OVERVIEW:
Vans & Pickups was published by Petersen Publishing in Los Angeles, California.
Petersen had first featured the van craze in Hot Rod magazine in the early 1970s. Later, the publisher issued a series of "one-shots" entitled Vans. Seven issues were printed (numbered from 1 through 7) starting in 1976, and the last one was issued in early 1978.
Vans & Pickups subsequently followed in April, 1978, and it launched one month after the launch of Petersens' 4-Wheel and Off-Road. The editor was Eric Pierce who had edited R.V. Van World at Hi-Torque Publications.
Petersen had other competitors with van and pickup content including Vans & Trucks and 1001 Truck & Van Ideas.
However, the van craze was coming to an end, and by 1979 or 1980 many van-centric titles had ceased publication.
The table of contents, if available, can be seen by clicking on the icon.
CONTENT COMPLETENESS:
A total of 19 issues was produced from April, 1978 through October, 1979. All cover images and most table of content pages are complete.
![Vans Pickups Apr April 1978](Vans%20and%20Pickups/1978-04.jpg)
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![Vans Pickups May 1978](Vans%20and%20Pickups/1978-05.jpg)
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![Vans Pickups June 1978](Vans%20and%20Pickups/1978-06.jpg)
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![Vans Pickups July 1978](Vans%20and%20Pickups/1978-07.jpg)
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![Vans Pickups Aug August 1978](Vans%20and%20Pickups/1978-08.jpg)
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![Vans Pickups Sept September 1978](Vans%20and%20Pickups/1978-09.jpg)
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![Vans Pickups Oct October 1978](Vans%20and%20Pickups/1978-10.jpg)
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![Vans Pickups Nov November 1978](Vans%20and%20Pickups/1978-11.jpg)
![Vans Pickups Dec December 1978](Vans%20and%20Pickups/1978-12.jpg)
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![Vans Pickups Jan January 1979](Vans%20and%20Pickups/1979-01.jpg)
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![Vans Pickups Feb February 1979](Vans%20and%20Pickups/1979-02.jpg)
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![Vans Pickups Mar March 1979](Vans%20and%20Pickups/1979-03.jpg)
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![Vans Pickups Apr April 1979](Vans%20and%20Pickups/1979-04.jpg)
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![Vans Pickups May 1979](Vans%20and%20Pickups/1979-05.jpg)
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![Vans Pickups June 1979](Vans%20and%20Pickups/1979-06.jpg)
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![Vans Pickups July 1979](Vans%20and%20Pickups/1979-07.jpg)
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![Vans Pickups Aug August 1979](Vans%20and%20Pickups/1979-08.jpg)
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![Vans Pickups Sept September 1979](Vans%20and%20Pickups/1979-09.jpg)
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![Vans Pickups Oct October 1979](Vans%20and%20Pickups/1979-10.jpg)
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