Learning about Ford Centurion Van Trucks
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- čas přidán 8. 09. 2024
- Fans of Van Trucks show me around this strange luxury towing vehicle from the 1980's.
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God these guys are such weirdos.
I love them.
All of them.
Because they make me feel like I'm not so weird after all.
I love me a blue haired Asian boy.
If Mr. Regular ever goign to form a band/a comedy troupe/extend his team, these guys are a perfect choice.
live free or die hard
Indeed. They remind me of my vanner friends.
I love his shirt. I don't even know what anime it's from or anything, but the combo of his shirt, hair,personality, and vantruck is amazing
Best rev limiter and switch labeling in automotive history.
no
No
NO
SEX LIGHT
These guys are such nerds.
Wish I had a crew like that.
i know them and theyre great ppl irl
i was thinking the same thing lol
A blue haired asian with an anime shirt isn't the first person that comes to mind when I think of "who would want to own one of these"
I could imagine that guy Owning something Japanese and turbo.
I am thinking a KEI van or that tiny car with gull wing doors.
@@vector6977 he'd be a perfect fit for both of those
@@vector6977 You mean an AZ-1?
Come to think of it I do have an 80s japanese mid-engined something-or-other
These are the weirdest thing(s) you've ever reviewed, and I loved every minute of it.
7 people in a Centurion? Sounds like one hell of an orgy!
Spencer Margosian yeah they better hang some air fresheners up in there to cover up the smell of ass and dick
Probably anywayYeah the only problem is that they're all straight male nerds.
.
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Probably anyway.
These are fascinating vehicles that filled a niche that has since been filled by luxury crew-cab pickup trucks.
You took my sentiment and worded it more successfully.
Crazy now how kind of visually similar these fully uptrimmed dually crew cabs of today are to these vantruckthings
Weird car = weird car owners.. respect though
these guys seem like they'd be fun to hang out with
what is this anchor point in the center:
STRIPPER POLE
That is exactly what I was thinking
I lol'd
Because a Trailer is not the only thing going down on this trailer hitch!
(Also ass, ass is also going down onto this particular trailer hitch.)
Alarm bell and siren sound; lights start flashing... it's that time again!!! ;)
Thanks, Luke! I read that in Mr. Regular's gravelly voice. Uunnghghgh...
*all of the wood in the custom vans was real wood back then and it actually almost ALL came finished with a highly polished laquer finish on it. but some of the wood didn't get sealed well enough if at all and between that and the torture from sun, heat, and people over the years not a lot of custom vans interiors survived well. Had that have been a full length van there would have been two of those table mount holes in the floor. that's how my old van was any how and mine had one of the most ridiculous looking tops on it ever! put it this way it went UP there. I am 6'5" and it was tall enough i only had to slightly tip my head to one side to walk through it from front to rear. Like he said though they sucked on gas. Mine was a Chevrolet G20 with a seriously tired 305 V8 in it. Understand it didn't GET tired over time, IT CAME THAT WAY NEW! once the factory quadrajet died on mine and the muffler fell off in like 1996 i added an Edlebrock carb and California Turbo muffler to it to make it a total street sounding custom van. it was still the land yacht from hell and was all over the road constantly. even after putting on a set of stiffer performance shocks. there just was no getting away from that lumbering i think i can little engine that could feel going down the road. the Edlebrock carb woke the 305 in mine up a bit but all it did was make a lot more noise and burn a lot more gas when i put my foot in it. I got stopped once in the thing and the cop told me he was going to write me a ticket for going 89 in a 50. then i proceeded to inform him "No he hell you're not, or you me and the judge are going to have a serious come to Jesus meeting. this thing only goes 82 miles an hour with the pedal on the floor going down a steep hill with a really strong tail wind behind it. (i got out of the ticket for calling his bluff) he handed me back my license when i asked him if he wanted to try it out for himself to see*
IDI = InDirect Injection. The injectors inject into a little swirl chamber above the cylinder.
Someone needs to crowdfund some vinyl wraps so Charles can go straight Itasha style with that beast.
That sounds awful. I love it.
I'd back that go-pump-me
big Hatsune Miku on both sides
YES
WHAT THE FUCK
6:22
"did that get reviewed?"
*cuts off*
looking forward
he's right do the accent
My thoughts exactly!
those cup holders were made for mugs, the slot is where the handle fits.
That and 7/11 big gulps since these are tow vehicles
I never expected a bunch of anime dorks to be the owners.
Charles Guan of BattleBots Overhaul!
It was really cool to see these right after the fun/weird tech Prelude.
Centurion also made extended quad cab trucks where the back seat would fold down and 4 door C150, C250, C350's which were 4 door Broncos.
Those aren't meant to hold regular cups. From someone who has a conversion truck they are meant for a coffee cup. Try it out they fit perfectly.
Those giant 40oz travel mugs fit great.
@@vector6977 hell yeah brother
That is what I found out. It's a *mugholder*.
I normally don't watch non-review RCR videos, but these guys were great.
I first saw one of these about 10 years ago and it was minty fresh. Brown two tone paint, giant smoke stacks. I've been obsessed with them since.
AvE shirt +20 respect
I like that Miku shirt he has and the Miku van he keeps in the bed.
I'm thinking one of his parents was the cookie monster .
Smurfette kinda got around in the 80s...
IDI means indirect injection, and I’d rather have one of them in these than a damn 460 lol 14mpg vs 8mpg
i have an idi and with a turbo setup from a 7.3 on a 6.9 i can get like 20mpg so like 15 in one of those lol
Thank you! I had a 1985 3/4 ton with the 6.9. That smarmy little fuck in the grey shirt has no clue what he's talking about.
Thank you. Someone said it...
Yes! Thank you! I'm glade I'm not the only person who knows what an idi is and that it was designed for fuel economy not all out power like they are now
TheGarbageman22
Plus, and I doubt that kid knows this, but until environmental concerns forced more stringent refinement of diesel fuel, it used to be significantly less expensive than gas.
This thing is just hilarious. I want to drive it to k mart and live there.
AvE shirt, sweet.
AvE shirt is appropriate
Skookum as frig
For some reason, I have a feeling AvE would approve of this vehicle.
How can we tell AvE that his fans are in our video?
Arduino vs. Evil is great.
Now I gotta get my group together for when Regular & Co. is in Texas next - between my $500 shitbox AW11, one friend's $900 shitbox 1990 Integra, another friend's 380k mile Honda Element, and the one decent car from our group (a 2006 GTO), we've got good material.
I have loved every bit of content from these amazing machines! I had a feeling that was the same one from the Jalopnic car meet
Totally unrelated, the guy the blue hair, first I gotta compliment your knowledge and enthusiasm for these vehicles! I also gotta say you remind me of an old friend that could wavedash the hell out of some Smash Bros. Melee
The 7.3 IDI is my favorite diesel. I have 2 ambulances with the IDI and one with 7.3 PSD. So easy to work on and cheaper than any other diesels. They have tons of torque and can pull down a house. Add a turbo and then you can actually have passing power on the highway, lol. And you'll enjoy 17-20 mpg. You can also use alternative fuels like used engine & trans oil! And the E-Series vans are actually easy to work on the engines. Once you take that engine cover off inside you have access to most of the engine. I've been working them since the 80's. ( the 6.0L diesel POS is the exception. They really suck to work on)
The girl in the back is wearing a D&D shirt and it fits her image perfectly
doubleutubefan5 she’s the owner of the prelude 4ws that he reviewed recently.
Well, she has a great car taste.
Yeah if you watch the review for these theres a shot of her sitting on it.
@@Cheese_is_pain yeah im just saying shes looks like a D&D player even with without the shirt.... i only say that because i llayed once and it seems certain types of people play that
The van truck is the automotive equivalent of a transvestite...... :D Truck + Van = Trans?
I have now spotted three of these in Rhode Island since this video came out. One had a Connecticut plate.
Where in!!?
SECRET CLUB GIVES ME A SECRET CHUB HNGGGGHH
Today is the 1 *year* anniversary of when you guys uploaded this video. 🤓
EDIT- 7:37 P.M.: *finishes video 11 minutes later*
I had never heard of the Ford Centurion until now.
The would cup holders were designed for mugs. That’s why the notch is there for the handle.
I've been lusting after these for a few months now, I can't believe you have made a video about them! Side note: IDI stands for InDirect Injection when talking about diesel engines. Not international diesel something.
Sip THANK YOU someone else then me cares about that finally!
That makes much more sense but why did they call it that international diesel something? Is it a engine from International Harvester?
I have an 85 Cruiser 3, I call it the Vauck. 6.9 IDI with a Banks Turbo. I am completely in love with it. Looking into converting it to 4WD.
I shit you I see a late 80s BROWN 6 door f150 on the way to work sometimes I thought my eyes were tricking me the first couple times I seen it
Car people are the most passionate about their stuff.
I want one now
What interesting people you meet...
These are definitely at the top of the list. I really like these guys.
^_^
I worked for a motor coach company in 1993. I remember those mahogany light fixtures, trim and consoles well. The drink holders were made to fit the big insulated cups that had large handles.
ive always loved these van trucks, whenever i see one, which is rare, i always just lust over it... awesome video, these guys really love their van trucks, and i don't blame them
Oh man. My Aunt Mary had an Econoline with a blue interior and that reminds me so much of it. It had all the rear seats and things to install a hydraulic wheel chair ramp, then had a bench seat installed along the driver side of the interior so there could be a few more passengers. I remember that table anchor point being there as well as the custom anchor points to strap down the wheel chair. This makes me want to buy an old econoline.
Eyyy Battlebots guy! Of course he's even weirder than I thought. That's awesome!
Just got mine gatta outfit the whole thing ..i love these
These truck/ van things are pretty rad!
I wonder if this guys really originally wanted those trucks or are lead to like them because everything else weird has become so expensive in the last 10 or 12 years
probably the latter
*opens craigslist*
"what in the actual fuck"
*lowball*
"oh.... shit, guess it's mine now*
For anyone who doesn't know, Charles Guan (the miku one) is a competitor on Battlebots and the rest of the combat robot circuit, as (I think) are a couple of his friends that are there.
lol "international diesel something" no it means indirect injection and there were turbo ed idi's the last 2 years for the 7.3idi had factory turbos
RJL22 just left this as a comment
I really should read the comments already posted before making my own lol
That guy with the red shoes... nice shirt. Another great channel.
IDI in the diesels stood for indirect injection, as the pre Powerstrokes used a pre-combustion chamber
And Centurian also made 4 door Broncos in the days prior to the Expedition and Excursion
(Were called C-150/C-250 if memory serves me right)
Could get them as a half ton or 3/4 ton, 2 wheel drive or 4 wheel drive, gas or diesel (in the 3/4 ton)
These, the modified duallys, and the 4 door Broncos were really cool in their day! And to me, still really cool!
Ah yes, the 1980s and 90s Econoline Vans bring back my school years. The school district had models from the early 80s they still used into the mid 90s. They did have some Chevy and Dodges vans but they didn't last as long as the Fords in service. They were cheap to fix and reliable but spartan vehicles. They could take a beating from all the years of students climbing in and out of them. Ours had vinyl seats that would smell like chemicals, when the sun beat down through the wide side windows. I can still remember the smell from the engine and oil since half the engine is in the cabin. Every time you floored it the engine sounded like it was going to pop onto the front seats.
BTW, I had an uncle that had one of the touring Econoline Vans with the swivel chairs and a wood table. Very similar to a Centurion but without the bed, and had two captain chairs as passenger chairs. He and his wife used it to tow a large boatand took trips up and down the east coast US to visit family.
My parents had that van. That table in the van was a big wood octagon with the non finished wood as well. It held I believe 6 or 8 cups.
oh god its charels from battlebots (blue haired dude)
In South Dakota there is a frightful amount of these critters still rolling around. Although the Centurion name never was a full Ford product, they did move into luxury pickups like a Proto-Eddie Bauer in the form of the Centurion Mark III. They had wood trim, limo lights, leather interiors, fancy paint schemes, and fender flares that caused massive amounts of rust around the fenders.
I low-key bet that if you where to restore one of these the same way they restore old muscle car to grand touring cars it would be amazing imagine full custom leather interior the bed could be amazing the lighting and add like a fish tank and plush carpet 😂
I want to resto the interior so badly. Re-upholstering it will be crazy expensive, though.
I love how weird these guys are. Its awrsome
Mr. Reg - Haven't made it through the whole video yet but a couple thoughts:
Another interesting product from Centurion (and what I always thought was their claim to fame) was the Ford Suburban (not the actual name). Essentially a crew cab Ford pickup with a Bronco fiberglass top on the back -OR- a Cowlings-style Bronco with a couple extra doors in the middle.
The excessive use of real wood wasn't uncommon in those late 80's/early 90's conversion vehicles (by companies other than just Centurion). Every example I've ever seen had a nice glossy finish (my folks had a Bronco (modified by a company named Show Trucks Unlimited) with a wood box on the ceiling that housed a small lighting array, wood drink holders (a lot like those vans), wood on the armrest/center console, and probably more that I'm forgetting.
If you made it this far, cheers and keep up the good work.
Incorrect 6:10, the 7.3 while slow is a fantastic engine, and IDI stands for in-direct injection.
SVXTI thank you finally someone else than me cares about it 👍
I could have sworn I've seen the guy with the blue hair before
He is one of the competitors from Battlebots. In the pov video the other guy mentions they knew each other from battlebots.
can you get that negativity outa here?
IDI "In-Direct Injection" They didn't suck, a bit sluggish for sure, but reliable and more fuel efficient than them 460s ya'll got. All mechanical dinosaurs and the best sounding diesel in my opinion.
I didn't even know these magnificent abominations existed until now. Thank you
in CA all pickups were registered as Commercial vehicles.... regardless of use. that was the case about 10 years ago at least.
IDI is InDirect Injection - I believe after 94 they changed the design to DI - Direct injection
It's so cute seeing all these people talking about things from the 80s like it was the olden days and how quaint it all is and look it's real wood.
Good Lord am I really that old?
Cool-Ness. Different streaks for different freaks.
Here we see that there is 'no accounting for taste'.
I don't knock the vehicles nor their afficianados. An interesting segment of the car culture. Thanks
I WANT THE ORANGE CONE SHIRT!
The idi diesels stand for indirect injected so it’s got a little cup where the glow plugs and injectors go
So the inside looks like every other conversion van from that era, complete to the wooden cup holders that don't actually hold cups.
And under the hood looks like every other full sized van.
Wait. I recognize one of these people. The guy wearing the beaver shirt who has the aviators on was on Battlebots. He's part of team Valkyrie.
everyone in this vid except regular and the girl with the prelude was on battlebots
These things are sooooo Cool, and now I want one tooo!
Thats the guy from battlebots also I dig the AvE shirt!
Ave shirt hell yea!
I dig the Van-tan T-shirt.
Spent precious little time in 80s conversion vans as a kid. They were the absolute shit (bees' knees) for kids back then, at least for anything that wasn't a drug dealer/movie villain Caddy or Lincoln stretch limo. Lights everywhere inside, captain's chairs that swiveled more than 90 degrees, plush carpeting like a house, oak tables and window sills, window blinds, 6-place AC, perhaps even a TV or two.
Actual RVs based on commercial truck platforms are obviously better in every way, though, cuz if you want to make the machine a home, you might as well just go big or go home anyways.
That is Awesomeness
I remember seeing a review on these vans in 80s era Trailer Life.
I once saw 8 Indian men clamber out of a Nissan Sunny, so I'm unimpressed by 7 in a Centurion
If Ol Uncle Pulltab wasnt in prison he could tell us 😂
Aw man, I kinda expected more. It was interesting having TWO sets of people who had TWO somewhat similar vehicles going on and on about these weird things.
This is such a great extra, RCR!
Those trucks seem very nice for going to the beach or camping in the wild.
i never seen a wood light fitting before
The 7.3L Diesel non turbo was made by International Harvester Company for the 1986 model year.
These seem like cool guys K wanting a van truck now so I can be a part of this community
I like that one owner's orange cone shirt.... ! Where can I get one?
ME TOO!!!
Have to review a 4 door Centurion Bronco now
These are the best kind of nerds.
Pretty cool people.
An AvE shirt, nice!
You need to review the Centurion four door Bronco.
I thought IDI meant Indirect Diesel Injection. Lol these guys are awesome. Where can I buy a Centurion lol
I though that in diesels IDI generally stands for Indirect Injection.
7.3 IDI are tough though and aftermarket turbos can be put in
IDI stands for in direct injection. Not international diesel even though the diesel engines were international.
Thats SOO sweet, just look at that shaggy interior! So juicy, i need one now.. Cheers from Holland!
6.9 7.3 idi idi means indirect injection last of the true diesels 93-94 7.3 came with factory turbos I'd pick a 7.3 in that monster of a van-truck and rock it