New to Vintage Vans & the A's

Purchased a 69' A100 last year, it spent its life in the military and as a fire truck. In making the van more dependable for travel I'm replacing belts, hoses & bushings. I'm having trouble locating the transmission mount, I have a short tail shaft 727 with the mount boss molded into the tail shaft. Can anyone give me help sourcing these parts?
Thanks in advance for any help,
Possum

Welcome to VV. Dang..your van looks to be in really nice shape.

Welcome and enjoy the adventure.Check some of past forum topics that dealt with making the bushing.

Nice ride! Welcome Possum.

Wow that looks very nice it's a 1970, But 1st welcome to vintage vans. I have a urathane bushing if your interested, also there is a link how to replace it,

@dix sure I would be interested. Can you send me the link and maybe a pic? The van is a late year production 69', original owner was the marine corps. Do you know if they had alot of these vans?

welcome to VV,, you'll get all the help you need here

dodge man wrote:welcome to VV,, you'll get all the help you need here

 Thanks Dodge man Ill need it. Trying to figure out how to add picture to my profile now lol
where are your kids when you need them? Possum

Take a look at this link.

https://vintage-vans.forumotion.com/t37704-how-to-install-a-new-tranny-bushing-on-the-a100-and-the-econoline

Cool A100!!! I like the carpet cleaner logo too

That's a great looking A. Post some more pics and some more story. I like it!!

Duane in Tennessee

Wow, this is my first day on VV and I've already found a part i was having trouble finding, made a few new friends, and saw some righteous vans...not to mention enjoying the comments about my A. A little more info about the van, it's a 318 auto with 391 gears. The van started its life in the Marine Corps, from there it served as a firemen in Anderson, SC. Then it was purchased by a man who owned a company that made Judson carpet cleaners. I purchased the van last year. Recently, i replaced all belts and hoses, valve seals, alternator, and thanks to this forum, i will be replacing the transmission mount. For those of you wanting pictures, i'll post as soon as i can. Looking forward to learning more about these vans and you guys. Deuces!

I'm a Carpet Cleaner also and really like old hand painted letting on these vans

G-Man wrote:I'm a Carpet Cleaner also and really like old hand painted letting on these vans

cool g-man this lettering was vinyl that's peeling off, I like the look but its was painted cheep,and is peeling. Im thinking of Painting it Hemi orange.

I wouldn't keep it, so don't worry what I said. Hemi Orange will look great

Hey there Possum, I believe we've met a few times in these parts? Sweet van and good to see you found this group.   


Lorin

Hey man! Yea it's me lol. Haven't seen you around lately. You still using the 67 for a daily driver?

I did a van with hemi orange but we added metallic , and glad we did it looks great in the sun.

Welcome to VV.!!!...  ..GREAT Find.. Straight and Solid..You have found the BEST Web Site around for Early parts and Info.....

Congrats on the van, Possum! Welcome aboard! I think you'll be really happy here with all the helpful folks on this site!

hey possum welcome,could you post your vin, or pm to me.
curious about your 69 with 70 side marker lites.

scottie

Scottie i think this was the 2nd one in a month, how was flordia??

playnpossum wrote:Hey man! Yea it's me lol. Haven't seen you around lately. You still using the 67 for a daily driver?

Still hauling ass down 85... but not lately with all the salt everywhere, when it s dry absolutely. Finishing the suspension, ready to try my hand at kingpins, and gathering parts for a V8 swap I hope during summer. Just trying to preserve it as best I can for bodywork time.
Gotta get together some time and check out that van!

See Ya  

sounds good , I was telling someone yesterday about the crazy fedx driver in an a100 passing us on I85 -I think we were running 82 lol that van hauls!