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Re: My 1997 Express
Dyno_Dave #722312 April 11th 2017 12:13 am
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LOL, let the abuse begin!

I'll be looking forward to hearing how your maiden voyage goes - post lots of pics! smile

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Re: My 1997 Express
Dyno_Dave #722592 April 17th 2017 7:00 pm
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On the road! Somewhat lost, but running well. lol


Re: My 1997 Express
Dyno_Dave #722635 April 18th 2017 9:50 pm
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Hope you had a safe trip . cheers


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Re: My 1997 Express
Dyno_Dave #722640 April 18th 2017 10:34 pm
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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
Dyno_Dave #722643 April 18th 2017 10:51 pm
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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"........ grin

Re: My 1997 Express
Dyno_Dave #722729 April 20th 2017 5:05 pm
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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
Dyno_Dave #723166 April 30th 2017 9:25 pm
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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
Dyno_Dave #723173 May 01st 2017 8:50 am
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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
Dyno_Dave #723174 May 01st 2017 9:01 am
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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. cheers

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