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Offline Beano

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Hey Everybody! Got myself a 72 van.
« on: August 15, 2009, 05:06:11 PM »
My parents are selling their place so my old man gave me the van. giggity

He essentially got half way into rebuilding the tranny and engine and lost interest.. its been sitting for a good 2-3 years with parts all over my parents basement.

I'm Ian btw, i was directed to this site by Dwane (LIQUID), he drove the flat deck that transported the beast to my place.

The engine itself is a 1600cc, i believe it was frankensteined together from other engines somewhere in Arizona.
I have to organize the mound of literature my dad gave me, until then i'm a little vague on the exact details.

It's a little ugly at the moment.







My plans are to basically get the thing mobile again. Do some minor body work to put a stop to any rotting away. I would like to source a solid engine to replace the one that is 'in' there now. Replacing all rubber seals would be good. Possibly sand blast and paint the undercarriage.
Can't forget the psychedelic murals on the side. haha.

Hope to see you guys/gals around the forum.
Thank you and good day.  O0

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Re: Hey Everybody! Got myself a 72 van.
« Reply #1 on: August 15, 2009, 07:59:22 PM »
Nice one, you'll have fun with that.
This is a good site to get started on, lots of people to help with info and parts.

Airjack

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Re: Hey Everybody! Got myself a 72 van.
« Reply #2 on: August 15, 2009, 08:02:42 PM »
Welcome to the forum Beano , congrats on the van it looks like it'd got lots of potential .


Dwayne

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Re: Hey Everybody! Got myself a 72 van.
« Reply #3 on: August 15, 2009, 08:25:03 PM »
Nice, looks solid too, lets see some pics of this engine conversion.
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Re: Hey Everybody! Got myself a 72 van.
« Reply #4 on: August 17, 2009, 01:53:15 PM »
hey Ian, good to see you joined us. i'm sure you will get all the help and advice you need.

dwane

Offline steveo_32

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Re: Hey Everybody! Got myself a 72 van.
« Reply #5 on: August 18, 2009, 12:43:39 AM »
Dwayne is a jerk,

Nice to meet cha buddy boy!!
If ya need some parts let me know i got six of em bay's!
1958 Samba 23 Window
1963 Ghia
1965 type 3 wago
1971 KG14 convert
Looking for a barn find oval!! something un-screwed with(or split)