8 door 67 dODGE VAN

Great to see you here. Do you have more pics of your van to post?
Best of luck on the paint. I can tell you after doing my 108, your arms do get tired!

Thanks RodStRace , it's good to be here ! , We painted my truck that carries the Dragsterbus so i know all about tired arms ha ha , i'm looking forwrd to doing the Dodge to be honest , i'm planning on doing some flake and Kandy , maybe a bit of laceing , It's been fun driving it around looking ratty but i think it deserves a bit of love now , When i got it (the pic you posted) it had no brakes,steering,gas tank and didn't run (well it wouldn't without a gas tank!), I had to make a gas tank as there aren't that many A100s and A108s here in England , i had to change the lights to UK specs and i used the factory reverse lights for the Amber flashers , tail lights and brake lights are still where they should be, i fitted an electronic dizzy and got everything working again , except the speedo which sounds like a cement mixer so it's disconnected ! , my 108 came out of 1430 Carroll Paradise California would love to find some history on it , the guy that owned it was called Richard VanStavern , maybe i should check the phone book and give him a call
lets see if these links works
https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=10151200413539587&set=a.10150859691719587.445593.118549609586&type=1&theater¬if_t=like
https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=10151200408609587&set=a.10150859691719587.445593.118549609586&type=3&theater

Cool! I've saved them to my computer in an 8-door folder.
Finding history is a lot harder these days, because of privacy issues here. You can't go to the local gov't office (DMV) and ask who were the previous owners. Why?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rebecca_Schaeffer
But it is easier to find people on the net. If that is the person's name, do searches for them. It helps if you know a location and also an age.

Here are the pics, from facebook.

I did a bit of a google search and i think i've found him, he does mobile home maintenance or something by the looks of things , maybe thats my 108s old job , found a phone number too so i'll give him a call , worst that can happen is he'll tell me to $%&k off ha ha ,
Just finished work ,going to go for drive in the 108 to unwind

I haven't looked at this thread for a while and of all the 8 door vans in this thread the first one seems very special? The pop out windows pop out to the side, windows behind the front doors, how the rear part of the front door window frame slants forward and the extra long step for the side doors. Are there anymore pictures of this thing? That 8 door seems to have allot going on. Got it, it's not a Dodge.

I sold this one (108 ofc) to a member on here, think he used it for a parts donor for his A100 panel.

And this is my 65 273 auto

Talked to a guy at school this morning.
He had a 108 8 door back in 71.
Said he had a blast in that thing, drove it all over.
He got it for the place he worked. They used it for demonstrating their product. They had limb loppers that were hydraulic powered or air powered. One side had a pump, the other had a compressor. They could show customers both!
He said that when the B vans came out, the company couldn't get Dodge to make an 8 door for them.

Is anybody still collecting data on this thread? I have an A100 8door SWB window van from 1969. Stock was /6, but its got a 318 now. I'm in Oregon

Rock* wrote:And this is my 65 273 auto

I've got a '65 273 manual

If you compund that van with some Maguires 105 Ultra cut and follow it with pure carnuba wax it'll shine like a new penny.