During the '70s and '80s, the custom van craze took the U.S. by storm, with the **mural movement** leading the charge. Artists transformed the bland exteriors of vans into vibrant masterpieces ...

For carefree 1960s and ‘70s Western kids, that meant clambering ... while others followed independently in battered old cars and vans, headed for places like Kabul, Kathmandu and Goa.