Michael Kelso has owned three cars in the series:
- The first car he owned was a Dodge A-100 van from 1965 that was given to Kelso from his uncle and that he first showed to his friends in Red's Last Day. Bob Pinciotti laughed at how much a piece of junk it was. He had a Ford Delivery Van in high school, which is implied that he had when he was dating Midge Pinciotti. He told Kelso to "be careful" inside the van because he got Midge pregnant inside of it. It is next seen in Vanstock when Kelso and The Gang go to Vanstock to have fun. On the way, Hyde torments him by dropping hints about his cheating. The car meets its demise in Ice Shack by sinking to the bottom of an ice pond.
- The second one was a Volkswagen Samba van also from the '60s (specifically 1967). Kelso wins it in a hands-on a hard body contest in Hyde Gets The Girl. In the Season 4 finale Kelso and Donna used it to go to California, although, on the way back, Eric joined in. However, in Season 6, the van is later accidentally destroyed (of course!) in I Can See for Miles by Eric after he took it to Mt Hump and parked it on a slope without putting the transmission in park mode.
- The last one was a 1970's MG convertible bought by Kelso at a police auction in I Can See for Miles, as a way to get around. Kelso mentions someone got stabbed in it. Brooke Rockwell thinks it's impractical, and Kelso is often seen struggling to get out of it. At one point, Kelso removed the car's seatbelts in a misguided attempt to make it go faster. The car is last seen when Kelso drives Jackie to Chicago in it. The car survives and it is unknown what happens to it, Kelso most likely sold after a while.
Aerial view of Kelso's first van
Eric finds Kelso's second van in California
Kelso drives Jackie to the bus station in his convertible
Trivia[]
- The Volkswagen Samba and the MG Convertible both came with a manual transmission.
- The Dodge A-100 van has an automatic transmission.
- The MG has 2 seats.