What are you up to?

Wow That's a big one for a early!!! Wheelstander????

I'll leave that scary stuff to the pros ! I'm lookin' for the sound. I'm seriously thinking of putting it in the Orange van and stuffin the lil one and a 350TH I have in one of the others. That 66G came with a 2nd gen lid and a radiator lower mt, I got a doghouse from Gotavan , a lil crusty but rebuildable, or my DH is bolted in and can be changed out. Still thinking about it all.

Well Joe the cruising season is about over so that leaves all winter to put the 454 in the orange van and be on the road by spring. Gonna have to make it like the dodge boys and mount a weight in the back, and add a leaf in the front.

Installed an old CD player and some free speakers in the econo.... total cost.......$0.... always like the sound of free... I will have to find an old antenna though.... probably run me a couple bucks at the yard...... oh well, a couple bucks for some tunes isn't bad.... and there is no big hole in the dash now!!! yea!!!

Went to a car show today in Brooksville, Fl. today.A couple of Es and a G.The short E100 was chopped 7" and shortened 18" with an LS1 Nice looking 67 that was done in the 70s.

This man had way to much time on his hands! He had cut 20" out of the middle. Also meet and had a nice talk with The Two Guys from the show Two Guys Garage on Speed channel. They were filming for show to air in a couple weeks. The show was sponsered by Monster Transmissions and is located behind the show grounds.

That 67 Chevy belongs to a friend originally from oHIo! RV ...was the pres of Buckeye Van Association,,,now living in Florida! He E-mailed me to tell me about them guys filming the show just the other day! He sold that Van a year or so ago and he just recently bought it back!
B.W.

Van is getting the cargo area wireing redone today ,then it is a go to start working on the interior. Bill

Rebuilt the carb on the sportvan. Basic tune-up and a very long test drive!!! All went well.

Yep!! just as I thought............................................ I am a horrible body man.... I am terrible at this, but I will trudge on...... working on the nose of the Econo truck....

Going to be finding out for myself about heater cores, Mine decided to give up on a gas and smokes run this evening, was hoping to bomb around some in it this weekend, No real shock, it was one of a few possibly 45 year old parts left on the van.

Haven't been on much this summer,got busy working. Not much van time. Did make it to 6 shows with the 64 Nodoor,put in a HEI (Thank's for info Don)Did get rust around the 68 G-20 widshield fixed & some of the dents. Where summer go???

I'm up in Travese City, MI right now. Took the wife up to see the fall colors for her Birthday

lectricman wrote:Yep!! just as I thought............................................ I am a horrible body man.... I am terrible at this, but I will trudge on...... working on the nose of the Econo truck....

i feel your pain, doing the same thing..............

Spent yesterday helping a friend assemble a 1964 Chrysler 300. Putting on trim, bumpers, spraying the wheelwells to cover overspray, pulling out the seats to reinstall the rear armrests and swapping carbs (long crossram).
Got a lot done and it's really starting to look complete.
Just needs a few more items checked off the list. Chrome upper strip on the driver's door, fix the radio, and a good detail.
Looks like this except it has a maroon interior.

Well Panelmanrd - your words kept ringing in my head to not hestitate to finish this paintjob. It's not perfect, but how many guys can say they're first paint job was? A few runs to fix and some bugs. I'm happy with it because my van is just a clean driver to have fun with. G-man I thought of you yesterday - while cleaning my paint gun & drinking a beer, Creedence came on the 200 disc CD player so I cranked it up real loud.

WOW,WOW,WOW....Ken, simply...very nice!!!!! I will have to tip a few "Icehouses" with you soon!!!! lol Lookin good Buddy!!!!
B.W.

On another note...here is a shot of that 67 Chevy Van seen at the Brookland truck show recently in Florida. It is owned by a good friend originally from Ohio and a member of Buckeye Van Association, now living there in Florida! His name is RV! He by-the-way, took best in class in an all truck category and won some $$$ as well! Congratulations RV!

B.W.

KC Looks super GREAT!!! And I'm betting most of us would need some time to find those runs. Great color!!! I'm hoping you make it to the Nat's so we can finially meet

Spent the afternoon drilling out spotwelds, and got the dash and part of the floor out of the donor.

G-man - there are runs. The camera is just being kind to me. Has anyone ever wetsanded and buffed urethane? I could use some advice. Such as which grit to start and end with. Someone told me recently that you should do this process within a week after spraying or the paint becomes harder to polish. Any truth to this myth?

67A100 - I've drilled those same spot welds on a '70 A-100 dash. Also on a '64 Chevyvan. Lot of work to get that pearl isn't it?

here is where I stand after a weekend worth of work... not to bad for a novice, but I will eventually get there...






matte black tomorrow to go with the orange I put on late tonight...

A lot done in just a month

KC only small stuff to do now and then you can get back to that cool custom

Lookin good lectricman. One step at a time......