farther & son project 66 no-door

well my son michael has expressed intrested in my 66 no-door told him he helps and works on it i will give it to him with vistation user rights.this will kill 2 birds with one stone.i still get to work on the 70 4x4.as of today i have a bult 283 small block i guess to call it in today times it is a 302 now been behine it will be a bult up T-350 with a 3000 stall. van has a 12 bolt in it don,t know gear raito yet i,m guessing a 3;73 would go nice with this set up.planning on stripping it down a roller in april and sending it to meada blast depending on cost.anyone ever strip a van here there self ?

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the plan for the inside is bone stock cab rhino line cab floor paint hole inside to match outside and a wooden floor in the back like the ones in the old pick ups

Nice to get the next gen involved!
I got a big quote from the local soda blaster. I decided I'd go another way. Check your local guys, they may be reasonable!
Sand can warp, so avoid it if possible, unless the guy is a serious pro at sheet metal.
You can use a DA and 80 grit paper. It'll give the kid something to start on! Lots of effort!
The other way is to use aircraft stripper. Messy, noxious and to need to worry about it seeping into seams.

I stripped most of my van(original paint and a layer of house paint) with a wide razer blade. I took it alway to the red qxide primer this way then DA the rest to metal. I learned this from a buddy that strips vettes this way Bob

i was thinking on getting a 110 lbs harbor ft sandblaster and getting meada blasting compound and have my son go panal by panal do the hole inside and underneath.

i also want to put a tunnel airway in frount of dog house and mount a floor shifter there any advice on that would be great.uaeing a 2nd gen dog house.michael wants to run side pipes on this van too i think they will look cool on a no-door

I used paint stripper and sand blasting and everything else!
If you are going to be working with multiple layers of paint the stripper works pretty good, use it on the flat panels or anywhere you wont get a seep like Rod mentioned (not on drip rails!). I used sand on spots that I didn't have to worry about warping like around the head lights and some of the harder to sand body lines up by the roof and grill. after all that it was DA and a bunch of scotchbrite pads on a die grinder. If you use sand on the inside, you will be blowing that out for ever from behind the ribs and roof rails. Just keep that in mind before you start spraying paint on the inside,, spend some time getting it out if you use it.

well we got after it yesterday and hit a few set backs was working on the inside removeing the fire truck welded on crap anyway heres what i found [i[img]ht[url=https://servimg.com/view/16028579/113]tp://i83.servimg.com/u/f83/16/02/85/79/00710.jpg[/img][/url]mg][/img]

here is a few inside rear pics

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nice to hear you working with the young blood.

got to thease days nothing but cell phones and x-box games.when he see,s all the girls looking at this thing when it,s on the road and him he will understand

I do agree...

You mentioned a floor shifter, is it auto or manual? I put a 5 speed trans in mine and made the shifter and all linkage. Story and pics are on this site some where. Either how its done or between the seats I think.

I went back and looked, its in "E" van general discusion

has a power glide auto in it now putting a turbo 350 in it

LOOKS like a nice father and son project the hardest part is getting started it will be a project your son will never forget and one to be proud of. (Enjoy the build)... ...PS I found HURST makes a shifter that has a rear cable entry from summit racing. B&M also makes one but they are about a $125.00 more I will put it on my dog house lid and run the cable straight back..........JOE.........

thats the best way to make memories and become real close, you wont regrete the time together,,

thanks guy for the kind words. joe i was thinking of putting shifter on tunnel air ram.we got our work cut out i will post a few pics latter my frount floor is a real bumer i see it was fixed befor but all part of the fun

mike and i worked on removeing the dog house tonight.got it ready to pull in the moring.i wanted to pull the dog house after i got the inside patched and in primer but the floor called that shot.need to fix it asap