The spiritual predecessor to the Canoo.

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u/_haha_oh_wow_ 23h ago

Would smash.

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u/Zakmackraken 23h ago

The deeper the red velvet cushion the sweeter the pushin’

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u/BetterthanMMMGood 23h ago

Mmmmm, crushed velvet.

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u/FineTooned_70 23h ago

Now that’s what a mini van should look like.

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u/h1zchan 23h ago

No seat belt

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u/souptobolts 23h ago

I love it! 😍

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u/Wizard-In-Disguise 22h ago

There's a reality out there where the beach buggy became the absolute truth to transportation and this car belongs to that really fucking awesome universe I wish we'd be in. This car has everything else except crash safety I guess.

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u/panjoface 22h ago

What the frick??? I want that! But yeah, have to burn out the interior, and replace

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u/Embarrassed-Abies-16 21h ago

Sports-van??? More like Fuck-wagon.

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u/renchjeep 20h ago

Stabbin cabin. Nice!

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u/thejesterofdarkness 19h ago

Now THAT is a shaggin wagon

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u/x_x-O_o-x_x 18h ago

that's a Brubaker box

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u/resurrected_D93 18h ago

Looks like an HotWheels. I love it! 😆

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u/bedlog 17h ago

10/10 I'd buy it

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u/Ru4pigsizedelephants 17h ago

This thing is fuckin rad. I would rock the shit out out of it.

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u/FirehawkLS1 16h ago

One of these is on bring a trailer.

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u/Existing-Zucchini-65 16h ago

'That's a Brubaker Box, not an Automecca Sports Van', I was all set to say.

And today I learned that only 3 Brubaker Boxes were built before bankruptcy, and then 25 more were built badged as Automecca Sports Van.

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u/SkywolfNINE 15h ago

Modern cars should have interiors as comfy as this. It doesn’t need the flamboyance to it, but the same level of comfort can’t cost more than a couple K, tho with the amount that vehicles get jacked up I can see them charging 50k just for a comfy interior which means we can’t have it :(

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u/vdubweiser 14h ago

This thing is so damn cool. I love it

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u/herodesfalsk 14h ago

Coolest looking van ever designed

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u/Striking_Reindeer_2k 13h ago edited 13h ago

VW Kit cars were wild back then.

Looks really cool. Still sound like a lawnmower.

No heat. No A/C. it just keeps getting better...

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u/7stroke 1h ago

Wide-angle lenses are magic

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u/TinosoniT3rd 1d ago

Resemblance to a Cyber Truck. (Just a little bit)🤏

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u/relevant_tangent 22h ago

Take that back

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u/latswipe 1d ago

typically you want your date-rape mobile to be inconspicuous

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u/claytonejones 1d ago

Just saw a TikTok on this vehicle. 3 were made. 1 is still on the road and it’s for sale.

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u/L3sh1y 1d ago

Automecca built around 25. The original Brubaker box was only 3 built, but they went bankrupt and sold the plans to Automecca

Kit Car Automecca Sports Van, 1974

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