Re: What are you up to?

**donivan65** · by **donivan65** on Fri Oct 30, 2009 9:08 pm

There is not much to a battery box,you can make one,,,,3 pieces of metal,,,,2 holes for mounting it under the floor 4 holes to the frame,,,,,,,,,

**donivan65** · by **donivan65** on Fri Oct 30, 2009 9:10 pm

wylee · by wylee on Sat Oct 31, 2009 2:33 am

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61econoline · by 61econoline on Sat Oct 31, 2009 8:08 am

yea i have enough scrap metal around to make one just figured it might be easier to weld one into the floor that way i would have the lid with handle there for access

BILLS66 · by BILLS66 on Sun Nov 01, 2009 7:29 am

Batterys charged one more cut and the floor section around the battery box is out and will be on the way to Dan. Bill

**DanTheVanMan** · by **DanTheVanMan** on Sun Nov 01, 2009 8:01 am

BILLS66 wrote:Batterys charged one more cut and the floor section around the battery box is out and will be on the way to Dan. Bill

Wahoo!
Didn't make it to the bank on Sat. so will have the MO on it's way to you tomorrow Bill. cheers

**donivan65** · by **donivan65** on Sun Nov 01, 2009 10:24 am

Here is how Chevy does the battery box cover,,,,,that area is recessed like about 1/4" so the cover sits flush with the floor,,,,,,,

BILLS66 · by BILLS66 on Sun Nov 01, 2009 4:19 pm

OK Dan you out there, I don't want to bragg or anything but this batt stuff is boxed up pretty nice! Bill

gotavan · by gotavan on Sun Nov 01, 2009 5:47 pm

Last night the roof came off again (windy)

dropped the trans
now to get the engine out

with the roof off I could have used a overhead crane
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**DanTheVanMan** · by **DanTheVanMan** on Mon Nov 02, 2009 5:32 am

BILLS66 wrote:OK Dan you out there, I don't want to bragg or anything but this batt stuff is boxed up pretty nice! Bill

Now that's an Awsome box building job Bill! Can hardly tell you made it..... Very Happy

**donivan65** · by **donivan65** on Tue Nov 03, 2009 3:21 pm

I'll tell you what,,,,,,you guys better be spraying some rust converter, like this Purple Power stuff, up in the top inside railing all around the roofline of your van or it will be Sawzall time. It is all bare metal in there and you know rust is just sitting in there waiting to climb out......

**DanTheVanMan** · by **DanTheVanMan** on Tue Nov 03, 2009 5:59 pm

[quote="donivan65"]I'll tell you what,,,,,,you guys better be spraying some rust converter, like this Purple Power stuff, up in the top inside railing all around the roofline of your van or it will be Sawzall time. It is all bare metal in there and you know rust is just sitting in there waiting to climb out......quote]

Don, Purple Power is great stuff and I have been spraying it on everything since day one. And you can follow it up with "All-Metal" filler in those hard to get places, it is also some great stuff.....

mountainkowboy · by mountainkowboy on Tue Nov 03, 2009 6:34 pm

Purple power and then chassis saver sprayed in there will KEEP rust away.

gotavan · by gotavan on Thu Nov 05, 2009 5:51 am

Timber! sawzall keep on cutting

pulled off drum full of oil no rust even had paint on the springs

took out the windshield top was rusted, bottom had the bedding compound and no rust

GMC has the two holes for the Chevy bowtie hidden under the M
This was a Dealer van they never sold it. parked out back in 1973 and used for storage bin

Digz · by Digz on Thu Nov 05, 2009 6:13 pm

I know we talked about it , but wondering if you were going to try saving the grill??