Recent content by Wes!

Currently in the process of restoring a turtle top van myself. I would recommend that you pick it up if you can. Just check the fiberglass of the top out as much as you can, I know they were a bit prone to cracking for some of the models. I haven't had any issues but to be safe I am probably...

That's interesting he suggested that you put the sensor in the line instead of the pan. The guy I was talking with at the trans shop I got some parts from recommended instead to put it in the pan for a better reading of the overall trans temp. At the time I had bought a -6AN adapter that had a...

Yup, I will see what they recommend and will set the initial timing at that. The adjustment of the curve from there is what I'm more wanting. I think stock they put it at 6-8* of initial, but I have been seeing a lot of recommendations to run more in the range of 12* initial. If they take that...

You are correct, you want your timing to be most advanced when your vacuum is high and when your under a light load, like cruising along on a highway. But it needs to back off when you put your foot in it and the vacuum drops. Good thing the distributor has a vacuum advance on it, and even...

Its totally possible I misread it, I will try and grab a pic of the door tag this weekend. And I do alot of pre-planning tasks for work, so sometimes that blends into personal projects. Half of me is leaning the direction of trying to do everything I can now to increase the drive-ability of...

Well, both colors are on the van now. The only thing left to do will be to add in some gold pinstripe along the two tone shift line once the paint has cured for a couple weeks, and then hit it with a DA polisher. It may be a bit before that happens since I really want to get this on the road...

Thanks, and yes I have the chrome grill with extensions instead of the painted one. I need to give a good cleaning and some polishing before I put it back on there, but otherwise its in good shape.

Oh nice, yeah those logging roads are a favorite old stomping ground. My parents property growing up was on the highway just past town, so we were backed up to the hill that they were on the top of. In fact I think there are still a few old mountain bike and motorcycle trails I blazed when I was...

Yeah, they are getting super hard to find in decent shape. I found mine just by accident through family, and while it was in good shape mechanically it needs some help in the looks department.

Wow, My 69 e200 is nowhere nearly as nice as that thing. The only thing I have him beat on is mine has a poptop camper conversation done. But I am jealous of all the pop-out windows.

I live in Burien, but currently the van is stored in Carbonado (If you dont know it, its a town of 600 people right next to rainier. Its where I grew up) As for seeing it cruising around, during the winter you will see it out on the Skagit or the OP chasing steelhead. During the summer it will...

Yeah, Im sure there will be plenty of caffeine needed to pull it all off, especially since I pulled the trigger on a front swaybar kit this morning. And will probaly swap out the steering rag joint to be safe since it looks the original rubber from 1969. But Im still sort of young enough to pull...

Wow, those things are pretty sweet. I really like that blue color, if I was going to go for a full blown color change respray I probably would have gone down that road. And well, Im in for a hectic week here soon. Bunch of stuff is showing up every day and the list of things Im trying to pack...

I was also hoping to be able to just buff it and have it look good again, but unfortunately there are some dents that I need to pull and a few places where some surface rust is visible on the paint. Thankfully I was able to find a decent green metallic that matches the original color pretty...

Well, Its been a hot minute and I haven't been keeping up with updates on this thread. So here's where everything stands currently. Got a letter from my landlord (turns out it was actually his daughter pretending to be him, but didn't know at the time) with a doctored copy of my lease included...