Faust Posted May 19, 2016 Share Posted May 19, 2016 We’ve all been taught that it’s what’s inside that counts. Well, that may sound like a platitude for the social engineering of grade school but it certainly is true when it comes to making a knock-out Street or Show Van! Thankfully, the old MPC Dodge Van kit, including the amazingly outrageous Gold Rush, listened to what they were taught, and gave us a really good interior to grace their wacky custom vans! Complete with “shag” carpet, Naugahyde couches and shingles (Yes! You read that right!), the inside of Gold Rush is every bit as crazy and over-the-top as its outside! Check out my take on this Vannin’ luxury love nest at the link below. The good news; you can have just as much fun with the newly released Bad Company! https://adamrehorn.wordpress.com/2016/05/19/gold-rush-update-2-no-guts-no-staffroom/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
darthsideous Posted May 22, 2016 Share Posted May 22, 2016 Looks good so far! I love these old 70's vans Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
disabled modeler Posted May 25, 2016 Share Posted May 25, 2016 I want to build a replica of my old 71-76 Dodge custom van someday...just got to find the right year van and enough right interior/exterior parts to do it with. Mine was a full custom offered new at the dealerships. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Faust Posted May 25, 2016 Author Share Posted May 25, 2016 Yeah, there's something about these vans that just can't be equalled in terms of overall awesomeness, eh? That's would be cool, Mark, to have a model of the van you owned. I think MPC made a kit of those, didn't they? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gatorincebu Posted May 29, 2016 Share Posted May 29, 2016 Interesting build. Nice work on the shag carpet ! Be Well Gator Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
darthsideous Posted June 23, 2016 Share Posted June 23, 2016 I haven't heard or seen the word "Naugahyde" in years! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jantrix Posted June 23, 2016 Share Posted June 23, 2016 I haven't heard or seen the word "Naugahyde" in years!That's because naugas are an endangered species now. Dodge tried to bring it back a while ago but PETA raised a big stink about it. So Dodge decided to use snipehide now instead, because there's lots of them, but they are tricky to find. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom Geiger Posted June 23, 2016 Share Posted June 23, 2016 That's because naugas are an endangered species now. Dodge tried to bring it back a while ago but PETA raised a big stink about it. So Dodge decided to use snipehide now instead, because there's lots of them, but they are tricky to find.My wife asked me what the meat was in my gyro... I told her the gyro was a small weasel like animal only found in Greece. Maybe we could use their hides? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
darthsideous Posted June 24, 2016 Share Posted June 24, 2016 That's because naugas are an endangered species now. Dodge tried to bring it back a while ago but PETA raised a big stink about it. So Dodge decided to use snipehide now instead, because there's lots of them, but they are tricky to find. True, they were used to make Rich corinthian leather which depleted them in the wild. ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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