Holy Bondo and Fiberglass, Batman!
I found out why the flares were off. The lower portion of the front fenders is cancer, Nothing that can't be repaired, but holy hell. I will have to delve into the rest of the van because of the quality of repairs that were done. Let's just put it this way, I can entertain changing the color of the van if I want.
This is the passenger side where the flares fit the worst. It was about 1/8" thick over the cancer. It was a mixture of fiberglass and bondo. What is so funny was it should have been easier to cut and weld a new panel in than do what they did. Oh well.
Once it was all removed, I was able to pound the metal back to fit the body line. It was so much better that the flares fit up and matched the spoiler on both sides. The metal on the fender has good areas, it just looks like the lowest point where water would collect is the rotted area.
The driver side appears to have a gap, but it isn't fully tightened down.
For grins I threw a KC light up front to give me an idea.
The radiator dropped right in and I did all the hoses. From here it will be the wiring from the interior to get her started. I found some bore bad lines and also found the marked resistor wire had been cut, but none of the wire colors matched the diagram I have in the factory manual. Time to do it all with a meter.
Right now, the plan is to get it running well enough to get her to the body shop for proper repairs and paint. I'll mould the flares in with the spoiler, help get rid of those seams and repair all the rust in the jambs. Just taking it one step at a time.