1966 A100 Sportsman

hahaha I love that little drawing you did there, why does it not close, air cleaner? What size is yours? Some previous owner of mine put a 318 in it.

by the way, PM sent about that other A100 I hope you can do something for me.

I have a 318 that's supposed to have an RV cam in it. I 'll take it over the solid lifter 273, but the 273 definitely has it's advantages. I just hope mine has hardened value guides for unleaded gas.

The cool air intake thingy almost works, but the damn belly in the doghouse lid hits it.

yeah I thought that was pretty neat, not really any importance to it though, if anything it limits the amount of air it gets. Its your call, but I would recommend removing it. Then you could close the lid too.

Ok,
Gaskets are now on order.
Spray painted the steel wheels black so the hub caps seem to float
Who has the best LED taillights?
Mirror suggestions needed. Got the small round ones that look cool, but I'm going to be pulling a small pop-up this summer.
Bumper suggestions? Mine are not so good.

now don't take this wrong or anything this is my personal opinion and i am no intelectual for sure but when i see a nice vehicle with wheelbarrow handle exhaust pipes it makes me want to scream W.T.F. were ya thinkin dude. i know when a bumper goes back on it will cover up a bunch but holey handlerbars batman..............................
but lookin really good nice color choice.

No offense taken Jeff. One of the POs put 'em on there. Someday there will be some nice chrome tips coming off of there. If money's no object, some exhaust cut-outs to scare the crap out of the left lane bandits

Exhausts?? Thats just like me =old skl type- just as we all learn on our vans- we do need the pipes to exit on the sides as the fumes will backdraft us. I also like the custom exhausts exiting in rear side areas thru the cutout body lower panels. Yet -too expensive for most of us ol guys- money better used somewhere else mainly- great colors!!

itruns the van looks Great!!!! Will you be at the Nat's or Taz fest this year???

That is really sweet !! Tough call on bumpers .. stock ones are kinda clunky lookin to me. jm2c

G-Man wrote:itruns the van looks Great!!!! Will you be at the Nat's or Taz fest this year???

Ohh, I don't know, it's sooo far away and I won't know anyone there. Of course I'll be there!!! Hell, I went to all three of Taz's deals last year WITHOUT a real van and had a blast! The wife enjoyed it too, so I had that goin' for me
Now if only I can remember to bring some Excedrin to keep those killer headaches away. That was like the worst ever! Some hospitality, a little nap, some food, some otc drugs, bonfire and a yard full of vanners and earlys helped put me right though.

When is Bakers and what's the estimated drive time pulling the pop-up? May have to do that one solo, especially if the tunage is still missing.

Digz wrote:That is really sweet !! Tough call on bumpers .. stock ones are kinda clunky lookin to me. jm2c

Ok, Googled jm2c. Got it!

I was thinking stacked chromed pipe. There's a pretty A108 8 door that has pipe nerfs on the front and a Chevy rear bumper that looks fine. Would like something a little more impact resistant up front though.

itruns, Baker's is on June 26, but now we we camping at my place the 25th. About 5- 5.5 hours from you.
here a link for more infor,. (long thread)
https://vintage-vans.forumotion.com/t17366-baker-s-2011

3 weeks might be a bit of a squeeze, but I'll try to get up there. Kim will being staying home because of no A/C. I'll have to play it by ear.

PS - I'll post it on the Yahoo A100 Group for ya.

Thanks for the Yahoo A100 group post, I know 3 weeks is close. Your Welcome van or not

GREAT JOB!! LOOKS NICE!!

Twinpilot001 wrote:Exhausts?? Thats just like me =old skl type- just as we all learn on our vans- we do need the pipes to exit on the sides as the fumes will backdraft us. I also like the custom exhausts exiting in rear side areas thru the cutout body lower panels. Yet -too expensive for most of us ol guys- money better used somewhere else mainly- great colors!!

Yep. Always have to keep the back windows closed for that reason. Quite a shame, we would get a nice breeze from back there.

Wow your van came a long way, she is looking very nice, hope to meet ya at the nats... (nice job)

Got called a "Slacker" the other day, but I have a lot of other stuff on my plate, so it's cool. At least I'm making money this year and the poor van isn't rusting away.

Have the Solex green tinted windshield glass with the dark blue sun block band on order. My guy isn't too thrilled about the new door glass channel gasket between the vent window and the door glass. If he can get some better quality stuff, I'll let you know.

Also have to order a 96" x 130" plate of 3/16" Solex split at 65" A lot of glass for a little van. I may be selling extra blanks if we can't get 1/4" thick glass to go in the rear window gaskets