Edited: ‘The Vans that Rocked’ by Stuart Scott
Australia’s tricked-up panel van phenomenon had fathers and mothers in a lather and was condemned by strait-laced community leaders — they saw the vans as mobile sex pads, a threat to the morals of Australia.
Daughters were banned from going out with young men who drove them… and a large section of society thought only sexual degenerates drove them. The Vans that Rocked, a new book by social historian and veteran motoring writer Stuart Scott, shows that the vehicles — called Sin Bins and Shaggin’ Wagons — were very much more than mobile motel rooms.
This is the first book to chronicle the panel van boom of the 1970s, the time of the Holden Sandman, the Ford Sundowner and Chrysler Drifter. Packed with classic photographs, it brings to life again the stories from the car companies that jumped on the bandwagon, the people who sold the vans, the specialists who dressed them up…and their hordes of eager young customers.
My publishing work — in collaboration with the author — for this title:
- Management and scheduling of the publishing process
- Page design and layout
- Editing and proofreading: structural, copy, and line
- Photo-library management, including editing and enhancement
- Cover design (in collaboration with a graphics designer)
- Marketing and distribution
