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I must have been just a little (or
a lot) drunk or high or both when I took on the project of redoing this 79 Chevy Van.Those of you that have customized
your vans know how tough it is to stop once you start.This piggy really got out of control.I started with a 1979
Chevy 125" Wb 1/2 Ton cargo Van with a 305 V8 that had only one owner.Unfortunately, that one owner had some
strange ideas on customizing and vehicle maintenance.....................
Yep,Don't know what I was thinking when I bought this turd....
Check out the missing headlight doors,broken
grille,and "genuwine" FoMoCo antique mirrors.Not to mention the "low profile" antenna....
Yes sir,I musta got lost when I bought
this...
The van had a least 20
coats of what appeared to be black house paint liberally and sloppily applied with a broom or snow brush.......
"Sears easy livin' paint,for
Great American Vans like yours......"
2 gallons of aircraft stripper, hours
and hours of DA'ing and several beers later....
I kinda liked the railroad tie bumper
(long since replaced)...good for scaring the crap out of drivers of small cars..
After most of the work was done,occurred
to me to remove the bumpers.
Much prettier in primer...
At this point had spent so much time
on it I was considering leaving it in primer....
Primed ,with chip guard on lower panels...
Yes,the beers interact with the photography,this
is the base coat w/out the clear
Here we are, painted,ready to apply
the silly stripe I designed in a stupor that made an endless labor of love (or insanity) look like a conversion
van instead of a custom....
Installed an entire new
exhaust from the header pipes on back and noticed this awful noise......
Here's my brother,Animal, from Salt
City Vans,staring at the new engine we had to install to replace the one with the rod knock.Always fun to do with
a freshly painted vehicle..
