A pair is restoring the well-known van that was featured in Blink-182’s music video for the music “The Rock Present.”
The car featured within the video is a gray 1985 Dodge Ram B250 van with a Blink-182 brand on the aspect of it, and it is virtually as a lot a star of the video because the members of the band are. In truth, it is develop into a little bit of a cultural icon — some diehard Blink followers have gotten it tattooed on them.
Dodge Ram van in Blink-182’s ‘The Rock Present’ video
Two people named Andrew and Taylor discovered the van, bought it and are planning to revive it. They even created social media accounts particularly for documenting their journey with the van, from how they positioned it to how they plan on modifying it.
The couple created their first publish on the Instagram web page, appropriately named therockshowvan, this previous October.
“We’re restoring the van from Blink-182’s music video for ‘The Rock Present,'” they wrote within the caption of the publish, which was a Reel exhibiting the van being delivered to their dwelling and what it regarded like upon arrival in and out.
One other clip reveals that the again of the van continues to be dented from when Mark Hoppus crashed it (for enjoyable) on the set of the video.
In a sequence of Reels, Andrew defined how they positioned the van within the first place. He recalled that they’d seen some pictures of it on Reddit and in articles, and in one of many pictures, they had been capable of see that it was being saved at a bodyshop. Upon researching additional, they discovered that it had been at a store in a selected neighborhood of Sacramento, California.
Andrew and Taylor used Google Maps to get a avenue view of assorted bodyshops in that particular a part of Sacramento, and finally discovered one which regarded acquainted — and the van was within the parking zone. The Blink-182 brand on the aspect was nonetheless considerably seen within the picture, too.
From there, they tracked down the proprietor of the car and contacted him. The person had acquired the van from a lady about 10 years prior, and had been utilizing it for storage the entire time. He agreed to promote the van to the couple for $1,000, and mailed them the paperwork to signal — a few of which was handwritten.
The couple had the van shipped from Sacramento to their dwelling in Austin, Texas.
“It is well-known, it is a piece of rock ‘n’ roll historical past,” Andrew instructed the driving force who delivered the van.
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Regardless of being almost 40 years outdated, the van nonetheless begins. Andrew and Taylor have posted a couple of extra updates on the web page, and are actually asking what individuals assume they need to do to revive it.
The web page even acquired the eye of Ram, who commented, “Nicely, I assume that is rising up,” on one of many posts.
