Texas John's 1963 Mantique Van

12-8-11....1963 170ci, tree spd, 19,000 original miles. Bought this for my 8th Day Cycles Mantique Warehouse. Not sure if those really are the original miles but the story goes it was a dog catchers van in a small town and never used then sold to a printer here in town and wasnt used much. sold to a local family for there teenage daughter to be her first vehicle. This was two yrs ago. I have been trying to get it for two yrs, the daughter couldnt drive it so its mine now. Got dark on me today so more pics coming. Drove it home and had to shorten a heater hose do to a dryrot split. drove it for a few hours today and everything works except the heater.......more to come. And NO!!!!!!! you cant have it. (Well, Money talks...heheheh)

Congrat's John!!!!

Thats one mighty fine looking van!! A rare find indeed! Kinda funny what some people might think a teenage girl might want to drive, Ive had two so I have an idea.

good looking van, congrats!

Magic Bus wrote:Thats one mighty fine looking van!! A rare find indeed! Kinda funny what some people might think a teenage girl might want to drive, Ive had two so I have an idea.

They must have wanted grand kids real bad... My daughter will be getting a 1 seater, no passengers and no dating till she moves out... Lol

That was a great find! Looks super clean!

Put new heater hoses on. You should see the underneath ....so heres some pics

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UMMM, JOHN THE ONLY THING I CAN SAY IS:

WOW!!!!!!

That thing is in "Awesome" shape!!!!!

Great looking van

score!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

i took the belly pan off and had it blasted, what should i paint it with to keep it original?

texasjohn wrote:i took the belly pan off and had it blasted, what should i paint it with to keep it original?

It's subject to a lot of fluids dripping or spraying on it from above, dings from below... I would try to make it bulletproof. My two cents.

Need a new rubber floormat for the front floor. Where to get?

can someone read this well enuff to decifer?

texasjohn wrote:Need a new rubber floormat for the front floor. Where to get?

Mac's has em around $80 I believe.

Hi Texas John,

Here's what I got from the Econosrus site.

E14 = Econoline van series
T = 170 engine
H = Lorain Ohio assembly plant
348224 = October 1962 serial number - 1963 model
090 = wheelbase
M = Corinthian White paint
E144 = Econoline van model, "3/4 ton" or "heavy half ton"
89A = van body style
A = 3 speed transmission
02 = 4.00:1 light duty axle (7-1/4 inch)
4350 = "3/4 ton" GVW rating
85 at 3600 = certified net HP at RPM
74 = Seattle sales district

Duane in Tennessee

thank you guys

Speechless !

Well John,you know it came from and stayed in your region