89lxstanger wrote:

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i have a 32v all aluminum v8 thats going in it yes with injection ( i know some of you just shuttered ) 

 

 

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 The cool part of this site is we dont have set rules on how others build THERE projects because they are there projects. If asked we may bug each other but in all its not our project its about the fun. Diversity can be good and an open mind is good to. 

Looks and sounds like a Great Project to me!!

chevyboy wrote:

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I agree, we dont try to restrict what people wana build. Personally I think that sounds like a wicked plan. What are you thinking of for paint?

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 well paint is what i do for a living thank god.... if i had to pay to get this done it would never happen

  i have  different ideas for the pain nothing set in stone yet .. i made a tri stage pearl yellow its a one off colour i thought would be a REAL eye catcher since im trying attract some attention with thisthen i considered two toning it with a pearl black top and the yellow bottom

 i have a scale model of one of these vans that is two tone metallic red and straight black i though of making it like that only with pearls in both colours( i love pearlif i remeber i post a pic of that model tonight

thirdly i made a sweet ass tri stage blue originally for my wifes mustang but a friend is doing theirs blue so she does not want to be the same so is doing something differentthe colour is hard t oexplain but its sweet

i have 18in 5 spoke rims for it i painted that are black with a blue fleck in it ill get some pics of them as well

kool project!

Cool, love those vans and pick-ups.

love that van

Sweet van.
I'd like to see the pics of that two tone model to see how it looks.

this is a 1/64 dub city hot wheels size i really love the colour and the wheels are more along the lines of what i will be using......ill get some pics of the rims next time i head to my brothers.....

It does look sweet. Since those vans were designed to carry weight and not a family cruiser they were front heavy. If you move the new motor back from where the original was the weigh bias will be better for handling. Make it handle like it's on rails and surprise the guy in the Honda in the next lane.

working 60-80 hours a week is really getting in the way of me playing with my van, all the glass is now out of it and im slowly stripping the paint off it find all sorts of sweet surprises bondo, rust and bondo in rust hell even got some rust in the bondo

i love van project. my first one was a 65 gmc panel

Awesome. Looks really cool. Like the idea about powering all the windows. U gotta finish this.

Have you seen the Summer '11 edition of Rod & Kulture. The vans are COMING back !!! if you build it now you'll be right there when the "Wave" hits home.........

-- Edited by 30-S6 on Saturday 18th of February 2012 04:50:52 PM

nice project and good for you for keeping it to your dream.

well i got my plates in for my van, im a bit sick but i laugh my butt off every time i look at them. also got a bit more stripped and found a bunch of SAAAWEEET  surprises lol i knew the front was loaded with bondo i just didnt think it was gonna be this bad lol ah well i still am aiming at metal finishing as much as i can on this thing, little no no filler

my plates

yes every spot of paint and or filler you see is a low spot some have been straightened out already(not many) some are cleaned out of paint and filler already cause they were so bloody deep

drivers side corner was the worst pic does it no justice

prior to stripping out the bondo on the drivers side

once more pic

 

ya for the most part, ill make up a dolly to fit in the one spot but otherwise its pretty open in there with everything in the dash removed

workin class wrote:

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I love your plate

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 Bet the cops will too......lol

They check my plate every time they get behind me. I watch them chuckling as they punch it in.

ya they are stock mustang gt wheels, they were put on simply to make it look better than the 4 miss matched flats that it had while it was parked out side, i got 18's for it for the time eventually when its done also mustang wheels but aftermarkets that i tossed on my own creation of paint

Jeez, that brings back some memories!!1 Long time friend had one of those back in the late 60's early 70's when the "van craze" was on, had a 6cyl, 3 spd. with "bolt action" [3 on the tree] mags & interior done up. One day Jim "wound" it right out in 1st. gear, & "hammered" it into 2nd. & it actually "chirped' the tires, we both looked at each other in amazement, then laughed for about 3 blocks!!!! It was never able to that again!!! Ended up selling it as his "then" girlfriend, didn't like it,[ she's gone too]!!!!

minor updates

on the 18s

 

lowered for vanfest in june

 

 doors back on van is stripped

yup they clear lock to lock surprisingly with more room than you would think

ya i love the bare metal look its purely sexy....dealing with alot of ummmmm ill call it custom cover up lol

Any updates??? Father bought a '65 Econoline SuperVan (has the extension on the back end) back in the late '60's from Highbury Ford in London. Came with a FoMoCo rebuilt 200 and it had the 3 in the tree as well. Used that van for about 15 years for his business before we decided to make some changes on it. We welded the back doors shut and the rearward door on the pass side. Wheel flairs and dual roof vents. I noticed after the welding was all done that we had swithed the left door from the rear and had used the pass side rearward door. Found out later that the cargo doors are the same ones used on all 3 sides. Built a bed/storage area in the back, insulated and paneled the interior. Took that van out to BC back in '81. Motor finally said enough is enough in '86 and has sat on blocks ever since. Still owns it. Forget what the mileage was on it, do know that it was somewhere around 500,000 mile mark. Contemplate on if I should go up north and drag it home. Lotsa memories! Think I was 4 or 5 years old when I got to sit on his lap and got to steer it down some of the back roads. To many other projects on the go..