finished the econoline

i finished the econoline a while back but my phone decided to eat itself so i lost most of the pictures. here is the last one i uploaded before my phone committed suicide.

The owner of the econoline is local so i will try to get some exterior pictures soon before he gets it painted.

van-go

I have been making some more progress on the chevy van lately. I welded in a new lower corner and left quarter panel. All that is left now is grinding and the interior wheel well and bracing. Hopefully it will be done soon.

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New mufflers for the 3600

Just got some porters in for my truck. These are the best sounding "glasspacks" made. They are also made right here in the USA and last forever due to the stainless steel packing and 14ga body

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I also frenched in a license plate box and flush mount light to clean up the rear end and get rid of the ugly ass stock plate bracket and boat anchor of a light

recently a friend blew out a tire on his 69' econoline while doing a burnout. this is the aftermath of the damage. i am replacing the whole quarter panel, rear corner, wheel well, part of the rear floor and the whole filler neck assembly. most of this i am going to fabricate from scratch because the parts are not available.

 

 i guess the rain separates the posers from those that keep the hot rod faith. flooded roads and no wipers have not stopped me yet in the 52

i built a miniature bomber seat the other day to hold business cards. its built out of aircraft grade aluminum and brass. it is all held together with aluminum rivets.