Brent's Van (uante)

Went to an All Ford Car Show Yesterday...it was actually an annual Mustang Show that they decided to open up to all fords. Tons of nice Mustang in all years and about 5 other Fords including my Van.



I got my wall finished just before the show. Trump keeps talking about building a wall, I went out and built my own! lol

Nice job, Brent! Looks like it tucked in there very nicely...
Does it allow the doghouse lid to open all the way?

Thanks Vanny. Yes the doghouse opens normally and the wall is pretty solidly in place.

Why the wall???

whalemstr wrote:Why the wall???

Good question. After seeing what other people were doing with their vans, I wanted to do something fun with my van. So I decided to make a replica surveillance van.

LOL!!! They call those stealth vans in the world of van living and camping! Mine will be close to a stealth van when I get through with it!

Actually the stealth van concept is pretty cool, but that's not what I'm doing...I'm making a replica of the Honey West Spy Van from the 1960's TV Show.

The wall looks nicd Brent! How is it working with driving noise, less noise from the axle?

Thanks Tice. I really like the wall there. Of course I haven't made the doors yet, but it already gives a "separation" that I like. I think there is a little less noise from the back, but my rear doors rattle so much at the moment I can't hear any axle noise anyway! lol

I am sure Honey will appreciate the wall. You probably won't be able to keep her out of the van!

Once you start adding insulation and flooring it will get even quieter... I have already noticed however, that it also adds weight - which affects performance!!! Dammit - that means I have to actuallly tune the damn thing again!!! LOL

Inspector, supervisor or what?

He loves Supervising, but he's on the outside looking in!

If I want to eliminate the noise in my van, I would put the wall across the middle of the doghouse so I didn't have to listen to "Honey" yakking my ears off !!!

uante wrote:

Maybe he's trying to fly over the Cuckoo's Nest!

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Maybe he's trying to fly over the Cuckoo's Nest! [/quote]

More likely he's trying to Escape from the Cuckoo's Nest!

Got a set of original front seats for my rear seat project. Thanks AZSuperVan (Bill).
After stripping the old worn covers and foam off, I needed to have one of the seat's bracket attach points welded and after seeing the great job the guy did, I took him the other one and had him beef up the welds as they looked a little wimpy.

Then it was off to the powder coat. Cost $85 for both, but it was worth it to me.  

Old seat covers...Driver's one was pretty bad, but the passenger had more surface rust on the window side from possibly having it down a lot during rains.








Powder Coat came out Nice...Next is to have all four seats, my two original front seats recovered and these seats recovered and re-foamed to match.

Brent, You sure do good work!

jrdunn96 wrote:Brent,  You sure do good work!

Thanks! Unfortunately I'm having the stuff done, can't weld, powder coat ot upolster myself. Might get the welding down someday.
Hoping to make some progress with the paneling this Christmas break after all the craziness settles down! lol

Looks great! I thought this was one of the coolest ideas ever.

AZ SuperVan wrote:Looks great!  I thought this was one of the coolest ideas ever.

Seemed cool to me too. In all the pics I've seen of van interiors I haven't noticed that anyone did this set up. I even thought itd be fun to facing them looking backward like an old station wagon, but wouldn't do that. I'd get car sick for sure lol

Haven't done very much with my van lately. I have been driving it, but end/beginning of the year projects have been higher on the priority list. Now that the storage downsizing and reorganization is almost complete (took most of the holidays that weren't spent with family) I'm excited that it's time to ramp of the van project!

Meanwhile last Sunday the weather was perfect in Arizona so Amy and I took the Bugs out for Ice Cream! The green one (Hubbard) I am half owner in with Amy, and the yellow convertible (Gretta) is Amy's and she had a huge role in the restoration taking a lot of it apart and putting it back together herself.

Those seats and frames look nice. Did you have to blast them or was that in the price

mnghost wrote:Those seats and frames look nice. Did you have to blast them or was that in the price

I paid $100 for the pair, then $65 for welding to reinforce the bracket welds, then $85 for the pair to have them sandblasted and powdercoated. $250 invested so far. Fabric is on the way to have all four seats re-foamed and recovered.