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12-03-2013, 08:04 AM
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Location: San Diego, CA
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Re: SOCAL build
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Cool! Party time! Did the van that you pulled it out of have a "luv-machine" bumper sticker?  |
 Yeah I was thinking to myself "that's a pimp-my-ride sorta upgrade"!
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The cutaway chassis do not have a tire carrier, but they do get an extra crossmember. A Class-3 or better hitch receiver will be every bit as strong as a regular crossmember. U-joint makes replacement cross-members too if you don't want a hitch.
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Thanks for that bit of info---I'm not familiar with the cutaway chassis. It makes sense they'd not have the spare carrier though. |
For Christmas we are going to Joshua Tree camping (2days) then a cabin at Lake Arrowhead (4days). Since the kids don't want to take the Prius and everyone doesnt fit in the Ferrari we are taking the van. I am not ready and wont have the time to get the interior done so I needed a temp solution for seating since I only have 3 seats in the van and there are 4 of us. I thought back to my childhood of sitting on a tool box in my fathers van and or sitting on top of a pile of freshly cut wood along side a chainsaw and cooler of beer in the back of his truck bed but then I realized it is not 1974 and I cant legally do that to the kids so I started looking for a bench seat. I got this for a deal and the more I look at it I like it. I am starting to rethink my interior layout. This is either the bliss or agony of building your own van, you can change anything at anytime.
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12-05-2013, 04:57 AM
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#182
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Location: Reynoldsburg, Ohio
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Re: SOCAL build
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It didn't but mine will and I am switching from Loncoin to shag for flooring.
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For a really great 60's & 70's look try these guys:
http://astrocarpetmills.com/bowling_alley_carpet.htm
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12-05-2013, 02:21 PM
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#183
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Location: Taylor, Mississippi
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Re: SOCAL build
 That Astro Carpet Mills link just inspired a host of ideas for my next van... ooooh I'll be up all night...
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"... torpedo'd, because we don't generally cotton to bullshit around here." -jage
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12-05-2013, 06:35 PM
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#184
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Location: So Cal
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Re: SOCAL build
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That Astro Carpet Mills link just inspired a host of ideas for my next van... ooooh I'll be up all night...
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.....that link made me want to put on some bell bottoms and listen to the BeeGees.....
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12-05-2013, 07:01 PM
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Location: San Diego, CA
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Re: SOCAL build
HAHAHAHA, no way, I lived the 80's, don't want to go back.
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12-06-2013, 05:16 AM
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#186
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Location: Reynoldsburg, Ohio
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Re: SOCAL build
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HAHAHAHA, no way, I lived the 80's, don't want to go back.
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Yeah but *I* was around in the 60's when all that craze first began! 
Its kinda cool seeing it hip once again but this time a lot more options.......AND it doesn't automatically cast you as a narco-deviant!
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12-06-2013, 06:49 AM
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#187
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Senior Member
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Location: San Diego, CA
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Re: SOCAL build
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12-08-2013, 04:46 PM
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#188
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Location: Taylor, Mississippi
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Re: SOCAL build
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https://www.taylorarts.com
... If you have to ask, you'll never understand...
"... torpedo'd, because we don't generally cotton to bullshit around here." -jage
"... do they ooch apart in the night?" -Dia
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12-08-2013, 08:53 PM
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Join Date: Jan 2009
Location: Eastern NC .. on the coast
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Re: SOCAL build
I have been reading your thread for 2 hrs. tonight. Really nice work and you have done a beautiful job. Probably would take a pro a few min. to do his thing and run south..... I installed a Revelco security system. "Loaded with peace of mind." I remember a story few yrs ago...think it was O'd Yellow. A 100k new van. Lady left parked in a food store parking lot, went in for about 15 mins., came back out.... gone.. Never to see it again. I think I spent $500. I can leave my keys in the van, take the plug... It will not run. It would have to be hauled off by a wrecker to be missing. 
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12-09-2013, 04:51 AM
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#190
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Senior Member
Join Date: Jan 2011
Location: Reynoldsburg, Ohio
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Re: SOCAL build
A poor man's Revelco can be had simply by adding a switch interrupting the shift lock solenoid operation. Even if the engine could be started it couldn't be moved no matter what! (I had this revelation once upon a time when that fuse blew---talk about a quick panic before realizing what might have happened!)
I like the idea of the Revelco and all things considered an installed price of $500 isn't bad at all. When I first discovered them they were very insistent it was NOT a DIY project (BS) and extra "keys" couldn't be obtained. Seems they've come a long way since.
Great idea though!
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