UPDATED 68 sportsman pop-up roof

Did you check out the slideshow on your post,Dan?Your in for a treat!
What is it with people?The more as we progress,the more we hear "Hey ya'll,watch this". Haaaaa !
Thats cool if it came from Az..Less worries by far.I thought it looked pretty good shape.Makes those lower radius's and corners easier to deal with.A pressure washer and a "kid" can make a world of difference underneath.lol
Man,take care of that thumb,you'll probably be casted for a bit,huh?

Doc said 4 weeks in a hard cast, good thing I signed up for AFLAC this year. Hey maybe the "duck" can come help on the "camo van"???? "kid" = 12 year old that is hoping for an el camino when he is 16.
Dan... when I looked at the yellow wire it looks to have come off off the volage regulator mounted to the r/s doghouse wall. Man the wiring is terrible in here have to post a pic of it tomorrow. Anybody know if those gee whiz cd's on ebay have a good schematic on them??? Looks like I get to "build" a harness for all the accessories. Someone answer to a wire not having power was to run a new one straight to the battery.

Moe when I said "Don't get me started on DOWN HERE".
Well, That slide show pretty muck sums it up!!!!
Man, I miss Michigan!!!

moe... you are the man!!!! I think you just saved me some time stripping off the camo. "kid" with the power washer and the right nozzle "should" be able to blow the house paint camo off??? At least sounds good in theory, gotta give it a try the next 40 degree day we have.

67A,you could ask these folks on your A,they have about everything.They're pretty cool.Color coded,laminated.Great for spills.Ha ! http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/1968-68-DODGE-TRUCK-11X17-FULL-COLOR-WIRING-DIAGRAM_W0QQcmdZViewItemQQ_trksidZp1742Q2em153Q2el1262QQcategoryZ34218QQihZ024QQitemZ370159651697
On the 'kid' thing...fun for him,and you get your job done.Great 'bonding tool'.I remember a lot of bonding on stuff .It was usually stuff my dad didnt wanna do though.lol
Dan,when you head back up towards 'The Hand',stop by,or blow the horn,I'll be on the porch drinkin tea.Just look for the sign...'Farwood 4 sale'

Thanks Moe.... me need color diagram....Army is to cheap for color only black and wire schematic and if your lucky metal number tabs on the wires...usually under a 1/4" of paint.

Moe, Your a trip..... I'll be heading up 65 to 31 on the way home....

There was a guy selling the color diagrams on Ebay for the A's, but one I didn't like was that the wire gauge wasn't included.

If it doesn't have the guage on it I guess I can figure that out from what is left of mine before I head off the the store for "rolls" of wire, and I can always write it down and post it.

there is a poptop in the family junkyard behind my cousins house, it has a latch to hold the top down.




this might be a different type of poptop, I don't know?? The old van is full of junk, he's storing some good stuff in there.

Nice looking van, and yeah the top is different, I've got it narrowed down to being 1" wide canvas straps that hold mine shut. I like the bronco behind it also.

poor old ford

Ben,I was thinkin the same thing.Shame it's kinda just sittin there.Like its been put to pasture after its'glory days' are gone.I hate to see any old classic going to waste.There ought to be an "Adopt -A-Van" program.

I've got to get rid of some more stuff before I can "adopt" another van, but like you I hate to see them sitting. Maybe we can talk them out of the "family" storage site.

As you can see from the pic the parking brake arm from the cable to the shoe is missing,and the cross bar between the shoes is the wrong one and rubs on the axle and the studs. Sure glad I trailered this from TN, there are just some people out there that should not attempt to work on brakes or at the very least don't take both sides apart at the same time in case they forget where something goes.



Nate.... Help.... Got any part numbers for these??? Napa didn't have a listing for them. Probably 2 sets gotta find another "block" from the firewood pile for the other side to check it tomorrow. (outta jack stands, every corner is waiting on some part or another, on both A's)
thanks
duane

Well..I know the hardware kits and self-adjuster kits are still available, but I don't think the bar or the parking brake cable arm are still available.

Brian Bowie will have some extras or find a donor vehicle. A-100's use basically the same brakes as the Mopar cars of the era.

Yeah... so far I have found the barke bar made by motormite 21142 but not available any more and nothing on the arm yet... I know everyone wants our rear ends (that just sounds bad) any idea what else dodge put them in??

Just about everything except A-bodies which was a rare case.

some b vans from the early 70s have the 8 3/4 rear and there 11" drums instead of 10" nice upgrade im sure some pickups from the same era have them as well.

Well.... Got half of my e-brake parts figured out thanks to JEEP 1978-89 cj, xj, yj use our brake lever that mounts to the shoe and cable
omix-ada 16751.12 RH
omix-ada 16751.13 LH
Still searching the net for the 21142 bar... keep ya posted

Where did you find those levers?

Here's a pic of the rear brakes from the factory manual.

Many hours of surfing and ended up at store automotive .com. I thought they were going to be the brake struts because there is no picture. So took a chance and ordered them and they fit our shoes great. Thanks for the picture, I changed my search to brake strut intsead of brake bar and might have a line on some...

If you're talking about the levers that move the adjuster starwheel, those come with the adjuster rebuild kits. Those are readily available.

Nope, this arm from the cable to the shoe that actually engages the brakes when the e-brake handle is pulled.