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submitted 19 hours ago* (last edited 10 hours ago) by Alk@sh.itjust.works to c/dull_mens_club@lemmy.world

It is a Ford e-transit. Huge white empty sides. I enjoy the plainness of it, but am open to putting something interesting on the sides/back.

I will implement my favorite idea without fail.

It's for transporting my disabled mother around, but also for personal use. (I am too tall for normal cars so this will be my only vehicle)

Edit: There are so many good suggestions. My current favorites are some sort of grand fantasy mural or the mystery machine (possibly with mystery replaced with my last name that also starts with an m and has the same amount of letters), or that 90's jazz pattern.

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[-] Melatonin@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 1 hour ago* (last edited 1 hour ago)

Attending a van show in 1977...

https://youtu.be/_QhZmKtD1og

Lotsa good ideas...

[-] AA5B@lemmy.world 2 points 1 hour ago
[-] Ceruleum@lemmy.wtf 1 points 5 hours ago

Mystery machine.

[-] DirigibleProtein@aussie.zone 5 points 7 hours ago

fReE cAnDy!

[-] wabafee@lemmy.world 1 points 5 hours ago

Not FBI sign.

[-] aislopmukbang@sh.itjust.works 61 points 17 hours ago
[-] Alk@sh.itjust.works 2 points 10 hours ago

I like this one too.

[-] agent_nycto@lemmy.world 1 points 10 hours ago

I have painted a version of this on an old cop car I had and it got very positive responses from people

[-] prex@aussie.zone 10 points 12 hours ago
[-] spankmonkey@lemmy.world 35 points 18 hours ago

Why limit to the sides when you could go full Mystery Machine?

[-] Alk@sh.itjust.works 3 points 10 hours ago

This one is tempting.

[-] agent_nycto@lemmy.world 2 points 10 hours ago

A scale painting of your van, but smaller.

But then the painting will have to have a scale painting of a van on it as well, for accuracy's sake.

But then that painting will as well, so keep going till you have that effect when you hold up mirrors to each other.

[-] ExtremeDullard@lemmy.sdf.org 26 points 17 hours ago
[-] Hamartiogonic@sopuli.xyz 10 points 16 hours ago* (last edited 16 hours ago)

Hire an artist to design a Mad fold-in picture that reveals something interesting when you slide the door open.

image Notice, it works with text as well.

[-] Zachariah@lemmy.world 16 points 17 hours ago
[-] Alk@sh.itjust.works 3 points 10 hours ago

This is a good one. I'm a fan of full body airbrushes.

[-] ghost_towels@sh.itjust.works 3 points 17 hours ago

I loved that movie so much! It’s been a while, should watch it again.

[-] WanderingShadow@lemmy.world 17 points 18 hours ago

"this way up" and arrow. Should prevent rollover in the event of an accident.

[-] j4k3@lemmy.world 12 points 17 hours ago
[-] Rai@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 9 hours ago

Meatcanyon?!

[-] Botzo@lemmy.world 4 points 16 hours ago

Right idea but way too high quality.

Relatively small piece of cardboard duct taped to the van with something misspelled like "coten candy". That's the perfect panel van vibe.

Everyone will avoid you, cops won't take you seriously (unless you aren't white, in which case, best of luck with a white panel van).

[-] shnizmuffin@lemmy.inbutts.lol 11 points 17 hours ago

SCREAMING FOR VAN-GENCE

[-] RangerJosey@lemmy.ml 12 points 19 hours ago

Paint it brown. Then commission an artist to design you a sick ass mural. A dragon or maybe a wizard mid cast.

[-] BartyDeCanter@lemmy.sdf.org 8 points 18 hours ago

The cover to Meatloaf’s Bat Out Of Hell 2 album.

[-] LuxSpark@lemmy.cafe 10 points 19 hours ago

Airbrush your mom on a flamed vehicle of her choice.

[-] wise_pancake@lemmy.ca 4 points 18 hours ago

Chariot with wings

[-] supersquirrel@sopuli.xyz 9 points 19 hours ago
[-] ladicius@lemmy.world 2 points 10 hours ago

One can achieve that by running over some felines.

[-] Hello_there@fedia.io 9 points 19 hours ago

Hire someone to paint a grateful dead album cover on the side. Pay for a vanity plate that says 420GRAN

[-] Kryptkravler@lemmy.world 5 points 17 hours ago
[-] xavier_berthiaume@jlai.lu 6 points 19 hours ago* (last edited 19 hours ago)

You could make it look like a hot wheel by adding those old school flame decals on the sides, and honestly bonus points if you go around with frosted tips, yellow shades, a flame print shirt and some shorts

[-] Hello_there@fedia.io 5 points 18 hours ago

Add some solar panels and a portable battery?

[-] invertedspear@lemm.ee 3 points 18 hours ago

It’s an e-transit, so it already is a portable battery. Unless you have it parked in direct sun for several days, the solar panels don’t make up for their weight or their effect on aerodynamics.

[-] kandoh@reddthat.com 3 points 18 hours ago
[-] HowAbt2morrow@futurology.today 3 points 19 hours ago
[-] Kit 2 points 18 hours ago

Hear me out: Catgirls

[-] xep@fedia.io 2 points 18 hours ago

"A large van"

this post was submitted on 19 Mar 2025
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