Pics of your VAN! Post up!
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Loopie
Adventurer
This is one of many links available to decipher RPO codes....found in the passenger front door jamb or glove box.
http://old.astrosafari.com/axleinfo.htm
GT4 or 5 and G80 being the best of the best:costumed-smiley-007
RocKrawler
Supporting Sponsor
GT4 is the only one on the build tag
sarconcepts
Adventurer
I'm not one to post other people's vehicles, but.. ...
while at the upholsterer's today, getting the bullet upholstery done, I was talking with John, the owner & main guy, just chatting back & forth about miscellaneous things when he said he'd stretched a van about 4', added a third axle, & finished the inside into a camper back when he was between 19 & 26 years old (i'm guessing around 1980).
I said 'I wonder where that van is now' , John pointed to the back of his shop, & said it's been sitting back there for 12 years with a blown tranny. I of course had to walk back behind a partition & piles of stuff to find this.. ..
it's got a bathroom, kitchenette, 3 holding tanks, & need I say custom upholstery
under all the dust, it's in really good shape
www.bulletxv.wordpress.com
while at the upholsterer's today, getting the bullet upholstery done, I was talking with John, the owner & main guy, just chatting back & forth about miscellaneous things when he said he'd stretched a van about 4', added a third axle, & finished the inside into a camper back when he was between 19 & 26 years old (i'm guessing around 1980).
I said 'I wonder where that van is now' , John pointed to the back of his shop, & said it's been sitting back there for 12 years with a blown tranny. I of course had to walk back behind a partition & piles of stuff to find this.. ..
it's got a bathroom, kitchenette, 3 holding tanks, & need I say custom upholstery
under all the dust, it's in really good shape
www.bulletxv.wordpress.com
Funrover
Expedition Leader
This is my 64 dodge A100. I bought it for $50.00. Had not been registered for 13 years but runs just great. 93 k miles and the engine and trany were rebuilt in 1999. It was the painters van at the Palomar observatory and has spent most of its life inside the compound. It has a slant 6 170CI engine and 3 on the tree. I am going to turn it into a camper and put a lockright in the rear end.
all the rubber is shot.
replacement in the background...
I love those old A-series vans. I used to have a D-100 from that same era. Look into a 225 Slant 6, then take a look at Clifford performance. You have a great platform
RIDGE
Adventurer
Thanks!
Check out the trip through Baja that I did in that '69 Ford!
http://www.expeditionportal.com/forum/showthread.php?t=12756
blupaddler
Conspirator
LowTech
Dirt Track Traveler
My 1996 Ford. It's a Salem Kroger conversion and it needs a Ujoint kit. I already broke the front 44.
Tell me about the fenders? Any more pictures? Are those the GlassWorks ones? Did you buy them to clear the tires or just because they look ************? (and they do look ************!)
Did you have to trim the rear fenders to fit those tires? They look biiiig.
I'm trying to stay as low as possible with my van but still get 35s under it. I'm considering the fenders to help with this.
dsw4x4
Adventurer
Brettf,
I ran 35s on my stock height quigley for a while with the fenders trimmed and no rubbing. I now run 37s with 3.5 inches of lift fenders trimmed and no rubbing. It will depend on where your front axle is placed and what rims you run. Give me a ring if you want to know more. I am with you, keep it as low as possible and get those tires to tuck for ride quality, handling and the best wheeling capability.
Ridge your van is sharp I like the simple interior and yes those gl fenders look sharp.
Derek
I ran 35s on my stock height quigley for a while with the fenders trimmed and no rubbing. I now run 37s with 3.5 inches of lift fenders trimmed and no rubbing. It will depend on where your front axle is placed and what rims you run. Give me a ring if you want to know more. I am with you, keep it as low as possible and get those tires to tuck for ride quality, handling and the best wheeling capability.
Ridge your van is sharp I like the simple interior and yes those gl fenders look sharp.
Derek
GhettoBago
Observer
A bit off topic fella's, sorry, but still van related and I'm really giddy about the project... our new $175 chicken coop/tool shed/greenhouse project! Almost pains me, she's straight as an arrow! Axles come off & landscape timbers bolt to the frame in the morning!
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