65 Sportsman

Wow, very nice!

Finished sanding the back doors today, got all my shift linkage rebuilt with new grommets and put in, and put the heater together and back in. Should be starting on the wiring pretty soon.

Heater Looks new! I'm a big fan of your work.

Thanks, much appreciated!

I shot the rest of the doors with Slicksand today; now I need to sand them, shoot the whole van with 2k, wet sand, and it’s ready for color. I’m glad, I’m getting burned out on bodywork. Also started wiring the engine and the dash.

Soon all your hard work will pay off Big Time! Way to plow through it!!!

Thanks for the motivation, brother!

Ready for 2k

Love this build and can't wait to see it in all it's glory! Getting close!

Now for a trip around the whole thing with some wet 400 and she’s ready for color

Prep work looks Great!!!

C'mon down to St Louis and help me wet sand this baby, Vanny!

Let me tell you, that's the best offer I've had in a long time and if I had the time and the means, I'd be on my way tomorrow! Especially since you've already done the majority of the work...LOL! I

l love seeing all the "works in progress" on this site. There are many talented people here who motivate and inspire others with their hard work and dedication to keep these vans on the road and make improvements to make them safer as well.

So thanks for the continued inspiration!

Thank you, Jesus! Sanding is done and I put the sealer in the drip rails today. My buddy Kyle is going to shoot the color for me next week.

And there’s the Hook! I’m drooling down my shirt...Can’t wait to see it all purty’d up!!!

I thought you were just teasing us again with these pics until I clicked on them and realized they were cut off so here goes...

So glad to get to this point









Some assembly required







Hopefully I can do a test fire on the motor this coming weekend.



Hope you don't mind but it was driving me crazy...which is a very short trip for me!

Just for the record, I think it turned out Fantastic...Definitely My Opinion!!!

Looking good.

Thanks! Not sure what happened ?

That looks great! All your hard work paid off.

Falconvan wrote:Thanks! Not sure what happened ?

Just had to change the Pixel settings to 640, then the pics don't get cut off.

Ok, I’ll remember that

Got the fuel and cooling lines plumbed, dash put together and it fired right up. Carb is leaking gas so I have to rebuild it but the motor sounds good and all the vital signs look good. I pulled the rear springs back off so I can drop them at the spring shop and have them lowered a little; they put way too much arch in them when they rebuilt them.

Finished all the wiring and thankfully everything works. Hope to make some good progress this weekend; road test soon!

Excellent, nothing like the feeling of getting to enjoy the fruits of your labor!

You got that right; it's feeling close to done so I'm getting excited about getting it out. Good weekend; got the carb rebuilt and running better, put on the back brakes, shocks, cleaned and lubed all the e-brake parts, ran about 1/2 the brake lines and got the wheels and tires on.