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Not sure where to post this. I'm sure someone will be along to move it where it belongs. Thought I'd share me and my wife's adventure in restoring a 1983 Chevy transvan.
Day one road trip home.

Day two new dash and gauges. Nightmare!

Custome gauges installed with help of hole saw black vinyl dye new stereo new dash speakers day two done finally.

Day three?
Tear out old carpet, headliner, panels, batteries whatever else was old and gross. Thanks wife.

Day I'm not sure anymore
Custom subwoofer box where I'm sure a porta Potty tank used to be. Grey wood floors installed.




Yesterday
Got the night sky headliner pretty much up. What a pain still have some wrinkles to work out and finish the edges.
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Thanks guys more to come. Tomorrow puttin black aligator vinyl to overhead panels and finish wiring the speakers.

Hi Kpsquared!

Nice job! I've always liked trans vans and their extra space, and you've done some great things with yours so far!

You were asking about where to post; probably the very best place to post progress updates would be in the Reader's Rides section, located under the Forum List heading. I'm not a moderator there, so I'll leave that up to you and the appropriate moderators.

One of my friends has a Dodge trans van with the dually rear end he'd like to sell to me; what a temptation now that you've reminded me how much fun all that internal real estate could be! Oh, the mischief I could get into!

I've never seen the type of night sky headliner you installed; where did you find it? It looks really nice!

Thanks man. I like it I'm thinking on a grill guard and flat black with some crazy stripe. Also going to have some crazy light shows going on inside when I figure that out. The star headliner we just went and got regular lightweight cotton from a local quilting store. Cause I wanted all one piece without the bows. People tell me it won't work but we'll see. Plus buying regular fabric is way cheaper I think it cost me 30$ for the fabric.

I always liked TransVans. Looking forward to following your progress.

Dyno_Dave welcome to the site .....

Thank you sir. Guess I'd better go do the "introduce yourself'" page thing, huh.

I too, am a fan of the transvan.
I came }{ this close to buying one before I got my present van.
The interior was still in good shape but the underside, may have needed more work then I am able to do.

We love pics and watching the "Trans-formation" of any nice van.
Good luck and keep up the good work.

Today's project crocodile covered speaker panels.

That's nice looking material. What is it?