So far, we have sanded and spot primed most of the van. All of the glass has been removed from the van and now I am on the hunt for window seals. I would like to make as many of the windows vent as is possible. Has anyone tried this? A good friend of mine modified a Carter YF carb from a late 60s ford and it works great. The old autolite was in terrible shape, and after reading about the performance and gas mileage improvements on the YF, we decided to try it. We kept the original oil bath airbox and modified it to fit the larger YF. Because we are planning on taking a long trip with this van, all engine modifications will revolve around gas mileage.nWe chose the van because it runs great and has almost no rust beyond the surface. There are a few golf ball sized holes where the rust actually did rust through on the bottom of the sides and one that is maybe the size of a tennis ball. They will all have new metal hopefully next week.
We are currently working on the van in a good friend of mine's shop. He is actually the one who found the van and we bought it from him. Within the next few weeks, she will be moved to a cabinet shop where we will be working on building a bed unit in the back, and a countertop setup with one seat in the middle. After the cabinets are built, She'll be heading to another friends shop to be properly painted.
I have tons of pictures if I can figure out how to upload them here. I am very excited about this project and your website! Hopefully I can get some pictures up soon and share our van with all of you!