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Re: Looking two vans. Which one?
jaco #668574 August 15th 2014 10:20 am
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The windows you either love or hate them. All things being equal it will greatly depend on the mechanic condition of the vans and your ability to self repair or afford to have someone else do the work. I myself prefer the more completed 77 but the window ruin it for me...so Id have to say 73 with the pure sex windows. If you look closely you can see the 73 has a single venturi already as well.

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Re: Looking two vans. Which one?
jaco #668585 August 15th 2014 12:40 pm
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Buy them both. Get one ready for show, then work on the other one.


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Re: Looking two vans. Which one?
DrBob #668587 August 15th 2014 1:46 pm
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yeah
Hard to argue with that logic DrBob!

Personally, from just looking at them, I'd go for the '73.
I like the portholes better, it has round headlights, and there's no recent paint to decide on giving up because it's not to my liking.
But that's just me.

Don't know about value.
There was a '73 shorty near me recently that had the original grille, portholes, recent paint, and leftover shag interior.
It had a couple of mechanical issues, but ran and drove (according to the seller).
The price started at around $3800, but it ended up selling for around $1500.
I don't how that one compares to these vans though.
I just thought I'd throw that in.


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Re: Looking two vans. Which one?
jaco #668601 August 15th 2014 4:30 pm
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Well looked at both vans today. Both had some rust issues and both will need complete restos. Both seemed to run well. But thought that they were over priced at about $3,500. The blue one looks ok in the pics but the paint and interior was old and will need redoing. I passed on both of them I will keep looking.
Thanks for all the replies.

Re: Looking two vans. Which one?
jaco #668603 August 15th 2014 4:35 pm
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well crap, this was anti-climactic

Re: Looking two vans. Which one?
DODGEnBULLETS #668607 August 15th 2014 5:21 pm
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yeah

At least we got to see pictures of them.
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Good luck with your search jaco.


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Re: Looking two vans. Which one?
Rusty Pancelode #668624 August 15th 2014 9:57 pm
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Well thats a sign to give up on those old dodges and get a nice chevro-let-it-set. There are lots of conversions cheap. An early 1990's with a big block would be good. Then just get a title and vin from a 1970's model. Switch the tail lights and grill and you are in business! Actually, i love those old dodges.



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Re: Looking two vans. Which one?
jaco #691431 July 05th 2015 6:25 pm
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Well it's been a while since I have posted. Here is the update.
Went and looked at both vans and they were rusted out junk and they wanted over $3000 for each one. I have been looking for one ever since. I was on Craigslist just killing time about 2 months ago and saw an ad for a 72 Dodge van. It was just 5 miles from the house.
It is a 72 B100 Tradesman 200. It has a 360, auto, air and power steering. Guy says he parked it about 12 years ago because it was stopping up fuel filters.
I bought it and drug it home.
The first thing I did was run a fuel line out of a gas jug and poured gas in the carb. It fired right up and ran good after a few minutes.
So now that I knew it would run the build was on.
Look in the readers ride section for my build thread.
Just goes to show you that you can usually find what you are looking for close to home if you just look long enough.
This what I drug home.
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Re: Looking two vans. Which one?
jaco #691432 July 05th 2015 6:40 pm
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Score! I would spend some time pressure washing it, but that might take some of that black paint off. Still, that is a great starting pint for a project, and AC is always a BIG plus.


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