'85 GMC Van .. Fotki update 7/8/17

[cahilj]

Nice work Mike! Glad to see it done!

[Foxer]

Thanks everyone for the comments.

Tomorrow I'm driving it, rust and all, to NNL East ... gonna try for 85 on the NY Thruway! If you see any pieces of blue on the road please pick up and look me up in Wayne!

Edited November 25, 2013 by Foxer

[Foxer]

This is a bit late, but on the way back from NNL East 3 years ago the van took a little beating ... had a blowout on the NY Thruway with run flat tires and had to get it towed to the Mini dealer in Albany. It did go the 50 miles flat, but I'll never get any run flats again ... can't buy any at tire dealers!

The rear suspension and body to frame needed to be re-glued, not too bad really. It's now sitting proudly on my daughter's mantel. 

Edited August 10, 2017 by Foxer

[RAMBENNA]

great job , very nice work on the van

[redneckrigger]

Nicely done Mike! As you have said, it is lots of fun and very rewarding to do a replica of a 1:1 vehicle once owned!

[Luc Janssens]

Love it, great work!

[Modelbuilder Mark]

Not sure how I missed this one.  Very cool. 

[DumpyDan]

Really neat, great detailing

[Tommy Isbister]

Mike, This is one of the best builds I've seen in a long while. It takes a lot of talent to build a daily driver and make it look that realistic. There's nothing more satisfying to me than to build something that's been used and abused.

Tommy

[Slotto]

Great job on the van. I love the rust spot and inspection sticker. Very convincing!

[Funkychiken]

Incredible skills here, looks great!

[unclescott58]

Wow! Very cool. Looks like so many real vans you use to see running around back in the day. I love the interior and it's contents. Great job.

Scott

 

[Foxer]

I fixed all the Photobucket links to Fotki, but I'm not looking forward to fixing all the WIP's 16 pages!