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- ↑ "Balls Academy: Review of "The Van", talking about vansploitation" . Retrieved May 27, 2016..
- ↑ Barris, George (1996). Barris TV and Movie Cars. MBI Publishing Company. p. 75.
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- ↑ "Biography of Sammy Johns, written by Linda Seida". Allmusic.com. Retrieved June 10, 2016.
