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.
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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.
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...
So I cleared it all out....
Plywood floor covered an untouched floor...
Roof is about as straight as any I've ever seen
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...