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Back2%Basics Part Deux
#689837 June 06th 2015 9:58 pm
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Posted a couple pics in general discussion, but I figured I might as well make an Official Reader's Ride thread for it.

Some may remember my project some years back, Back2%Basics- a 1987 Chevy ex cable TV van.


Beginning:

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End:

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Well, money got tight, and B2%B went to a new home in St Louis, never to be seen again (AFAIK)

So, My current parts chaser F150 has been giving me recurring clutch problems, and a bum knee is making climbing into a 4x4 painful so I started looking for a replacement. This 83 Chevy popped up on Craigslist for $600.... I could not pass it up.

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I mean seriously, it's a 3rd Gen Chevy Shorty with a blank slider door and pop outs in the rear- and unmolested! How could I NOT buy it?


The seller was settling the estate of his brother, who was a bit of a hoarder. The van was the last of 20 vehicles on the property. Apparently some of the other things he hoarded were stored in the van...

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So I cleared it all out....

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Plywood floor covered an untouched floor...

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Roof is about as straight as any I've ever seen

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It does run and drive, but does need a brake booster, and I suspect a radiator since there was an empty bottle of Bar's leaks and 3 bottles of coolant in the van.

Sooo.. off on another adventure in low budget vanning...


Gregg Groff

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86 Dodge "Yeah, it's got a 318"
83 ChevyVan Shorty- B2%B Pt II
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Re: Back2%Basics Part Deux
Vanner68 #689842 June 07th 2015 1:57 am
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Nice! You did a great job with back to basicsI, so I am excited to see how this one turns out. I would have kept the organ in the van, though.


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Reed #689844 June 07th 2015 2:14 am
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WELCOME ITS GOOD TO SEE YOU ARE BACK


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Re: Back2%Basics Part Deux
Reed #689854 June 07th 2015 10:27 am
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Originally Posted by Reed
Nice! You did a great job with back to basicsI, so I am excited to see how this one turns out. I would have kept the organ in the van, though.


"Like my van? Would you like to step inside and see my organ?"


Gregg Groff

The right to bear vans

65 ChevyVan Pontiac OHC 6/TH2004R
68 ChevyVan 108 454/4L80E
86 Dodge "Yeah, it's got a 318"
83 ChevyVan Shorty- B2%B Pt II
Re: Back2%Basics Part Deux
Vanner68 #689885 June 07th 2015 5:27 pm
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I can see the bumper sticker now: "Vanners do it with bigger organs"


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Re: Back2%Basics Part Deux
Vanner68 #689893 June 07th 2015 7:08 pm
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I had to get rid of the organ. My driver's license says I'm an organ donor.


Gregg Groff

The right to bear vans

65 ChevyVan Pontiac OHC 6/TH2004R
68 ChevyVan 108 454/4L80E
86 Dodge "Yeah, it's got a 318"
83 ChevyVan Shorty- B2%B Pt II
Re: Back2%Basics Part Deux
Vanner68 #689896 June 07th 2015 7:15 pm
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laugh


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Vanner68 #689900 June 07th 2015 9:01 pm
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Re: Back2%Basics Part Deux
Vanner68 #689910 June 07th 2015 11:37 pm
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Low budget is what I love. Can't wait to see this one progress.


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