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Purchased my 1982 B150 prospector almost a year ago. Previous owner overheated the van and blew the engine. Its been a long journey, but today I had the first start of the new engine. A couple of bugs with the vacuum advance and gauges to work out but it runs.

She'll be back on the road soon. Congrats on all the hard work.

Looking very good there Mr.B!

Looking good man.

Thanks for the words of encouragement. I got it running and idling today. Turns out it wasn't anything to do with the vacuum system, rather the carb needed to be adjusted a bit. Now to figure out why my electric fan conversion isnt working. I suspect some mysterious electrical gremlin is playing tricks on me. Cant wait now until I can start to clean up and fix the interior. Aesthetic items are always so much more pleasing to work on.

4bbl & Edelbrock Performer manifold is cheap HP & MPG increase.

Been awhile since I posted an update. The interior is about done, minus the seats. New headliner, repainted upper panels, new door cards, repainted dash, and installed new gauges...

Looks nice!

Looking good ! Ready for summer fun.