What I came to is that I want an early Ford, 61 to 67 is at this point al fine (I don't really know what differences/mods there are made in these years. Does somebody know where I can find it? Always a good/fun thing to know!)
I know how to drive a manual and automatic transmission, so both are good, but of what I have seen for sale most of it is manual. So that will do. I think it's fun to have a manual shifter.
As we are gonna use the van as a campervan, and when it has come to The Netherlands also as a hauler for my motorcycles and materials to build furniture and interiors from. I want to be able to take stuff up to about 3 meters, that's roughly 118 inches. I found a picture with Econoline dimensions, which tells me I need a Supervan if I want to be able to take these lenghts. So prefably it would be a Supervan.
Now the hardest part for me to decide is if I want a panel van or window van. But in the end I think a panel van would be nice. A window van is cool as camper, you can see all around, enjoy the view and all. But it also takes a lot of usable space. It also wouldn't be so practical back home when I want to take plywood sheets and that kind of stuff. So I think a panel van with windows in the rear and sidedoors will be my choice.
The van I am looking for doesn't have to be fully done, I like to work on cars and motorcycles, and to be able to make it my own thing. But it has to be in good shape technically, as we want to drive it all around for 3 months. I can do minor fix ups myself, but it's not my intention to become a 3 month long rolling garage, haha... I'm now thinking of a price around 3000 to 4000 dollars. Do you guys think that would be possible, to get a decent van for that price?
Ofcourse, this is all very dependable on what is for sale by the time we go to the States. Hopefully we will find a Econoline Supervan, but if not, an other Econoline of early Chevy or Dodge is also cool.
If someone on this forum is thinking of selling the van I just described, wait for me to sell it to me in May! Haha
Ow, and are the dimensions in this picture correct? I can draw in Vectorworks (some sort of Autocad), and I toke some measurements after I scaled the picture. Doesn't seem to be totaly accurate. Does somebody have drawings of the van that are correct? And maybe a top view of the van? Would be very welcome, as I want to draw up some plans on the interior