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Hey Steve, great to see you here.

Nice van! There is one just like it at the local Mopar graveyard. But too far gone. I had the original seats out of it. Swapped them for a pair of Cuda seats I had.

I bought the pickup from your dad, and I remember meeting you and chatting about the VW.

I did bring it over to Canada with me, and I took it to some shows, cruises and some race meets. So I raced it in the UK and in Canada. It picked up a few best truck trophies over here.

Then I sold it. It was a silly move on my part, But was given a lot of money for it. The guy that bought it went over every inch of the body with a magnet, and only found i area of bondo.

He bought it for his wife, she drove it once, and did not like it. It now sits in storage with a very nice Challenger, that holds the Canadian stock class record of it's year. He will not sell and he will not use either of them. Shame really.

Say hi to your dad! :)
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Wow busy forum - thanks for the positive comments guys. The bus needs a lot of tlc! Definitely a work in progress, slow progress!

Dad is over Akeley at the NSVA 40th Van nats in the xplorer this weekend, it's still going strong.


Hey Jeff, I hope all is well on your side of the pond. I remember seeing the for sale add on you tube, what a great truck!


I have a few questions on mine already and wanted adds - i'll attempt to get them in the correct forum area though.

Cheers folks :thumbright:
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Welcome aboard Steve.

Love your ride. Nice to see something a bit different from mother Mopar :thumbright:
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Jon Connolly wrote:is this the one you were thinking of Charger ?
I don’t know Jon, although Dave mentions slatted windows, remember that vaguely

Yours looks sweet as well, popular colour combo, any colour you want as long as it’s blue and white :D

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Welcome Steve...love the van!!

My mate has just imported this one...its lived in to say the least but very cool.

Like Gary says....great to see a good cross section of Mopars on here. Great site, fantastic members and tons of help when needed. See you at the Nats eh,

Cheers, Steve :thumbright:
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Above pic shows it loaded with paints, seats and computers... Got in troyble with that at customs!
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Love these. Want one.

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Slow progress!

The starting issue is sorted, we have rebuilt the carb and ditched all of the LPG gear. Progress!

Kind of...

A compression check came up with 0 compression on one of the cylinders. After much beard scratching and talking to local garages we are going to have a go at taking off the head and I assume (speculate) will be fitting a new exhaust valve. Maybe.

Anybody recommend who to buy things such as a valves for a 318 from? And gaskets etc?

I have used stateside autos for a few things, anybody got any recommendations?

Thanks

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polosteve wrote:Slow progress!

The starting issue is sorted, we have rebuilt the carb and ditched all of the LPG gear. Progress!

Kind of...

A compression check came up with 0 compression on one of the cylinders. After much beard scratching and talking to local garages we are going to have a go at taking off the head and I assume (speculate) will be fitting a new exhaust valve. Maybe.

Anybody recommend who to buy things such as a valves for a 318 from? And gaskets etc?

I have used stateside autos for a few things, anybody got any recommendations?

Thanks

Steve
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If Dunc can't help you the the usual suspects:

Summit:
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Rockauto (5% discount on traders section). :thumbright:
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Cannonball wrote:i might have some kickin about shout me when you know,
Thanks Duncan, I needed a full gasket kit anyway so ordered a new valve at the same time- was only a tenner. May do business in the future though, from looking through your website inventory - you have some parts for sale that are on my wish list!




Well, I bit the bullet and pulled the head off - a buggered exhaust valve was the scenario. Head is off at a local machine shop, a light reface, new guide, valve seat and check the health of the rest.

Pulling it all to pieces was fun - putting it back together should be interesting
:shock:

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Work in progress :)

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Please excuse the pathetic looking carb :lol:
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