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Falconvan,your project is outside the square,,its kool,which makes it appealing to me,,dare I say,not the prettiest toy I have seen,which also adds to the flavour...,but I bet it will get the looks,and with shoehorning that Olds engine in there,will blow a few minds as well...Its always good to shock a few people with a beast like that... And,yes,I can believe you had some fun fitting everything in there too..Its no kitset rod,is it ?
Good job,it would be a kool RV,just enough room for a bed and a bit of headroom,too.

Gonna be kewl, Falcon!!! I really go for the out of the box stuff, always wanted to be an artist but I have to use a compass and ruler to draw stick people so building cars became my canvas....Sure is great to see others breaking away from building the same old cars with the current "Trick of the Month Club" parts and ending up with a ride just like everybody else's!!!! All the crap about traditional rods and how things were done "back in the day" miss the real way Hot Rods were built then and should be built now... Take what ya got, scrounge up some goodies, buy what you can, fab what isn't made, and build the ride you want--Real Hot Rodding!!!!! I'd say you got it nailed down, Falcon!!!

Gee, thanks Dave! You've built some pretty darn cool stuff yourself from what I've seen so I really appreciate the kind words. It is a lot more fun to fab up your own parts and make something original. Not that I have anything against 32 Fords or other cars that are famous for being made into street rods; I hope I can afford to build a nice one someday.
I finally got the whole drivetrain bolted down with the headers on and it looks like it will all fit. I had to move the motormounts for the third time but now it finally looks like it's going to be good. I had the wheels off to drill a hole for the mounting bolts and while I was there I put on new shocks, went through the brakes, packed the bearings and greased the frontend. The big headache now is trying to get the #@%!!!!!! dipstick tube in the block! There was no way to put it in first because I couldnt get the header past it. Enough for today; I'll try again tomorrow.

Falcon you sure have turned the I Scream around .

There are going to be a lot of thin kids in your neighborhood after trying to chase you down for a cone!
Looking great, love to watch this thread.

No kidding; it's probably going to make them scared to death of the real ice cream man!

Looks great Falcon, some really good progress!!! The details always eat out about twice as much time as you thought they would, plus all the little extras you decide to do while your doing the little things!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Originally Posted by Dave Severson

Looks great Falcon, some really good progress!!! The details always eat out about twice as much time as you thought they would, plus all the little extras you decide to do while your doing the little things!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

That's no joke, Dave. I feel like I've been trying to get one part to work for two weeks; wait a minute, I have! After a couple nights in the garage after work, I finally got the header bolts all tight and some more stuff bolted on the engine. Luckily this thing had removable panels under the wheelwells so it made some of it a litlle easier. I had to pull the intake again because I saw what looked like the intake not covering one of the ports but it turned out to be nothing. Better safe than sorry. I still havent got that dipstick tube all the way down but for now I'm not going to worry about it. I'm going radiator shopping at the boneyard Monday so the front end may be on next week.

Nice color scheme to the motor! Looks like olds blue

Engine looks really good in there Falcon!!! Great cleanup and detailing!

Thanks, guys. It feels like they go really slow when you get to this point. All that little stuff sure eats the clock. I had to build an alternator bracket to move it in closer to the engine. The stock one had it hanging way off to the side, plus with eliminating the power steering pump and A/C, I didnt need all those huge brackets anymore. I looked through my scrap bucket and found a Chevy top bracket along with a couple of straight pieces left over from an old garage door opener kit so here's what I came up with.

I also ditched the chrome water neck, it had a weird angle to the heater hose and it was kinking it. I got several other small things hooked up; try and hit it some more tomorrow.

Man, that thing is gonna be the most fun you could possibly have with your clothes on!!!!

I'm over 40, Dave. 90% of the fun I have IS with my clothes on! Well, that's not totally true; momma can still get a little crazy when we have the house to ourselves.
It's been a tough couple weeks at work so not too much done on the Iscream. I did start going through the wiring harness and getting rid of many years of crappy splices, toasted wires and bad switches. I think it'll come out OK even though it looks a little rough here. I also got my radiator from Summit and did a little tweaking on the decal design.

i like the heater in that big old van, I personally think this is one of the best multi functional hot rods I have seen, we like to go camping so a nice econoline is a prospective project for me , you could easily cam a bunch of camping supplies in the back. plus firewood, and have room in the truck to sleep if the weather gets really bad, you could put an rv hvac on the roof and have a party in the back just pull up and plug it in ... hmmm