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| | | Re: What Did You do To your Van Today? | Joined: Jan 2014 Posts: 2,290 Likes: 137 veteran | veteran Joined: Jan 2014 Posts: 2,290 Likes: 137 | Cool, thanks for that info. I love passing on good sources for parts to other vanners when they're looking. Anything to get a vanner on the road or keep vanning rolling along in general. | 1 member likes this:
frscke1 | | | Re: What Did You do To your Van Today? | Joined: Aug 2020 Posts: 15 stranger | stranger Joined: Aug 2020 Posts: 15 | Finally got to put up my solar panels and fan this weekend... looks pretty good - I like the black. The insides are just about ready for a new design (gotta get the carpet out). Oh and I put on a new muffler to replace the old rusted one. Fired it up for a few minutes while it I had it off to hear the sweet sound of the engine. I'm sure my neighbors we're thrilled | | | Re: What Did You do To your Van Today? | Joined: Aug 2017 Posts: 1,061 Likes: 47 old hand | old hand Joined: Aug 2017 Posts: 1,061 Likes: 47 | Spent a few hours yesterday starting the tear down to re-wire, install new distributor/coil......86'd the A/C boat anchor, and found a couple of things to do while in there (thermostat maybe). Having bad luck with actual distributors - Jeg's sent me some POS that was literally in pieces, the next one I got it was very apparent it had been used by somebody (scuffed up, jacked up wire terminals, bent parts), WTF? Much cussing was done. This was pretty much before we took out the radiator, etc. Before and after | | | Re: What Did You do To your Van Today? | Joined: Sep 2019 Posts: 1,510 Likes: 172 Master Yard Rat | Master Yard Rat Joined: Sep 2019 Posts: 1,510 Likes: 172 | I finally got her decently dialed in and it looks like the water isn't leaking into the engine. There is water coming out of the pipes but it is clear water. So things are looking good. I finalized the purchase of the vintage tube grille. I am excited for it but I'm not a fan of the headlight buckets. It is a sheet of chromed metal and the 5"x7" headlights screw into the metal. No muss, no fuss. The bolt heads are exposed though, not a fan of the look. I believe you used to be able to attach a '76/'77 Monte Carlo headlight bezels to clean it up. Not sure, the bezels aren't cheap. I am looking forward to get it as it is one of the final period custom pieces for the van. It'll really pull the whole look together.
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| | | Re: What Did You do To your Van Today? | Joined: Feb 2002 Posts: 32,696 Likes: 172 Old Timer | Old Timer Joined: Feb 2002 Posts: 32,696 Likes: 172 |
Jim & Lucy Newkirk 1965 Chevy Bad Influence 1981 Chevy-the Love Shack 2012 Chevy Van , 2020 chevy van 2020 Chevy van Sapphire Sweet. Club Vannerz. vanninvanner@comcast.net | | | Re: What Did You do To your Van Today? | Joined: Aug 2002 Posts: 18,535 Likes: 135 Supreme Master | Supreme Master Joined: Aug 2002 Posts: 18,535 Likes: 135 | Looks great but if it bothers you maybe you can find some chrome screw caps ? 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: What Did You do To your Van Today? | Joined: Sep 2019 Posts: 1,510 Likes: 172 Master Yard Rat | Master Yard Rat Joined: Sep 2019 Posts: 1,510 Likes: 172 | So I had to edit, I should have researched it a bit more but I took the seller at his word because we had done several deals in the past. It isn’t a real Glory but a vintage bar grille. I still like it, but I’m into it for a 1/3 of a real Glory.
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Charlie 99909 | | | Re: What Did You do To your Van Today? | Joined: Sep 2019 Posts: 1,510 Likes: 172 Master Yard Rat | Master Yard Rat Joined: Sep 2019 Posts: 1,510 Likes: 172 | Looks great but if it bothers you maybe you can find some chrome screw caps ? I thought that but the heads are the headlight adjustment bolts and I don't think they would look good. I may just find a clean set of Monte Carlo bezels and hold onto them. Maybe down the road get some heavy duty magnets and attach them to the back of the bezels or get someone to weld some tabs onto it so the bezel screws have something to bite into. I'm going to run it as is for now.
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