Round 2 Dec 2022

[stavanzer]

Looks Fine to me!

I'll take it!

[SteveG]

Cool looking van, what year grille is shown here?  I would love to backdate the Dodge Van kit to the early body style.  But a new grille would be more doable. As for the cabinets I could look for the inserts.  Does anyone have those actual interior parts ?

-Steve  

[keyser]

https://www.curbsideclassic.com/curbside-classics-american/curbside-classic-1979-dodge-b100-van-is-it-the-real-thing/
 

Steve I may have the peg board bits. The 79 had both round and stacked square HL. Coke promo at link too. The brown van is a 79  ?

Edited December 13, 2022 by keyser

[Luc Janssens]

1 hour ago, SteveG said:

 As for the cabinets I could look for the inserts.  Does anyone have those actual interior parts ?

-Steve  

I have.

[stavanzer]

On 12/11/2022 at 9:11 AM, Daddyfink said:

I found all of the interior pieces bagged up inside a spare parts goodies box at a kit show. Great for making a work van or even a Garage Diorama. Would be great to see this version of the van back 

Jessie Chavez (aka Daddyfink) says he has the interior cabinets too.

A '79 would be great. Mebbe add one of the U-hal/Haul away trailers for extra oomph.

Anyway, I'm thrilled. ANY Backdated van would be a winner at this point, IMHO.

Plus any other optional parts (Grilles, Spoilers, Wheels) that might still be hanging around the edges of the tool.

Many Thanks, Steve for looking into this.

[Plowboy]

Would it even be worth it to do the cabinets for the van? They're not going to be very visible unless one opens the roof panel and puts in the clear piece. If I ever do get around to building one of these vans, I'm going to convert it to a short wheelbase. 

[Luc Janssens]

25 minutes ago, Plowboy said:

Would it even be worth it to do the cabinets for the van? They're not going to be very visible unless one opens the roof panel and puts in the clear piece. If I ever do get around to building one of these vans, I'm going to convert it to a short wheelbase. 

Know what you mean, in that respect the MPC Ford van is the better choice for a mobile workshop, but it never has been offered that way, so while it would be cool, I assume much less likely to happen.

[Can-Con]

4 hours ago, Plowboy said:

Here you go.

I remember everyone slamming this model because of the round headlights in the newer grille. Turns out, the '79 Dodge van had a round headlight grille with the markers and signals on the corner.

It's still not an accurate grille. But, these prove that the newer grille did come with round headlights in '79. The AMT grille looks like they just added the markers/signals to the '78 grille.

 

They used round headlight on the base model vans until somewhere around '85,  IIRC.

But, no, they never had a year they used a grille with the wide bar through it with lights at either end like in that kit.

[Can-Con]

3 hours ago, SteveG said:

Cool looking van, what year grille is shown here?  I would love to backdate the Dodge Van kit to the early body style.  But a new grille would be more doable. As for the cabinets I could look for the inserts.  Does anyone have those actual interior parts ?

-Steve  

It wouldn't be a "backdate", more of a "sidedate" as the round headlight grille was used on the lower level vans until the mid '80s.

[Tabbysdaddy]

I would like to see the GMC version of the Chevy van again, even if they can't call it the A-Team van. 

[keyser]

Open Road Van? Announced sort of a few years ago, never happened. Van Life is a thing now. 

[Jordan White]

2 hours ago, Tabbysdaddy said:

I would like to see the GMC version of the Chevy van again, even if they can't call it the A-Team van. 

Agreed! They could just call it a GMC Vandura Street Van.

[Hondamatic]

20 hours ago, Jordan White said:

Agreed! They could just call it a GMC Vandura Street Van.

And put some door panels and an accurate dash too 

[Hondamatic]

On 12/13/2022 at 7:32 AM, SteveG said:

Cool looking van, what year grille is shown here?  I would love to backdate the Dodge Van kit to the early body style.  But a new grille would be more doable. As for the cabinets I could look for the inserts.  Does anyone have those actual interior parts ?

-Steve  

I have a couple new vans with the shop interior and various other 70s MPC vans. Lmk here or on Instagram if you need to see something. Anything to get van stuff back on the market 

Edited December 14, 2022 by Hondamatic

[Mike C.]

The AMT 1/25 Firestone Wide Oval sets must be hitting the shores on the West coast. Just Ordered 3 sets from a west coast eBay store.