Dons day,,,,,,,

Good point, Vanny. If you've got some big job out there, Don, you know a bunch of us will come out on a weekend to help out.

(I'm envisioning an old fashioned barn raising! The site of Donivan's Early Chevy Van Museum.)

Was 66 the first year with the westcoast mirrors that have the triangle bottom mount? Nearly if not all 65's have the westcoast like in your pic's.

What do you call your window option? (side & rear doors plus 4 windows)

That 10 window in the brochure looks like it's got the flat windows like yours instead of the recessed windows like a Sport Van.

Well,,,,,that is advertizing the 1965 Chevy Vans,,,so you know its probably from Fall of 1964,,,,,and they would not of had a SportVan body at that time,,,,I would say they put those triangle windows in a van like mine as a sample of what is available and to show the World that GM knows how to put those windows in right, not like some other company that has them in upside down,,,,,,

Looks like a nice fit. Good work there, Don! Did you turn that triangle window around while you were in there???

Looks GREAT don that's one of my next project's ...Drop the motor cross member a inch or so to get the 5 blade clutch fan I have in the middle of the radiator and use my electric one as a (Hamburg Fan) like yours before Summer...

Joe=when thats done you will notice the advantage to the cooling -with a shroud & clutch fan - just be sure the clutch is a good one too!!   

In doing many shrouds - & always notiving how the factory makes them= they are always having a sort of neck - coming out from the shroud opening!! This allows the airflow to be pulled faster thru the raidiator & maximises cooling!! I make mine with a circular piece welded to the shroud opening-accomplishes the same thing & fan is inside this round circular piece by 1 '" Thats woth the cicular welded piece being 3" -2" long. & diameter 1/2 " wider than fan blade dia.

REAL van shrouds are simple,,,,there is no room for all that fancy stuff,,,,,,

and the concrete goes on and on and on

Keep going and you'll have your own Rte. 66, or should it be Rte. 65 for your van?!!

Job well done by a working man's Chevy Van!  

Is that the last section to be done?

I had 2 pads under the motorhome just for under the wheels,,,,,,then I did one more under the rear bumper,,,,then I did another under the front bumper and I needed 2 more between the wheels,,,,,, and these were the last 2,,,,,,however the motorhome is trapped now,,,,,cant drive over them until they cure,,,,,,hope no earthquakes or wild fires show up for at least a week,,,,, the concrete has to cure so I can meet up with you and Wideload in Kentucky in May,,,,,,

Don- any idea how many yards you've poured. I'm getting ready to do a slab using 7 yards (4 in.) George

Well,,,,,,I have poured 24 slabs in about the last year or so,,,,,,one bag at a time,,,,but this last one, a 7 x 9 foot,,,,,took 42 of the 60 pound bags of concrete

Don,it looks good.Now you have room to work on vans o'plenty in your drive.
And surely it'll be cured by May with the warm California sun.