Dodge Van

[BRITBOY]

Seeing as this is essentially an out of the box build, it took an awful lot longer than planned to get it finished (Joe and I were having a van build off and I think the original deadline was August last year!). The kit's wheels and tyres were swapped out to suit the decals and some body trim was shaved off but very little major work. The trailer and bike probably took at least as long as the van to build but not a bad end result!

And anytime you're passing Joe, feel free to pick up "your" van!

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l bow my head in shame to you Harley
l totally gave up on my build
the paint nearly destroyed my spirit
yours turned just great
glad those decals turned out okay and the that bike on the trailer is to kill for but l noticed you put the precious cargo inside the van

[BRITBOY]

Thanks Joe, but we both know how delicate old Triumphs can be, best to keep them inside unless you really have to!

[KRAZY RICK]

Nice Rig there Harley , that bike is sweet !!! - I really love the color on it

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very cool build love the decals and yes old trumpets should be handled with care at least the one i had did !

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What an amazing build!!,,Harley,,can i ask how you do your decals, ,what paper and clear do you use

[BRITBOY]

Wish I could help Johnny but the decals are a repop of a set that came with the van. I had them made up by a guy over here in the UK.

I used to have an OKI printer that did decent decals but I could never master getting a base coat of white to lay down so the decal wasn't transparent. I built a lot of white and silver cars before the printer died!

[RAMONE "THE HITMAN"]

That came out very nice Harley!!
Love the picture with the bike in the van..looks real kool !!

[DAVE "THE DUKE" ARMSTRONG]

Very well done- looks great!

[ACDP5859]

VERY COOL BUILD. BUT NOW WE ALL WANT TO SEE WHATS INSIDE THE VAN. ;D ;D

[DAVE "BIG DADDY" KAPP]

Brings back the 70's to a T!

[KRAZY RICK]

Damn your fast & even able to time travel !!!

[BRITBOY]

Blink and you'll miss me coming back!

[BADSEED]

That van is bitchen! I’ve always wanted to paint this on a real van , maybe I should buy a real van and paint this on the sides to advertise my business!

[BRITBOY]

I'm pretty sure one of the car mags (Hot Rod perhaps?) did feature a van with paintwork like that back in the day - if I remember correctly it was done by the guy who did a lot of Jungle Jim's paint on his funny cars (but I could be completely wrong about that....).

[BADSEED]

Oct 17, 2018 12:08:47 GMT -4 BRITBOY said:

I'm pretty sure one of the car mags (Hot Rod perhaps?) did feature a van with paintwork like that back in the day - if I remember correctly it was done by the guy who did a lot of Jungle Jim's paint on his funny cars (but I could be completely wrong about that....).

Yes I remember the magazine, I may even have a copy of it here at the shop, the guy that did a lot of the jungle Jim cars was Kenny Youngblood , at least the cars painted in California.