Vehicle Owner

Member ID: 96GLEvergreen

Location: Alburtis, PA

Vehicle Info

1965 Chevrolet Van

Bragging Rights

  • 1/4 Mile0 sec @ -1 mph
  • 0-600sec
  • Top Speed-1mph
  • HP-1
  • Weight-1lbs

Major Upgrades

  • turbo
  • nitrous
  • bore increase
  • port and polish
  • supercharger
  • extrude honed
  • stroke increase
  • engine swap

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    • Currently 3.6/5 Stars.

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Cory’s Chevrolet Van

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96GLEvergreen's 1965 Chevrolet Van

This is my first ride (love), my 1965 Chevy G10 Van. It has a 250 inline six/ 2 speed Powerglide out of a '73 Nova. I plan on modifing the 250 for the mean time (twin intake, split exhaust manifolds,etc) but I'd like to put a 292 (yes, a BIGGER straight six) in it down the road.

96GLEvergreen's 1965 Chevrolet Van   96GLEvergreen's 1965 Chevrolet Van

96GLEvergreen's 1965 Chevrolet Van

There is some rot here and there. It will need new rockers and a lot of body work, but I like a challenge. 

96GLEvergreen's 1965 Chevrolet Van

The inside was pretty nice when I bought her. Its fully carpeted (walls too) and pretty clean.

96GLEvergreen's 1965 Chevrolet Van

This guy had the smart idea of putting aftermarket cruise (turn signal arm) on this thing; I haven't yanked it yet but it is coming off. I'm going to add a new pack of gauges too (oil,water,volts).

96GLEvergreen's 1965 Chevrolet Van

This is probably the only thing that really angers me. If the guy would have cut a little higher I might have been able to patch this a little easier. The doner van I found does have an uncut dash, but they're welded in. I was thinking of just trimming out the section I needed to properly patch this hole. Thats probably what I'll end up doing.

96GLEvergreen's 1965 Chevrolet Van

The seats aren't half bad for now, but in the future I was thinking of putting in camaro buckets.

96GLEvergreen's 1965 Chevrolet Van

So here it is, the old six shooter. I just rebuilt the carburator and replaced a bunch of rubber lines. It looks bad but it purs. It had been rebuilt about 25,000 to 30,000 miles ago so it should be good for now.

96GLEvergreen's 1965 Chevrolet Van

I just had the starter rebuilt too.

96GLEvergreen's 1965 Chevrolet Van

Yes, its automatic. This was half the reason I bought it at the time because I couldn't drive standard. You can see how the guy drilled out pilot holes for the gears. I have to hand it to the guy, I thought this was a pretty clever idea and it works fine. I recently found a parts van locally that I'll be pulling the clutch linkage, steering column, etc. out of to convert it back to three on the tree.

Future Mods:

Clifford Dual Carb Intake

Clifford Split Exhaust Manifolds

Mr. Gasket Rake Kit

Sunpro Retro Gauge Tri-pack (Volts, Oil, Water)

Moon Foot Pedal

Moon Steering Wheel

Radir Tri-Rib Wheels

No Window Doors (passenger side) 

 

 

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OxBloodBean  

Posted by: OxBloodBean

05/30/2009 11:25AM

hey man, glad to see the sin bin rolling again! i got the new wheel shots up! page 7.

bigmac1420  

Posted by: bigmac1420

04/16/2009 03:39PM

I just got a parts van compleat. need any parts.

royster  

Posted by: royster

03/08/2009 04:24PM

Sweet Ride Man!!! It looks like it would be a blast to drive, I really love the Older Style Vans, they just look so cool! Keep up the good work bro! gave you 5*****

Brendan78  

Posted by: Brendan78

03/02/2009 04:34PM

i was thinking about what you said, and will prolly work with the 300 for now. do you know where i can get performance parts for that? please let me know thanks.

scottbowen  

Posted by: scottbowen

02/28/2009 04:38PM

Keep us up to date. Five stars!

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Vehicle Owner

Member ID: 96GLEvergreen

Location: Alburtis, PA