Project Details:

David, Phil and Josh are three guys that have a dream of restoring a 1961 Ford Econoline Van (A.K.A. Betty) in time to travel to the 2010 Cochella Music Festival and camp next to their dream van. They quickly dismissed their dream when they realized that funding the project would be impossible given their current financial situations. I suggested that they ask for help by accepting donations from friends and family, in return they will track their restoration progress for everyone to enjoy. If you've ever had a dream project that you wanted to undertake with your best friends, then you can certainly relate. Read our blog, comment our posts, and put on your seatbelts cause its gonna be one hell of a bumpy ride. Please do your part in helping these guys accomplish their dream by making a contribution through the Paypal donate button located at the bottom of this page.

Any contribution and I mean ANYTHING will be of huge help. Thanks!

Sunday, February 28, 2010

Junkyard

So instead of fixing up the back windows as we originally planned. We found a junker van in Anaheim thanks to a tip off from a van group i found online. Who would've ever thought there would be a group dedicated to these suckers. Thanks to the group we found an original set of rear doors. The doors are from a 64 econoline just like Betty. We wanted to get rid of the after market windows it had. Not to shabby for 36 bucks a pop. Also found a front bumper for $90 in really good condition. Just needs a lil chroming. That was a little pricier but we made the sacrifice after realizing we werent going to find another one cheaper.

Old doors off! Check out the new doors with factory windows =)

New bumpa.... Nice and straight!
Plans for this week is to weld up all the windows and start prepping the body for paint. Oh and not to mention Phill still needs to see if the engine is good. We cant push the van all the way to Coachella!
We need you're help!!! LETS FIX BETTY!!