Found this....

[AaronPerkins]

At a thrift store. Side project while I work on the B.R.B.O.

 

[AaronPerkins]

I'm not an engine guru by any means. Does anyone know if this is just a 350 in this van or not.? I'm having trouble finding a concrete answer.

[62rebel]

typical small block chevy. it can be whatever in that family you want it to represent.

[AaronPerkins]

typical small block chevy. it can be whatever in that family you want it to represent.

Great. Thank you.

[Roadrunner]

I'm almost embarrassed to admit that I used to watch that show regularly.

[Slomoslam]

"I pity the foo who watched that show"- Mr. T 

[1930fordpickup]

Mr T the only guy with asbestos skin on TV. Yes I watched  it also. 

 

[Bob Ellis]

I liked that show.

I would say it was a 350

[louie]

I actually watched a re-run of the show the other day  ( first time in 25 years ) and I loved it all over again, hahaha. I apologize for turning your thread into a TV show. I like the subject matter and your kit. Definitely a good score finding it at a thrift store. 

Thanks.     Jeff 

[disabled modeler]

Cool find...another note is I believe its the only van like this with the proper roof ribs they had...and it still has Mr T in it.  All small block Chevys from this era look the same.

[iamsuperdan]

I've been trying to find that kit, but not from EBay where they're all more than I want to spend!

The A-Team and Knight Rider. Two shows that totally remind me of my youth. Unfortunately, when you go back and watch them now, they don't quite hold up. Especially Knight Rider. Wow. Just wow.

 

[geemoney]

In my town there is a ford van with a rattle can paint job like this!!!

 

[Roadrunner]

"I pity the foo who watched that show"- Mr. T 

[Slomoslam]

I've been trying to find that kit, but not from EBay where they're all more than I want to spend!

The A-Team and Knight Rider. Two shows that totally remind me of my youth. Unfortunately, when you go back and watch them now, they don't quite hold up. Especially Knight Rider. Wow. Just wow.

 

That's so true, I use to watch Knight Rider more than scrambled cinemax. I tried to sit through an episode awhile back and I found it to be an impossible task. I'm not sure how a watch can pick a dead bolt lock, but okay.

[Maindrian Pace]

The Boys get captured by bad guys, thrown into a cave and the opening sealed.

A few minutes later:

B.A. - "Look, Hannibal, I found a complete, operational welding outfit, a running fork lift, gas cylinders, and items that we can combine into improvised explosives to blow the bad guy's Jeeps onto their roofs while they try to chase us!"

It was a simpler time.

[AaronPerkins]

I found it at a thrift store for 20 bucks. Got to looking at the instructions, the model, and some 1:1 reference stuff and figured out the engine could be almost non existent. The hood doesn't open and seems like there's a plate that goes along the bottom for the interior to sit on.

[Jonathan]

Great score!  And yeah, I watched it, too.  I think my Mom let me watch it b/c nobody actually got hurt / killed and there was no cussin'. My Dad preferred Hee Haw.  Anywho ... sure wish they'd reissue this kit, if it's possible.