@djsundog @gdkar my uncle, whose name actually is Van, owned a van something like this, but it was red.
Uncle Van's van had tinted windows. And shag carpet on the interior walls and ceiling. And nobody at all ever thought it was creepy.
His son's first car was a black C3 Corvette. I do believe he spent more time fixing it and "upgrading" it than driving it (which I think was mostly to take girls on dates).
The 1970s were fantastically ludicrous.