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Posted By: Michael_Rusty_Lapoint Hi, I' m Mike - December 10th 2011 6:09 am

I own photobucket the 77 destroyer
Posted By: XTReME_LiMiTzZ Re: Hi, I' m Mike - December 10th 2011 7:20 am
hey mike, welcome glad to have yah join smile
Posted By: newkirkinc1 Re: Hi, I' m Mike - December 10th 2011 11:09 am
welcome great to have ya aboard.
Posted By: Wizard78 Re: Hi, I' m Mike - December 10th 2011 1:43 pm
Hi Mike welcome to the site cheers
Posted By: frscke1 Re: Hi, I' m Mike - December 10th 2011 5:06 pm
Welcome welcome
Posted By: Bandvan Re: Hi, I' m Mike - December 10th 2011 5:07 pm
That van is beyond bitchin! The artwork is so much over the top 70's van, I really like it.

Looks like its come along way back. One of your pics looks like the interior burned, what happened? Typical 70's Dodge wires.

Welcome to the site. Looking forward to seeing more of it.
Posted By: HighwayStar Re: Hi, I' m Mike - December 10th 2011 5:21 pm
Welcome Mike...... cheers
Posted By: Starlord Re: Hi, I' m Mike - December 10th 2011 6:36 pm
Welcome to the site. Nice truck!
Posted By: lukester Re: Hi, I' m Mike - December 11th 2011 4:47 am
welcomefrom Florida
Posted By: PYSCHOWard Re: Hi, I' m Mike - December 11th 2011 5:20 am
A Nice Save
Posted By: nautic1 Re: Hi, I' m Mike - December 13th 2011 4:12 am
welcome aboard.
Posted By: Superbeast Re: Hi, I' m Mike - December 13th 2011 7:46 pm
welcome aboard! Nice to have you with us!

Glad to see you picked up this van.
Posted By: Michael_Rusty_Lapoint Re: Hi, I' m Mike - December 14th 2011 5:15 pm
Hey i was wondering if any body has any old pictures of this van from the Windsor Ontario area, it was featured at the 1983 detroit Autorama, thought this site would be the place to ask.
Posted By: Galaxy Re: Hi, I' m Mike - December 14th 2011 6:40 pm
welcome to the forums!
Posted By: CPSChevyVan Re: Hi, I' m Mike - December 28th 2011 1:21 am
Howdy
Posted By: Michael_Rusty_Lapoint Re: Hi, I' m Mike - June 21st 2012 10:57 pm
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Posted By: Michael_Rusty_Lapoint Re: Hi, I' m Mike - June 21st 2012 11:05 pm
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Posted By: Michael_Rusty_Lapoint Re: Hi, I' m Mike - June 21st 2012 11:06 pm
finally got the pic to work. to some degree.
Posted By: HighwayStar Re: Hi, I' m Mike - June 21st 2012 11:33 pm
Very Cool ! cheers
Posted By: Wizard78 Re: Hi, I' m Mike - June 21st 2012 11:48 pm
welcome aboard
Posted By: al55 Re: Hi, I' m Mike - June 22nd 2012 7:34 pm
Mike welcome that is some cool lookin' 77 Dodge.I use to own a 77 Dodge eons ago this is what it looked like when I first brought it home.[Linked Image] yay so again welcometo best van site in the world from a Dodge vanner in New Brunswick.
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Posted By: Virtual Re: Hi, I' m Mike - June 22nd 2012 7:52 pm
It was great to see Mike back at Vanfest, this time with Destroyer. Very interesting story behind the van, how about telling it Mike ? I'll post some pictures of it when I get a chance.
Posted By: Wizard78 Re: Hi, I' m Mike - June 22nd 2012 8:15 pm
He has a sweet Dodge
Posted By: Michael_Rusty_Lapoint Re: Hi, I' m Mike - June 25th 2012 12:34 am
alright doug you talked me into it! here is the van in 78 after the paint which was done that ssame year with Ivan Benic's Cosmic Cruiser.


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Posted By: Michael_Rusty_Lapoint Re: Hi, I' m Mike - June 25th 2012 12:35 am
These where taken in 79!
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Posted By: Michael_Rusty_Lapoint Re: Hi, I' m Mike - June 25th 2012 12:46 am
Then It was in a fire in 84 or 85 not exactly sure. But it was after detroit Autorama in 83!

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Posted By: Michael_Rusty_Lapoint Re: Hi, I' m Mike - June 25th 2012 12:47 am
this was before the fire.

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Posted By: Michael_Rusty_Lapoint Re: Hi, I' m Mike - June 25th 2012 1:16 am
The owner lost interest after the fire and parked it in his backyard till sometime in the early 90's when a kid bought. The kid must have taken a loan from the bank and couldn't pay it back because my sellers package says the bank owned it and then sold it to a used car dealership which then sold it to the guys I bought it from who were gonna scrap it. So it was mine for $450 off of kijiji.

here's the first pic i took when i brought it home.
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and some the day after.
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Posted By: chevyvan93 Re: Hi, I' m Mike - June 25th 2012 5:32 am
Nice van
Posted By: NateB Re: Hi, I' m Mike - June 25th 2012 12:06 pm
Wow! What a story! Congrats on getting it back.
Posted By: Michael_Rusty_Lapoint Re: Hi, I' m Mike - June 26th 2012 1:27 am
This was holloween 3 years ago. Taking the van to a friend of ours who does body work.
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Then this was before that following christmas of 2010
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molded on all the flares and air dam.
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Posted By: Michael_Rusty_Lapoint Re: Hi, I' m Mike - June 26th 2012 1:39 am
there is a huge difference from when i got it to now but deffenitly saved it. (it has gone through a fire, almost crushed, sat in backyards, got reposesed, and hasn't been destroyed yet) clever name "DESTROYER".
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Posted By: HighwayStar Re: Hi, I' m Mike - June 26th 2012 2:31 am
Very cool...thanks for sharing !! smile
Posted By: Lee7673 Re: Hi, I' m Mike - June 26th 2012 3:20 am
Nice van. Great story. Glad you saved the van. Welcome to the forum.
Posted By: Virtual Re: Hi, I' m Mike - June 26th 2012 11:35 am
Thanks for the story and all the older pictures Mike ! Here are some fresh pictures from Vanfest :

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Posted By: Awbartley Re: Hi, I' m Mike - June 26th 2012 12:07 pm
Very sweet.
Posted By: bart Re: Hi, I' m Mike - June 26th 2012 1:22 pm
awesome van! glad you saved it
Posted By: Bikertrash00 Re: Hi, I' m Mike - June 26th 2012 1:43 pm
Nice save!
Posted By: draggnastro Re: Hi, I' m Mike - June 26th 2012 2:04 pm
Awesome van, Glad you were able to save it!
Posted By: Michael_Rusty_Lapoint Re: Hi, I' m Mike - June 27th 2012 1:50 am
Wow thankyou Doug! your pics are always gonna be way cooler then any pics I'll ever take! hahahaha.
Posted By: badassastro Re: Hi, I' m Mike - June 30th 2012 1:48 am
Welcome

Very cool
Posted By: MrMopar Re: Hi, I' m Mike - March 09th 2014 8:07 am
Nice to see this classic was saved
Posted By: relaxedvanner Re: Hi, I' m Mike - March 09th 2014 2:16 pm
Great save! How is the interior?
Posted By: Steel_City_Stax Re: Hi, I' m Mike - August 06th 2014 6:00 pm
#thatsvanninEH

As you already know - love your van dude.
Posted By: Suzie-BGfNY-IN Re: Hi, I' m Mike - August 06th 2014 8:45 pm
MOOOOOOOVIEEEE SSSTTTTTAAAAAAAAAAAARRRRRR!!!!!

But, that's Vannin'!


Huggs for ya Mike...see you soon for a real one!
Posted By: jules73 Re: Hi, I' m Mike - August 06th 2014 9:13 pm
I'll tell you what Vannin' is,
Havin' a 77 Dodge van with a viking painted on the side!! ha
Posted By: newkirkinc1 Re: Hi, I' m Mike - August 06th 2014 9:33 pm
Yea man!
Posted By: Greywolf Re: Hi, I' m Mike - August 07th 2014 1:27 am
welcome Mike and Thanks for saving the Van and it's history to live on,thanks joe cheers
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