Vannin' Home Forums General Discussion General Discussion early poptop dodge saved from the weeds

well this is it.. don't let the moss scare ya it's still a solid van,very very little rust ,the worst is around the roof edge but have sandblaster will travel anyone ever see a pop top like that before? been trying to find another van with one like it but nothin so far it needs alot of work,but already got a high output 318 engine lined up and ready for it to replace the old tired disassembled one in it- it's got AC ! LOL but i'm sure it won't be savable and i could realy do without the rooftop condensor look ;)unless it works of course,then i'm sure i can get over how it looks the van came from longmont,colorado to ct in 89 when the timing chain went,the guy i got the van from,bought the GIRL a plane ticket back to colorado for the van,started to work on the van and had a work accident and never got back to it -had it in a local rag for best offer and here it is,at his property in pawling,ny he's got everything that was inside,paneling,stove,sink,fridge,bed,seats AND a pair of seats in a fiero he's junking with the bose headrests.. so i'm grabin those seats too for the van needs alot, but i picure the end result when i'm done with it,and it's definately worth saving [url=http://groups.msn.com/vintagechevyvanclub2/leadfootpics.msnw?action=ShowPhoto&PhotoID=5824]http://groups.msn.com/vintagechevyvanclub2/leadfootpics.msnw?action=ShowPhoto&PhotoID=5824[/url] off to warm up the preasure washer these are probly the wrst best before pics i ever had hehe and for those who think because i got another early means i'll forget about the magazine WE are building.... N O T .... all weekend roadtrips have been postponed due to my dedication to lots of winter van stuff goin on right here ... little over a month to go.. get your additions,ideas,and pics in asap! anyone needing more time and is working on something,please let me know thanks for looking.. and like they say thanks for leavin

Dude I think you should clear coat it and keep the funky colors, LOL!

i was thinkin a small lawn on the top of the poptop LOL..but mowing it would be a pain and with an 8 cyl, i hate to be tossin sodd on the freeways - had a VW a LONG time ago that had big time THICK moss on the roof i left it, never went fast enough for it to blow off and hell no i aint washin no VW lol i think this van is worthy of a steam bath

Dude, you have to paint, "A rolling stone gathers no moss" on the back door!

Great find!

Wow!! what a find!! Thats really a van worthy of restoration... Why don't I ever find those??

leadfoot, bert from w.n.y.v.a. he should take a good look at her! as he is workin on his early dodge. as myself also.berts got his down to nothing. i give him parts as he makes a swap w/ me.how far from the niagara falls is it?
p.s. "BOOT-HILL THRILL" the inside is under mass construction,"JUST GOT THE FIRST SHIPMENT IN ON "BUFFALO BILL" GEAR.the outside will stay the same color but w/ new graphics"paint".the joy of workin on 3 vans at once.our early chevy should be here soon? lookin for title as owner says! when we get her that will make 4 vans to make our winter ago ahead,+ the house!
no rest for a vanner!
gotta go
gotta go
oh the fellin' of spring ahead of us.

thanks guys, yeah the van is in pawling,ny
less than an hr by leadfoot driving from me
15 or 20 minutes from pawkipsee - thursday morning i'm goin up to jack it up and place it on some plywood planks,the ground is soft and it's parked about 10 feet from a VERY steep driveway
so i'm tryin to make this as painless as possible for my friend with the trailer goin to get it this weekend, the rear tires still got air in em
the fronts don't look so good it sunk about up to the front hubs but the rear tires seem kind of large and kept the van off the ground at least
..worst case is it's going to need some front end
parts i didn't see at first i'm sure of it LOL.. but EVERYTHING i looked at was solid,
i was tryin to find a reason this guy didn't want it other than space on his property
i'm really lookin forward to it, i've always been an open model minded early chevy owner
it's like learning a whole new world diving into something ya never really knew much about at first

maybe he wants to put one of those new design dodge vans there. then come back 30 years or so and get it, by that time vanners will want it.

Ok leadfoot...you finally got one up on "gotavan" Dan....

I don't know about clearcoating the moss, but ya gotta admit it's a nice shade of green....