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
Apr '78 Vol 1 No 1
Vans Pickups May 1978
May '78 Vol 1 No 2
Vans Pickups June 1978
June '78 Vol 1 No 3
Vans Pickups July 1978
July '78 Vol 1 No 4
Vans Pickups Aug August 1978
Aug '78 Vol 1 No 5
Vans Pickups Sept September 1978
Sept '78 Vol 1 No 6
Vans Pickups Oct October 1978
Oct '78 Vol 1 No 7
Vans Pickups Nov November 1978
Nov '78 Vol 1 No 8
Vans Pickups Dec December 1978
Dec '78 Vol 1 No 9
Vans Pickups Jan January 1979
Jan '79 Vol 2 No 1
Vans Pickups Feb February 1979
Feb '79 Vol 2 No 2
Vans Pickups Mar March 1979
Mar '79 Vol 2 No 3
Vans Pickups Apr April 1979
Apr '79 Vol 2 No 4
Vans Pickups May 1979
May '79 Vol 2 No 5
Vans Pickups June 1979
June '79 Vol 2 No 6
Vans Pickups July 1979
July '79 Vol 2 No 7
Vans Pickups Aug August 1979
Aug '79 Vol 2 No 8
Vans Pickups Sept September 1979
Sept '79 Vol 2 No 9
Vans Pickups Oct October 1979
Oct '79 Vol 2 No 10
Last issue