Another 65

Some other stuff had time to do. Want to Thank Tom(Millwright71) for all his Spare parts from his 66 Major Upgrade. The front springs,Oil pan on BB was Real close to ground. Old spings were flat,alot of clean up,paint,new bushing, new bands,new bushing in sway bar, alot of jacks,& jack stands later. New look, & pans not as close. Also Toms old gas tank,modified sender,Gotavan Dans SS straps.16 gal tank is a heck of alot better than 5 when you got a BB
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Sits Up Nice Now Big difference it should ride a lot Better also.... Good job on the Door Panels..  .

Tom ... Looks Good !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Looks really good Tom! Can't wait to stop by and go for a ride now that the four barrel works!


Tom

Couple more crappy pics of progress. 1st one I'm Real happy about. Try to get some better pics before it gets dark, & not under tent
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That's Good Stuff! Especially the registration!!! Congrats and I really like the look of the door panels. As always, Thanks for the pics!

Got a chace to take some Moe Better pics of DV interior. Still have some finish work along bottom & flooring. Oh yea and take out storage stuff
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Nice neat and clean interior!!! Would love to see some more pics of the custom dashboard area...Looks Fantastic Tom! Love your ideas and especially those bumpers!!! Did those come with the van or did you design them yourself? What are they made of?

Looking real nice. Also diggin your ideas for interior as well. Those bumpers remind me of the Model T bumpers. Cool idea either way and look great on your van.

Another pic of dash, just put new water temp & gas gauge in, couldn't get the SW ones to work. The person (or persons,or shop)who build the van back in late 70's-early80's did the bumpers & all the alum work on inside & outside. The bumpers are real thick alum
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Sure looks good ! Bill

This one might be going up for sale,if anybodys intrested

Now there's a Great Van for someone on the hunt!!! Are you thinning the herd, Tom? Or are you just making room for another?

Thinning the herd,and get some $$ to make up for 84 Vett(Texas Toast) Seemed like a good Idea at the time,Bad Idea  now,money pit project
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Few more pics of the 65 454 motor & HD rear end set up. Anybody looking for a BB van??? Got M1 brakets for disk brakes that go with it. Or for the right $$ I'll put them on.
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65 BB still for sale ,couldn't find the original ad I put in the Chevy For sale section??
Guess they only on there for short time?? Also got the NY 65, 64 Custom (Golden Oldie),& the 67 from IL Can't seem to get my dial up to work on this site to post pics anymore??

Wow ,been a Long time since I posted pics of Rat ina Box


Had a guy who own a Speed shop out in Orange CA call me about it,but haven't heard anything back. Oh well took it out for a drive,after its winter nap,and took some new pic
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454 needs a blower& 400 auto trans,& a Lot bigger rear tires

That is one cool and unique ride!!!

I must be getting old, Been almost 7 years since I found this sunk,& froze to ground in snow storm

Tom, when I look at those pics, it looks like the van is collapsing and was feeling years of neglect and when I look at that latest pic, I swear I can see it smiling and saying look at me now!!!

Thank's Vanny

savage wrote:

froze to ground in snow storm

That is what I don't miss about Wabash There's a lot I do miss, that not so much...

Yea, cold and going to snow again this weekend here

Guy coming from WV to look at Rat ina Box, this weekend. Said he had seen ad on here(Thank's Bill)
Wanted to bring this back up so he could see build

Also sold my 97 Ford van I had for 18 years. Down to 7 Van's