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| | | Re: My 1997 Express | Joined: Mar 2007 Posts: 4,463 Likes: 12 pooh-bah | pooh-bah Joined: Mar 2007 Posts: 4,463 Likes: 12 | LOL, let the abuse begin! I'll be looking forward to hearing how your maiden voyage goes - post lots of pics! I use my phone quite a bit as well; Astro made it happen, and it's a lifesaver, since my PC isn't as reliable as Verizon.
-It's been such a LONG TIME... BlueShift>> 1981 Dodge Ram B250 Custom Sportsman Maxi Van It's what you learn after you know it all, that counts... Are you living to work, or working to live? Learning from my own mistakes is good, learning from yours would be much better! | | | Re: My 1997 Express | Joined: Nov 2013 Posts: 3,692 Likes: 32 pooh-bah | OP pooh-bah Joined: Nov 2013 Posts: 3,692 Likes: 32 | On the road! Somewhat lost, but running well. | | | Re: My 1997 Express | Joined: Aug 2002 Posts: 18,536 Likes: 135 Supreme Master | Supreme Master Joined: Aug 2002 Posts: 18,536 Likes: 135 | Hope you had a safe trip . Arianrhod:2003 Chevy Astro Black Magic: 1985 Dodge B-250 Serenity:1985 Chevy G-20 The Outcast:1983 Ford club wagon Luna 1974 VW bay window transporter Freedom:1990 Ford E-150(parts van) Outcast Vanners van club Support your local 2% | | | Re: My 1997 Express | Joined: Nov 2013 Posts: 3,692 Likes: 32 pooh-bah | OP pooh-bah Joined: Nov 2013 Posts: 3,692 Likes: 32 | Yes, safe for the most part. The van ran like a top. Could not be happier with it. The driver had a shaky day. Missed several turns, but got a nice tour of central and western Indiana that I had not intended. Made for a long day. Was pretty tired by the end. But she's home safe and sound. Burned a bottle of Chevron Techron through it on the way. And discovered a few little things it needs (most of which I knew about...speakers, A/C charge, brake refresh, and few other details). Going to need a few days to get caught up at work,and on chores, but we'll start in on a few improvements to the van pretty quickly. Before I left Springfield, I swung by to see the owner at Truckin' Specialties. Unfortunately he was out of town. I'll have to stop and talk vans again sometime.
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| | | Re: My 1997 Express | Joined: Sep 2005 Posts: 9,855 Likes: 234 carpal tunnel | carpal tunnel Joined: Sep 2005 Posts: 9,855 Likes: 234 | Good to hear the trip went well. We've been up the west side of Indiana on US 41 quite a few times. It's not called "lost" if you're in a van, it's called "loafering"........ | | | Re: My 1997 Express | Joined: Nov 2013 Posts: 3,692 Likes: 32 pooh-bah | OP pooh-bah Joined: Nov 2013 Posts: 3,692 Likes: 32 | LOL...loafering...I'll try to remember that.
I guess I've become a little more dependent on GPS than I realized, when lost. I left TomTom at hope because I flew down. And the atlas in the van was 20 years old. The road I ended up taking cross-state (25) wasn't even in the atlas. | | | Re: My 1997 Express | Joined: Nov 2013 Posts: 3,692 Likes: 32 pooh-bah | OP pooh-bah Joined: Nov 2013 Posts: 3,692 Likes: 32 | Haven't really had much time to tinker yet. Can not figure out how to get the back bench to fold down. Mechanism seems to be there for it for move, but I can not find a latch anywhere. I'll keep looking. Went through a stack of receipts. Looks like Dad has just about every receipt for work done on the van. I know of a few gaps, but the documentation is 95% there. Took her on the road again today. Made a run to Elkhart Indiana to pick up a Borla exhaust system for the Trans Am. She ran great. Did discover one or two more things to look into before our summer vacation. Who knows if / when I'll ever be in Elkhart with the van again. She's a Midwest conversion, which was in Elkhart. Is this the successor company? Maybe. But on the van's 20th anniv., it was too good of a photo op to pass up.
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| | | Re: My 1997 Express | Joined: Sep 2013 Posts: 1,015 Likes: 19 old hand | old hand Joined: Sep 2013 Posts: 1,015 Likes: 19 | Shoot. You were in my neck of the woods then! I live only 30 min from Elkhart and work even closer.
There are so many van/RV companies around here, that could be the same one, but most likely it's not. They come and go every few years with the economy it seems.
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| | | Re: My 1997 Express | Joined: Nov 2013 Posts: 3,692 Likes: 32 pooh-bah | OP pooh-bah Joined: Nov 2013 Posts: 3,692 Likes: 32 | Yeah, I know I Google mapped a location/address that I found (not this one), so who knows. We've had travel trailers, motorhomes and conversion vans since about '73. Knew about the area, and had been through many times. Camped at Eby Pines, ate at Das Dutchman Essenhaus, etc. But it's been many years since I was in the area, and I've never come in via 80/90, which I did yesterday. It's fun to see all the names you know...not just coach manufacturers, but suppliers like Dexter, Camco, Atwood...like walking through a Camping World store. Dad loved this van, loved his RVs, camped with Mom many time at Eby Pines on his way to Michigan to see us, and loved his early rock and country music. As we were driving home leaving the Elkhart area, 88.1 played a program that was a tribute to Sun records. Being there in that part of the country, rolling down the road in that van, listening to that show, was just too much. | | |
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