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Originally Posted by Bladewire
Dude post a pic of the van! What model/year is it? Syncro?
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That's on some forest road in the Black Hills. The van is a self build. It's a 86 body, but it started it's life as a hard top 2wd. I had a rusted out Syncro, so I tore out all the 4wd components and transferred them to the 2wd tub.
It's not quite finished yet, I've done half of the 4wd conversion. So far, I've put a engine in it from a Pontiac Solstice, I've installed the 4wd transaxle and installed the Syncro rear fuel tank. I pretty much fabbed everything from scratch on the engine and trans swap.
I then cut the roof off a completely trashed Westy and put it on my van, making it a pop top. I also stripped out the interior and rebuilt it as a camper set up with the solar system ect..
I got tired of working on it so got it to a stage I could use it and hit the road. I've been gone now for 1.5 years and headed back to FL to finish the build this winter.
I still have to do the front drive train/suspension swap to complete the 4wd and I'm gonna rip out the interior again and change it up a bit and finally do the body & paint.
btw, I don't build for flashy, so not a lot of expensive bolt ons. I pretty much build everything my self and built it to use, not look pretty in a parking lot.