GROOVY BABY! Fully Customized 1977 Chevrolet Hippy Van! Abandoned for 29 Years! Will it Run?!?
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- We saved this 1977 Chevrolet Caravan full-size van from being scrapped after sitting in a backyard for 29 years! It was fully customized both inside and out when it was brand new! Let's see if we can get the 350 V8 engine to breathe fire once again and get it back on the road! If you're interested in owning this classic piece of late 1970s history, it could be yours for only $1,200 American dollars! It's still in the as shown condition but I did find a pair of rear leaf springs that just might fit! Obviously they need installed as we've moved onto the next project. As always, thanks for watching!
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I bet your videos are interesting, but the first thing I see is a stupid burnout donut. click.
Oh, you're not a fan of burnouts? Just snarky comments?
Nice!
Why hate on the man, Ken? (That’s a male version of Karen BTW). Just keep scrolling bro. That simple.
Don't be such a Richard there, Jeff
Black 350 four barrel had a bed in the back big stereo lots of Reo speedwagen
I had a uncle who had a crazy mid 70s van like this. He would drive around drinking beer and smoking Winston cigarettes and listening to Bob Seger all the time. He had nine kids and they would all pile in that old van and ride around with the radio cranking lol. He's dead and gone now but it brings back great memories thanks Mortske. It's just water under the fridge.
Uncle Rico?
@@ResponsiveResolve he thought he was lol. Half his kids were probably made in the back of that van.
Thanks Ricky
Smoking Winstons, slamming Schlitz with the pop top can, no shirt, a rocking mullet, and a piece of hay in his teeth...Sounds like my uncle who was in Vietnam, except he had a camo painted GMC 1500 pickup.
@@ResponsiveResolve Back in 82, I used to be able to throw a pigskin a quarter mile...How much you wanna bet I can throw a football over them mountains?
wow! this took me back in time. I'm 68 years old and back in 72, I was shopping in our local junkyard when I came up on a cool van with the side ripped open. I looked in and it had red shag carpet and there were hundreds of plants 6 inches tall growing on the floor. They had sun and rain to reproduce Columbian plants again. You have to remember the seedless varieties hadn't been perfected yet. I think Duff would have liked it better if it had the doghouse cover on it. Loved the video.
Oh my
Hearing that quadrajet open up when you hit it brought back tons of memories of driving around with my dad in his 78 silverado. Nothing beats that unfiltered intake sound lol
Right on!
You definately need to keep this van to go to car shows!!!!!Ok here is my van story, my dad had a brand new 1971 Ford Econoline van with 302 V8, headers and holley carb and edelbrock high rise manifold, we called it the race van, and we drove it up the Alaska highway from Illinois to Alaska in 1974 what an adventure!!!! I loved that van!!! CB radio, it ran fantastic and got great mileage too!
Good stuff!
Had a friend named Don with a early 70's Chevy van. We called it the Don-O-Van.. Your van brought back a foggy memory of a Saturday night in the early 80's cruising rural Iowa doing bong hits and drinking a fifth of Brass Monkey. Our buddy Don was driving and managed to get us lost in the middle of nowhere in the dark. It didn't help he was already lost within the corridors if his own mind (acid).. lol. Took a while but we turned up in a one horse town with a single bar so we figured out which way was home from there. Not sure how we survived our youth.
Haha, good times!
good god Bill. i think i was there. you're right. it's a wonder any of us survived.
That must be where the old saying : "Never take a joint from a guy named Don" came from. 😅🤣😂
@@kimberlywilliams9757 lol
The only time I took acid and drove I lost my car after it turned into an aeroplane . I swear I was above the telephone poles and had to park it . Then I ran into a whole bunch of girl midgets that envited us to a party . I never found that car . My early twenties are a complete blur of nonsense. Dont do drugs kids !
I had a 1986 Chevy Caravan conversion , I loved it , wish I'd never got rid of it .
Great video. My brother and I learned to drive in a 75 panel my dad used to haul his racebikes. Good memories! The doghouse was sitting on the bed, upside down. You always did that so any crap inside it wouldn't fall out.
Absolutely enjoyed this video, especially when the four barrels got stuck at 75 mph.. Would like to see more of this build.
Yeah, with a carb stuck wide open it's a little challenging to reach down & find those twisted hot wires and untwist them with one hand to shut the damned thing down....
I never knew that these vans where unibody. You learn something new every day.
I was surprised as well!
@@MortskeRepair the hi cube and specialty vans had a frame from cab back
Dodge Vans are built the same way as well! Floor welded to the frame and body welded to floor.
@@rsprockets7846 You are correct, some motorhome chassis as well
You wouldnt know a good set of wheels if it smacked ya across the face. How can you not like Keystones? Some one get this man a set of grandpa saw blade wheels, I know secretly they have to be your favorite.
Right? Keystones are amazing!
I know somebody who has some killer valve covers for him. 😂 At least he has good taste there.😂😂
@@jmooney2880 PLAID! haha
Keystones on a '55 Chevy, nothing pairs as good, like salt and pepper or Starsky and Hutch!
As long as the tire turns and the rims roll I don't care what they are
When I see party vans, I think of our next door neighbor Jim in the 80's. He had a new at the time early 80's Chevy Shorty van, no rear windows, metallic Maroon, lots of chrome, with matching Maroon custom shagging interior. It also had a small matching Maroon speed boat. Jim was a cool dude. He also had an 80's V8 Monte Carlo in similar Maroon color. The Monty got traded in for a new 1989 Turbo Chrysler Conqust TSI widebody with the rear window louvers. The Mitsu Starion twin. It was white, but in true Jim fashion, the interior was Maroon leather. I remember seeing that sharp edged Conquest body as a new car when I was a kid, full of digital displays, Turbo engine, amazing alloy wheels, it seemed like I was looking at the future.
My father also had a bit of a party van when I was very young. An early 60's Ford Falcon van, or E100 econoline. It looked normal on the outside, just a white Straight 6, three on the tree work van on OE wheels. It was a short van with no windows. It was insulated inside, and covered with a purple fur material, similar to the roof of your van. It was purple fur interior on all the walls and ceiling, with purple shag carpet on the floor. No rear seats, just bean bag chairs. When I was 2-5 years old, I always rode on top of the engine, in between the front seats. The warm hum of the straight six always put me to sleep. My parents couldn't take me anywhere farther than 10 minutes away without me passing out on the engine lid.
Good stuff
Excellent hippie van Mortske! Can’t believe how it fired up so quickly. With a little love, she could be a lot of fun to drive. Be well my friend. Big Al.
Great video!!!Those records were 45s,and you got an awesome collection.Wish I could run across a collection like that.That van was cool,like a time capsule.Stay safe.😃
Thats right,they are 45s. 33 1/3 are albums [the big records] 78s were early records. great collection that is worth a few bucks to collectors .
Junk records. Warped and dime a dozen
I wonder if someone emptied a jukebox because those seem like the perfect filler for a classic neon encrusted Wurlitzer
33s were the large ones. 78s were small….some actually came in or on cereal boxes.
Gotta love a Dahmer Van... surprised its not actively sticky inside 🤣
Definitely the most fun carburetor rebuild I've ever seen. I lost it when you start asking Duff where you did wrong. 😁
Your humor, my braught back thaughts of my misspent youth , my Chevy van ( Blunderbus ). The place the gang got together at lunch time for refreshments, so we could make it through the day and most of the evening. Ah well ,that was a whole lifetime ago.I'm 77 with one foot on a banana peel and one foot in the grave. Thanks for the memories , looking forward to your next one..Stu from Canada...................
Good stuff
That blue thing you found under the seat is for Freon cans you clip it to the can any can and you can put Freon in your system. That's actually a good find they're hard to to get anymore now you have to buy all this special crap.. that will fit any can any style
Awesome. Conjures up memories. It's been at least 25 years since I've taken a Quadrajet apart. Just like the Pontiac, it runs and drives.
Our local parts guy had one that was a 250 in-line 6, and a 4 speed manual. I’ve never seen another GM van with a manual. As always, fantastic video.
If you drive out the roll pin the accelerator pump lever pivots on, you can install the carb top straight on, making it a LOT easier to get all the metering rods in the right place. I would remove the secondary metering rods hanger and install them after I got the top back in the carb.
My folks had a 74 GMC van, and one evening Dad and I removed the doghouse and the air cleaner and went out on the highway. I learned more about how a Qjet worked under partial and full throttle. We probably burned 5 gallons of gas that night, but I think it was worth it.
Great video!
Thanks for the info! I figured the secondary thing out the last time I put it together.
Ah the good ol shagin wagon. Thanks for another Mortske Monday and all that makes it happen. Good luck!🐾🍺
Chevy also made a fan they called the Nomad. I had a 1980. 400/4bbl factory duals. Factory AM/FM/CB. 4 factory captain's chairs. Lotta fun to drive.
i had one 2 a 77 and it was a true shaggin waggin and it had astros and roof vents from factory
OMG, the 45's are worth way more than the van will ever be worth!!!! what a find!!!!
I'm sure somebody will love to restore that van. It seems to be all there with only a little bit of rust. Another great video with track jumping and donuts 🤘🔥👍✌️🇺🇲
Kenneth
That’s a good rig. I had one with a high top that I used when I was doing the van-life thing for a couple years. Looks like you found one. It does look like someone was living in it. Best thing is the big Chevy 350. Just don’t overload yours top-heavy like I did mine snd roll it at the lake like I did. Those front seats should rotate around 360. You should clean her up, throw in a sleeping bag and save some hotel money.
Ouch
All jokes aside, that van is actually in pretty good shape overall. It is definitely worth fixing up for somebody that wants one.
The fact you literally called it free candy van at one point was a winner. Honestly wish I had the money to buy this and do something with it in regards to drivetrain work. Honestly it's well worth taking the motor out putting a set of manifolds back on it replacing the exhaust brakes leaf springs fixing that unit in the roof in the back that kind of thing. I haven't seen one of these Vans with that little rust since I was a kid anything I've looked at in the last 10 years there may be 10 or 15 years old and they're rusted like they're from the 1960s. Vans like that are getting pretty rare especially in that condition underneath. Hearing somebody say the words yanking the drivetrain off of it just made me feel sick inside really hope somebody grabs her and does something decent with it. Van is well worth putting the work into. You wouldn't want to see what they're charging five grand for here in Nova Scotia!
Absolutely banger of a video! I’m sure than van saw a lot of banging! I like the stabbin wagon!
No doubt
Happy Mortske Monday! That tool at 10:05 is a refrigerant (freon) dispenser tool, (The more you know! lol). Great video sir, I enjoyed it. My dad had a 1977 dodge van with a 440 in it. When I would drive it to school I would take the engine cover and the air cleaner off so I could get the full sensory effect of the 4bbl's opening up when I'd floor it. lol. Ah. good times. Have a great week sir! 🍻😎
You can tell that it's a freon dispenser tool because of the way it is. Just have to say it like that Aspen tree guy
I have a 1980 Dodge B300 MaxiVan with the 360HD 4bbl. I did the same thing, drive around with the doghouse off and the aircleaner lid upside-down!
43:56 if you take the small torx screw out of the secondary air cover, you can remove the metering rods, then when the cover is back on, it's really easy to drop them in and reinstall the bolt. Also if you partially drive the accelerator pump pivot roll pin out, you can remove the lever and it makes reassembly easier
And make sure to use the plastic retaining ring on the primary metering rods, keeps them from popping out when you install the air horn
@@noblemortarman I am a 71 year old retired ASE Master Tech and Auto Shop teacher. When I was wrenching for a living rebuilding and modifying Q-jets was one of my specialties. So, when I see guys fumbling around with a Q-jet it makes me cringe. there are videos and books on Q-jets that would make all this a lot easier.
@@johnherdener6801 Amen! That was a big cringe....
@@johnherdener6801 Amen, I felt physical pain watching that. Those needles are probably bent now!
@@johnherdener6801 it's funny to watch people on CZcams talk bad about them while they're replacing them with an Edelbrock which is made by the same company ,Rochester, the only bad I've ever seen with a Q jet is the butterflies will wear out and they leak and you'll never get them adjusted right. Go ahead and put a Holley on there but you're going to pay for it with poor mileage.
When I was a kid the old man bought a 78 dodge tradesman. Yes Mortske it had cragars, side pipes and BF Goodrich radial T/A's white letters out!!! It was a big part of my childhood. Loved that van. Nice job 👍
Very cool!
We bought a sweet old 77 Chevy Westcoast conversion van with all original interior, bit crunchy here and there, but original shag carpeting, wet bar, Hewlett Packard 8" b&w TV and CB radio. Diamond shaped molded plexi window over the bar sink. Alas, lost it to hurricane Harvey flood waters. Pretty epic event for us.
Hey Mortske: Good move getting the Chevy 350 Van and it didn't take much to get the rig running... Van has some character to it with the shag wall to wall carpeting and the other accessories to it... Duff seems right at home in it and hoping that you clean and fix it up for all the girls that we go out with... From the home of PB Blaster Silicone spray,,,, Cleveland, Ohio....
watch it Duffy will get the keys and go cruising for bicces
I've wanted a van like this for as long as I've been driving (in my mid thirties now) and I saw yesterday that there's an early 80s gold rig for sale just up the road from the house. I'm not working at the moment and really going through a hell of a lot trying to keep my head above water. I watch you, puddin, and Derek pretty much constantly these days, you guys are shitbox wizards with so much good knowledge and you guys bring tons of humor and smiles at a time when they're few and far between. Thanks man for just making this amazing content. And I'm going to go give that van a little peek 👍🤞
Thanks for watching
That van is definitely a keeper! Gotta put some love into her!
Great work ! That is a sweet van ! I had a van in my youth, but didn't have the cash to make it that custom, but wanted to. $1200 for that is a bargain !
Daaaaaang, what a sweet van. You and Duff can do van live in it if you lose the shop 😀
Brilliant
Definitely brings out memories of seeing these vans out and about
Glued I love that van. Mortske leave the 63 sitting there it's great eye candy.
Had a 77 Dodge Tradesman van. A full on hippie wagon. Porthole window, roof vent (not sun roof, Mortske), bed and a bunch of shag carpet. Oh, and obligatory Doors and Grateful Dead stickers on the back window! Loved that thing. Lived in it most of the summer, between my job in Ham Lake and trips up to my home town of Little Falls to play softball, drink beer and chase girls! Good times.
VEry nice!
I have a 1980 Dodge B300 MaxiVan and most girls are scared of it!
I knew this time would come, and man I couldn't be happier! This reminds me of of an old family friend (Ol Bob) that used to come down here to NH from Nova Scotia every summer. The memories of loading that same rig to the brim at Sam's club, with my father and Ol Bob are priceless! Thanks Mort keep em comin man
Good times! Will do!
Seeing that old radar detector reminded me of one I took apart probably 20 years ago called the Fuzzbuster II. I think I built a little 12 volt power supply in the case lol
Gotta love finding extra parts in vehicle buys, always good to see mortske post up a new video❤️
Best van story...My dad bought a '78 g10 for $150, in '93, from a guys field. The guy had stored bags of garbage in it for years because after he had rebuilt the 350, he couldn't get it to start. I had to pick ground in potato skins and other organic crud out of the brown shag carpet. It had a "U" shaped wrap around in the back that converted to a bed, and swivel buckets up front. Somehow or another the guy messed up the wiring. Dad got it sorted out, we put headers (yes headers) 2" pipe and glasspacks on it, did the bodywork and painted it jet black (gloss). He had 8" truck rallys with 31/10.5/15s on it. we jumped every set of railroad tracks in town. He named it Jumpin' Black Flash...it was a gas. Great video...If only I needed a van...
Awesome
I really love how Mortske always has an awesome sense of humor for the older movies and commercials like I do. Bud, when you first made the Now THAT'S Thinking With Your Dipstick Jimmy joke and posted it, I almost cried laughing because I've always loved that commercial. Another really funny one was the Geico commercial with "the First Heckler" where he told the jouster that his "armor was forged by a feeble fingered peasant woman". Maybe you could use a quote from that in the future...lol
Great Boogie Van. My uncle had one but it was a Dodge. It had the shag carpet and port hole windows on the side. It was nice!! I think it was a late 1970's van. Watching this revival brought back memories. Awesome video as always Mortske and Duff!!
I have a 1980 Dodge B300 MaxiVan panel body with a pentastar bubble window!
Love the 70s Sin Bins. Fond memories of the Vantastic. Shag on the walls and floor with a blue lighted cross in the ceiling, 4 blue diamond windows booth/bed/table and the Deer on waterfall scene on the outside. Too bad rust never sleeps.
Sin bin! haha
WOW !! Haven’t seen a set of classic Keystones since high school…. (late 70’s).
My 77 bonanza has the deflecta shield too. Btw If you don’t plan on keeping the van around pull the filler neck and dip stjck tube out and use those on a squarebody. Makes it a lot easier and you don’t have to lean all over the paint or anything.
Cool as all hell fellas! Thank you again for getting another example of American history back on the road again. If I wasn’t so far away I would be glad to help. Tennessee here. I had a 77 E-150 as I’m sure you know. American iron is something that’s rapidly disappearing from our roads unfortunately. Keep fighting the good fight.
Our pleasure!
What’s absolutely funny to me is that I love cleaning, washing, detailing, cars, pressure washing, fixing upholstery, polishing trim and chrome.. I love doing all the stuff you hate.. lol… I hate the chore of tuning or getting them to run.. lol
Great job. I sure hope you sell it to someone willing to restore it. My brother had a 77 Dodge Tradesman Van with the bubble windows and chrome side pipes. I loved the sound that 318 made. Make sure to do some research on those 45 rpm records. Cheers from Guam USA👍
Very cool!
That hurt so bad to see you throwing those 45’s around. They might be worth more than the van
I had a Nomad van in 88 it was a tank .ran so good
In 1984 I had a 1979 G20 that had a mural on the side and red rug throughput but I loved the way it rode. And I loved your video...
awesome!
Thats a factory 4 bolt block i bet ,i love the way duff goes on in.someone had a nice van at one point.thanks for bringing it back...wait for the next episode...
the whistler was a radar detector or fuzz buster
It should be called the Cosby cabin 😅 you never cease to find awesome stuff.
Haha
My best VAN Story...I really did live in a van, down by the river. Back in late '79 into early '80 I lived in my '76 Chevy van down by the Manatee river in Bradenton Florida.
Livin the dream
You Chevy guys are the BEST! “Oh, look at that! It runs! You can’t beat a small block Chevy, I tell ya!” Engines are suppose to run!
Ball-busting aside, the van is pretty cool. I hope you sell it as I think it could be a good project for someone.
That is a great shaggin waggin! If that van could talk the stories it could tell. This would have been real popular back in my day and you could get almost any chick to ride in that custom carpeted cruiser! LOL! She sounds good and deserves another shot at good times. I really enjoyed this video! That's a good price for this beauty! Brought back many memories.
cripes woood win best of show if he left it period correct
Power Fist is the house brand of Princess Auto, Canada's equivalent of Harbor Freight. Love the content, keep it coming! Looking forward to seeing the boogie van in more videos - get her set up as your next tow pig!
I've got a no-name brand of that battery terminal wrench..... one of the best tools in my tool box! Especially if you've got a vehicle with a small voltage drain hiding somewhere and have to disconnect the battery frequently.
I know this video is over a year old as I post but like everyone else, I have a van memory:
My dad had a '74 Ford SuperVan (a rreal thing,.look it up) with a 302 v8. It was work spec. Sliding right-sise door, and barn doors in the back. Inside, nothing beyond the front 2 sests. It did have rear A/C but think delivery van.
My dad put shag into it, blue velvet seats our of an Old/Buick, built a removable table, cabinet for a cooler & storage, and a seats that converted to a bed in the back..This was the late '70s & no sest belt laws, so us kids just sat, played, walked all around as we floated down the road with Manalow, Elvis, the Saturday Night Fever 8 tracks rotating to provide tunes. Good times.
Tip on the q-jet remove the secondary mentoring rods , remove the accelerater pump rod remove the choke rod and the reassembly process way more simple; make sure to put all the parts back on 👍
Nah, just pull that POS and throw it in the scrap pile. Then slip a better carb in it's place. No more worries.
@@combatkarl965 I think holleys are bad they always leak fuel after there only a couple of years old, I prefer my quaderabog it's reliable and last a very long time and doesn't leak fuel after a few years it also starts one pump touch of the key it runs extremely well quaderajets are just under rated Iv taken the time to prove there not garbage
I love old vans!! Awesome content!! Thank you!!
Thanks Todd!
i am an idiot, i like this thing. remember going cross country when i was a kid in a custom van with the family. but it had factory shag carpet haha. great video as always
Nice
Love the fact that you go through the carbs and get what you have to work unlike some channels that have grown so big and have sponsorships so they just “throw a Sniper EFI on it”
I know a channel that just did that, said it cost him $2000 and he's having issues with it
@@Twintania in a Plymouth, T.G.?
@@Daddyrabbit_2 its a plymouth fury
@@Twintania yeah, I think i know who you're talking about. The guy is a workaholic
@@Twintania blue wagon?
Hey, those 45’s are worth something if you keep them intact. Especially, the new singles.
I had a 79 Chevy shorty van 6 cylinder 3 on the tree. Cold sob in the winter at anything below 0F but we had a lot of fun with it.
If we were closer I'd buy the van! I've had a few over the years and now I wish I would of kept one.
Road trip!
You know I bet puddin needs a van project,he is holding your valve covers hostage.
Wrong color
Gotta be careful watching these at work, I was in tears towards the end from laughter, keep up the great work ! Thanks for the video !
Glad you like them!
I had a 77 Chevy van that My dad bought off my great uncle Homer Royce in Mandan, ND. Had a blast in that ride.
Right on
Who Couldn't Love this channel Best Dog Duff we have Duff Cam and you can fix just about everything 😁😁😁👍👍👍👍👍
Thanks Mary!
Brilliant episode! See if you’re up for the challenge of taking on a ‘89-up tbi one with AC, and change sparkalators! I’ve got one of those for a daily driver and love the old girl, about 12 previous owners and well electricity challenged ones too. Always fun! Keep up the good work, love your channel!
Thanks
Looking good Duff! I was sure with your luck that the starter was fried. :) I can't tell my best van story because the statue of limitations hasn't run out yet (;
haha
Thanks Mortske, you got your groove on with this one, I dare you to spend the night in it!! Are you going to keep the Saloon sign? That's pretty neat!
No way I'm sleeping in it!
I can’t believe you ran that rust trap full beans at 70+. You live on the edge.
Get busy livin or get busy dyin!
That's a pretty neat rig.
Another entertaining show from my favorite mechanic 😁😀. Putting on Ritz..
Thanks Robert
Excellent video Mortske Repair :) my uncle Charlie plus Aunt Jean drove lots Vans from Volkswagen Bus , Chevrolet, GMC , Ford , Dodge for long time in these types and wild too times to also son Dave too! Also back 2005 my cousin Glenn got his grandparents Dodge D350 Extended to made in Camper back 1985 got a 1976 Massey Ferguson Combine 500 356 Cubic Inches size motor bored out 400 6 cylinders no turbo on it but got Creeper 4speed Overdrive 5 foward gears plus Manual Floor shifter , 390 rear end also went camping with to and loud too! Mortske I nickname that Van Old Silver !
Your videos make Mondays the best day of the week! Thanks for all the content and hard work, that goes for Sir Duff too!
Thanks Jacob
I had a 75. The lack of rust says maybe that is original miles. Bonus, back in the day, if you had a four bl in a truck or van, you likely had a four bolt main block. Mine was. Mine also had headers and NO mods made to anything to make them fit if you use the right ones. The van wore out long before they rusted out. "Powerfist" is a brand name of tools carried by Princess Auto in Canada. Did that wrench come from up north?
The black sleeve inside the carb is a compression tube to increase vacuum pressure for the secondaries... It was used to restrict the performance AKA Emissions BS... The custom appearance on the hood tag relates to the fender flares body mod... Best Van Story... I had a 1975 Chevy van same style as this one dark blue with silver stripes. side pipes and has heavily built 396 in it... I was out cruising after a party in high school back in early 90's & some dude with a brand spanking new stang egged me on at a stoplight to drag race and went the light hit green, He sure as heck get me off the line but in 75 feet had my bumper glued to his door and slammed the pedal to the floor &I left him like he was dragging a boat anchor... LOL
Damn
Another awesome Mortske Monday! That love van is a keeper! Fix what ya must, clean ‘er up and call in good! 💪👊👍🙏
don't fall for it morewithless. the above is a scam.
Those records could be worth something...
They're highly collectable these days.
I loved the 70's vans.
They were super popular right thru the 80's..
I bought a 89 Chevy van brand new...
Short wheel base with a 305 .
4 captains chairs & a bench seat in the rear..
I loved it for road trips , but I lived where it tended to snow all winter & that sucker was dangerous if you could actually get it onto the highway..
Traded it in a yr later for a 4x4 truck.
93 extended cab with a 5 speed..loved that one.
Btw, I chewed on the the guy who left a pissy comment...
There has always gotta be one miserable prick out there..
CRAGERS !
Most 45s are throw in the air and shoot at material, particularly when they've been left to rub on each other like that. I have 17 boxes I bought at an estate auction for $20. Want some?
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They've been in that rig for decades..
You're assuming their no good.
You dont know.
And he had records from the perfect era.
@@pdrphil8159 I have sold collectible records. They made thousands of most of these, and when they rub on one another without any sleeve it damages them. You'd be lucky to sell most of them for 2 for a dollar.
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Again , you dont know the condition.
They were stored in the vehicle who knows how long.
Go to a vintage record shop or look online ..
Some are worth a lot of money.
He mentioned 1 or 2 bands out of a stack of hundreds .
So who knows what he has.
You dont !
You just decided they were damaged & worthless .
The vehicle had not run in decades .
So there's a good chance they were just stored there for decades..
So enough of your non expert opinion..
I dont care .
@@pdrphil8159 Again, I SELL RECORDS and I DO know the condition. Records come with sleeves for a reason, to keep them from getting scuffed and scratched up by other records. Unless it's a rare record it's worthless once it's been scraped around on other records. Most of those are popular songs that sold hundreds of thousands of copies. I probably have every one of them in the numerous boxes in my storage unit and I couldn't even get somebody like you to come look at them to sell them.
Awesome van. I actually love rebuilding the Quadra Jets. Can pretty much rebuild them in my sleep. Lol. Not sure if that’s a good thing or not. Hmmmm. Anyway, awesome revival bro. Keep it up!
I’ll mail you a crate of them
@@MortskeRepair lol. I’m down. Too bad I’m all the way down in Texas. I would come pick them up.
I never went cruising through Santa Monica in the 70s in a Chevy conversion van
Nope, never happened on Ventura Blvd either 😁
Good times old memories
Thanks Mortske
Dang!
My 1st vehicle was a 76 Dodge Maxivan with wagon wheels and a bubble window in back. Lots of stories that old thing could tell. Went to the fireworks in it in 84.
Awesome
Great video! The price on this van would be dirt cheap here in Middle Tennessee.. Yet again you have done so much more than Gretta will ever dream of by keeping this beast out of the "recycling" yard.. Thanks for all you do!
Never seem manifolds rust out but seen my fair share of them with cracks that's why when you buy headers get them stainless steel
Who can afford stainless?!? WE're not doctors!
@@MortskeRepair hey I sent this video to Pole Barn Garage to show him a real shaggin wagon since he has one on his channel he's calling a Boogie van you gotta check it out Mortske it's almost a furry as yours LOL!! Do you still have that van or you get a fish I mean a real nice guy to buy it ;)
I bunch of us borrowed an '83 Chevy van to drive from Akron Ohio to Myrtle Beach right before college started, had to hit the starter with the required hammer to get it started, didn't shut it off until we got there 14 hours later. Starter never gave us a problem on the way home.
Good stuff!
I owned two of the previous version of the Sportvan, a 65 and a 67, and they had a full frame! Best slogan I saw painted on the back of a van back in the day was, "Don't laugh, your daughter may be in here!"
Classic
you know, in a world where motor trend has gotten kind of silly with their programming I've gone from looking forward to roadkill episodes on mondays to looking forward to Mortske videos on mondays. And I'm totally good with that, keep doing cool stuff man we're all still here to watch it! And pet duff for me lol! Ps love the auction vids on the second channel!
Much appreciated!
since i own two G20s a 71 and a 79 i really got a kick out of this episode. They really are good vans and easy to work on, the gas tanks are easy to pull. I must say you really should have worn the long haired wig in this episode. Good show tonight.
I looked way too hard trying to find it...
@@MortskeRepair I've been better I like pants, maybe you sounded like you said it for
I'm going to work in the fields we have a we have a trim really bad and then we have he enjoyed every time I go I can we can eat in there sleeping there
Official Branson and where we stay working sometimes
Churchill more sexual
One of your better videos. If that thing was closer it would be in my driveway right now. Of course I'd be living in it if I bought it!
Down by the river!
Those records are 45s, cool find. The car stereo and amplifier are worth the price of admission.
You keep pick up every vehicle that I like, the G-van, the Nomad chevelle wagon, 4 door Pimpala..... I need to live closer so I can just buy all your "will it runs" so you can recycle the "will it run" videos in 15 years after they just sits in my field. Haha.
This episode is definitely in my top 10. Commentary is mint. And a name for the van should be the AIDS Team.
Glad you enjoyed it! Great name!