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Gullwing Skylight Van - 78 Ford
#560483 May 07th 2012 12:57 am
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Recently acquired a 78 Ford van. It's the one listed in Classifieds/Criagslist findings. Thanks to everyone who rode the buying roller coaster with me. smile

I gave it up at first because of no title and the hoard of clothes, boxes, blankets that the homeless people the owner allowed to camp out in it was still in the van when I went to pick it up. Like...8 inches of stuff in a leaky van made a huge moldy mildewy mess. eek

It was since cleaned out and I was able to obtain the title. I picked it up on Saturday.

I'm considering parting this out as there is rust on the roof under the vinyl top and around the sliding roof, the inside is waterlogged, top leaks in various places, transmission is out, wiring is a disaster, bondo is cracked and has been for a long time. Various things are just broken or do not work. Will need to be stripped down inside and out to fix right. shocked

Here's some pictures...poor thing...seen way better days...

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Re: Gullwing Skylight Van - 78 Ford
Xonenine #560485 May 07th 2012 1:24 am
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Glad to see you picked it up, even if only for parts. I'd love to restore it, but that one wasnt even close to in the cards for me.


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Re: Gullwing Skylight Van - 78 Ford
Xonenine #560501 May 07th 2012 6:21 am
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Re: Gullwing Skylight Van - 78 Ford
Xonenine #560539 May 07th 2012 11:16 am
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more pics of the roof where did they get that sun roof never seen one that big


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Re: Gullwing Skylight Van - 78 Ford
hippieluke #560590 May 07th 2012 2:18 pm
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no they are not the Uni lugs they only fit 5 x 5 .5 the big ford maybe some chevy's and newer dodges .
offsets apply as well . not good for me


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Xonenine #560598 May 07th 2012 3:10 pm
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Great save congrats! yay

Re: Gullwing Skylight Van - 78 Ford
Xonenine #560632 May 07th 2012 6:43 pm
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In the words of Stacy David, "Anything can be brought back from dead".

Looks like you have a challenge, or weight in its gold.

I may be interested in those western bullets as they were made for 4x4 truck/vans. PM me if you are ready to sell.

Re: Gullwing Skylight Van - 78 Ford
Xonenine #560655 May 07th 2012 8:50 pm
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What a shame.It sure looks like it was a sweet van back in the day.


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Re: Gullwing Skylight Van - 78 Ford
Xonenine #560787 May 08th 2012 12:20 pm
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Whew! I can smell the mold and mildew from here! I hope you left that huge sunroof open while you towed it home. Unless that van is a famous show van or there is some other highly compelling reason to save it, I think it is a parts van. With the amount of rain we get here in Western Washington and with a leaky sunroof, I guarantee that than will basically need to be stripped to a shell and have every single system completely gone through. Not worth it in my book. Part it and make a profit.


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