Today was a good day.

Finally set out and got our van home. The drive out there was a mission but when we got there it was totally worth it. Asking price for the van? $400. We tried bargaining a little but that got us nowhere. Me and the team were able to get it down to $340 and the guy finally agreed. Thats $60 bucks saved that could go towards the van. Better than nothing right?! With that settled we began working at the hard part. Getting this baby on the trailer. After putting some air in the wheels, popped it into neutral, and pushed it into the street and onto the trailer. Gotta admit after seeing the van for a second time today I noticed that it wasn't in as bad condition as we first thought.


Phil putting on the straps while David pretends to drive the van.


Before we got back on the road, we stopped to grub and double checked to make sure the van wasn't going anywhere.


Phil checking out the view from the drivers seat! Too bad the windshield is filthy.


Once we got home. Wondering what we got ourselves into.


My favorite part of the van? Easy.. The lights!


Seats are junk but the dash is pretty solid. Check out that neato heater box in the bottom. Oh and that thing in between the seats is the engine.


Here's the engine! Not to shabby if you ask me. It looks extremely well for being close to a 50 year old car. But then again, what do I know.


Maybe this has something to do with it. Odometer says it has close to 47,000 miles on it! I wonder if its correct. We might have found ourselves a diamond in the rough.

Overall I'm glad we didn't encounter any problems getting the van home. Tomorrow we'll inspect it and see how extensive our work will be. We'll also start stripping out all the unessesary junk. Im sure the pictures might seem like junk to you but we got big plans for big betty. Stay tuned for more details! But for now i'm outies. Catch ya'll tomorrow!