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I work for former USWEST and I love seeing these types of videos. I’ve serviced and installed POTS service myself I love the history.

I remember seeing these vans in use until around the summer of 2000.

Beauty!

General Motors, was formally the Chevrolet Car Company, name after William Duran't's partner Louis Chevrolet, when the name was changed Chevrolet became a base model division.

David Dunbar Buick, would be proud.

301 was the std. engine with a 305 in California, because the 301 didn't meet California Emissions, not sure if the 305 was still the std. engine when the 307 came about.

And the clock still works!!!!

That's prob the exact same buick I saw in my life, which is the first ever I saw

Great just but I knew it was fake .😂😂👍

You seem like a man I could be a best-friend with

I owned a 1978 Park Avenue, back in 1985, it was a beautiful car. The seats were so comfortable and the 403 had a lot of power. I miss that car.

Had one of these, same year as well, an ex diplomatic car. Not very quick but a nice lazy cruiser

That film aging at the start was fantastic.

Do you know what font the Bell System used for their branding?

I was fooled. I thought this was a commercial. Haha!

Great video, thanks!

couldn't this guy turn on an analog radio? it's terrifying

Say what type of editing software did you use for the intro? As I aim for that style myself! Thanks! I appreciate this nice effort of video! Very informative and well made! ☺️👍

There's nothing like the sound of the Rochester 4-bbl. secondaries opening up on these! Whether it has a 403 or a 350, it's still awesome! Beautiful car :) I am with an Irish Dancing studio and these are the types of cars you'd see towing parade floats, etc.

Did it have the 8 track player?

$4,000...Lol...A fool born every minute!

This video is such a vibe. I’ve been meaning to watch it ever since the BaT auction, glad I finally did! Amazing quality and such an awesome van. Really wish I could’ve bid on it. I hope you do more like this!

Hey Shervin, I’m the dude you met on the plane the other day. I checked out your channel and you make some sweet videos! Keep up the good work. Best of luck on your move.

I was a Motorized Messenger for Pacific Telephone in Van Nuys Ca. in 1974. I drove a econoline van that looked almost exactly like this one. It sure brings back good memories. I retired after 30 years working for the telephone company.

Wow.....what memories. This is the exact same make, model, color, year Buick my mom had. Wish we had not sold it. 😞

As someone that has sat through countless at&t training videos, we still watched a lot of old Ma Bell videos, I thought the intro was real

My father worked for Pacific Telephone having retired in 1985, 2 years after the breakup. He had the distinction of driving the last Pacific Telephone van in original colors. The others had been painted in Pacific Telisis colors. Ma Bell was a great company to work for. Now it has completely changed. A huge mistake by the government to beak up A.T.& T.

How much do we need to pay you to restore the van as well as the rest of the bell system?

Ahoy! Thanks for showing us the van through your wonderfully produced video. Brings back memories. I vaguely recall Northwestern Bell vans in this color scheme in Minneapolis when I was still small. We also had a yellow Trimline dial telephone, identical to the one you used in your intro, hanging on our kitchen wall in the 80’s. Doubly cool to see that because I believe the Trimline models with a dial were relatively rare compared to the touch tone models.

This is Cool! Great job

The ultimate stakeout vehicle.😊

Hey, what software/app/program did you use to make that super cool vintage intro?

My grandmother used to have the exact same car in 1980

Do you have an email or any way to contact you other instagram.? I have one of these cars that i have 0 info on..

My dad's old van was a 1970 Southern Bell van. Unfortunately it's a rust bucket and it decomposing out at my friend's lot.

were you able to find the music they used? i've been looking for that track for ages.

I remember my friends dad driving home his southwestern Bell workvan back in the day

I loved this video. Real talent here, great research too.

Your color grading was spot on as far going for an old film look. And you didn't overdo the whole 'dirty film' thing either. Great vid overall too. I've loved that Saul Bass design forever.

I was convinced in the beginning. I've been watching a lot of AT&T archived videos, and I was convinced. Now I run my own phone company and always found these topics interesting.

How weird is this to find out that Coach K loves old telephone vans.

The Pepsi Free can is a cool find. That was a very short-lived brand in the early 80s. In Back to the Future, Marty McFly asks for a Pepsi Free at the diner in 1955. It's a joke that probably doesn't land well with anyone who isn't old enough to remember that was a thing.

That was amazing. I thought it was an actual Bell System film at first.

Ngl the clip in the beginning really makes me feel like actual footage from 70s, awesome!

I worked for Bellsouth in the 90's. Those old training videos from the 50's to 70's were hilarious. From proper customer etiquette to asbestos identification and reporting. Is it Fryable or Frie-able?

I’ve got a 69 ford econoline same body style

Does anyone know why many of these vans had all windows on the right side and no windows on the left? Was this just for driver visibility? These phone company vans are the only vans I have seen with this type window layout.

Wow, I hadn't really realized how much Bell was integrated into my 70s kid memories. I clearly remember these (Southwestern) Bell vans because I thought it was so cool how the telephone lineman who would climb the poles with the big boot spikes and the weird little half phone they used to test. Awesome find, awesome save.

My American broth, please, please next time replace a mat before you put your legs on it, l implore you. l have this elegant car in my world so l expect everybody to treat it as l do.

Brilliant, really enjoyed that, i have subscribed, excellent video.