Nate the Skate's 67 Dodge C&P Telephone Van

Here's my 67 A-100 ex Virginia Bell van. It has a 170 slant six/3 on tree. Will be swapping to a 225 slant six. It's the heavy duty model with front sway bar and 11" front brakes. As you can see some work has already begun.

Here you can see some problems in the drip rails. No biggie.

G-Man:

I think that's an extended cab pick-up. If i'm blessed enough to have my health and some money at retirement, duplicating that will be my first project after I install a lift. (Why does it seem that most of the work that has to be done is underneath the van?).

I'm telling ya, Nate's got it going on out there in Maryland.

This is actually at Brian Bowie's house. The pickup is a home built King Cab from an A-108. It has a big block engine. It's sweet. The white van he just bought. It has 41,000 miles. I think Brian has 13 or 14 A-100s now.

I've owned maybe 7 A's in the past.

I have some pics somewhere. I'll post them.

Nate ,you say your drip rail rust is No Problem??? Looks like a big job to me. Still looks like a great van to find .

That's Brian's. He has a lift and everything, so I go down to his house to work. I live in a townhome so getting into major stuff wouldn't be feasible.


Most of that driprail will be repaired with Bondo-Glass. Pretty heavy duty stuff.

Hey Nate, looks like you have a killer garage! Can you take some pics of the stuff you have up on your walls? I see some Wagon pics that look really cool. Thanks man. MK

Hey Mike...that's Brian's garage actually. Hell..I wish it was mine! I'm going down there this weekend to put a master cylinder on my '94 Dodge, so I'll take my camera and snap a few pics.

Hey Nate, of course it would be Brian's garage. Man that place looks awesome inside. When you are down there can you ask Brian if he still has copies of the 1998 A-100 Nats videos? And tell him I am coming down to Maryland to live in his garage. hahha.

And tell him I am coming down to Maryland to live in his garage. hahha.

Only if you bring your Hemi A with you.

Oh you know it man!!!

Hey Nate, do you have any pics from Carlisle 1998? Or would Brian? If either of you do let me know K. Thanks, MK

Brian would have them. Give him a buzz.

410-867-4056 before 9pm ET.

thats a nice find you got there Nate, you dont find too many with the windows on one side like that. how many trucks at carlisle this year? didnt make it i was still finishing up the 65 sportsman. and didnt want to sleep under the tannau cover of the pickup

We were very lean at Carlisle this year. Only 5 A-100's. We did have a guy from California show up with a surf-themed p/u. He will be featured in Mopar Enthusiast magazine with a Hang 10 Dart and a Dodge "woody" wagon.

One of these years I wanna go back to Carlisle. I was there in 98 and 99 and both years had a blast. Maybe I can swing it next year. That sucks the count was that low for A-100's this year. I can remember when it was nothing to see 30 trucks show up. I wanna blame it on gas prices.

i was there in spirit workin 12 hrs a day at work and re assembling-working out the bugs of my 65 im still doing the interior im kinda stumped, you both have seen my 68 a100 pickup, my vans the same color, motor box, stering coloum, dash,heater box, all green, i started painting my fiberglass interior pannels green, its too much. black lookes ok,but too dark, limmo tint on the windows, im thinking silver metallic? want to put a grey or black carpeting on the celing and lower pannels under the windows. with that snap to gether hardwood floor for the floor oh wow im totally off topic!~ any input is apreciated

Benwah, do you have the green 68 A-100 pickup with the SS Cragars on it with soft bed cover? If so I remember meeting you in probably 1998 at Carlisle. I think you were just building your A-100 pickup then. Is that right? And then you had the truck finished and had it at Carlisle in 99? I think I have some pics of it around here somewhere.

This is the truck I am thinking of is this yours Benwah?

yes it is hemi, just finishin up her brother sportsman, same wheels n tires and paint, im going to have the same pinstripeing done thinking silver n black as the interior. im painting my 62 k20 s roof and grill 1999 gm metallic platnium instead of white, its a really nice color think im going to shoot a pannel and hang it up to see, i painted several green it seems overbearing and black doesnt excite me. i have dial up and seem to have issues posting pix, would love to share with everyone here, the pickups not really done either, they never really are, thats a 2004? picture i had mopar 14" rallys before that,