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A Long Island oddity

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During the trek up there today, I kept seeing full-size vans with porthole windows in the back.

I haven't seen so many since the 70s, what's up with that?

And they were all plain white work vans, not custom vans at all.

Very strange.

I didn't even think anyone still made those things.

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Even stranger was the fact that all of them were white, it almost seemed like a cult thing.

One of them was a burned-out hulk.

...the shadow knows...

Seriously, I wonder if some company added them aftermarket for light inside or something?

Chris

Were any of them down by a river?

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...the shadow knows...

Seriously, I wonder if some company added them aftermarket for light inside or something?

Chris

That was the only reason I could think of, but it was so strange to see so many of them in one local area.

Wait... it's not common elsewhere? AH-HA_wink.gif

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Wait... it's not common elsewhere? AH-HA_wink.gif

:lol:

Nope, just among the members of the Long Island Disco Cult.

:lol:

Nope, just among the members of the Long Island Disco Cult.

People are "special" out here...

So I've noticed!

:smilewide:

Hopefully there's an "exception" to the rule behind that smilie!

Of course there is!

It's just the "Porthole Mafia" I'm so puzzled by.

Probably a local Long Island conspiracy outsiders are not supposed to know anything about.

Probably a local Long Island conspiracy outsiders are not supposed to know anything about.

Now you've said too much. Be on the lookout for a black Towncar with 3 rounded Buick Park Ave portholes on each side...

Now you've said too much. Be on the lookout for a black Towncar with 3 rounded Buick Park Ave portholes on each side...

Heh-heh...I go to the airport twice a week here in Phoenix, so I see black Town Cars all the time..limo services. I wouldn't mind having one for my daily driver, actually.

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Now you've said too much. Be on the lookout for a black Towncar with 3 rounded Buick Park Ave portholes on each side...

Wrong kind of portholes, we are talking windows here. Like the one on this example:

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Wrong kind of portholes, we are talking windows here. Like the one on this example:

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Haha, I know that's what you were talking about but another offensive thing I see around is portholes on EVERYTHING from a Camry to a 300 to an Elantra, etc.

Haha, I know that's what you were talking about but another offensive thing I see around is portholes on EVERYTHING from a Camry to a 300 to an Elantra, etc.

Ya, people put port holes/speed holes on everything around here also...often coupled w/ bling wheels.

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