1993 Ford Club Wagon (Juanita born again)

[rvpopeye]

Ohhhh a machinist sounds expen$ive!
I might be wrong but it's possible that those pieces could come from other vans of the same make and close years.?. Keep looking if they don't have the right ones.
Junk yard dogs , err employees are usually pretty good at knowing what will fit and how to "improvise" BTDT!

 

[AbuelaLoca]

Was going to go to the junk yard this Monday when my son-in-law could go with me, but it just occurred to me that Monday is a holiday, so will probably have to wait a week.

I did get a little more done today on the floor thanks to some real manual labor!!



This last piece was a booger, but mostly because we were all pretty worn out by then!



But she's looking good!



This is the right side:



And this is the "elephant on the left" side:



It will be interesting to see how I finally solve this really big, really ugly, octopus looking monstrosity!! 

 

[GotSmart]

Try calling this place.  

K&M Auto Salvage.
573~474~2097.

4901 Wyatt Lane
Columbia MO

I think you will like the owner. She has an attitude also.  

 

[AbuelaLoca]

LOL... I tried K&M, nothing as old as my van! I've tried a ton and Chuck's is the first to have a couple of "vans like that" in the yard! Luckily the things I want and need are not really "year specific". The tail light lens is year specific and the only one I can find is from Ford and it's $100. Yee haw LOL

 

[GotSmart]

LOL... I tried K&M, nothing as old as my van! I've tried a ton and Chuck's  is the first to have a couple of "vans like that" in the yard! Luckily the things I want and need are not really "year specific". The tail light lens is year specific and the only one I can find is from Ford and it's $100. Yee haw LOL

http://www.rockauto.com/en/catalog/ford,1993,e-250,5.0l+v8,1408979,body,tail+lamp+assembly,807

 

[AbuelaLoca]

Holy crap, by george, I think that's it!!!

 

[AbuelaLoca]

Had a wonderful morning at Chuck's Auto Salvage!!



Juanita is on the far right!



We managed to get the striker plates I needed, a passenger side mirror (that I kept forgetting I needed), some weird piece for one of the doors to keep it from flying open, and a set of rain guards that may or may not work (and another set for a pickup) for $50.

Then... we went to the car wash... holy cow, batman!!



Three windows were leaking... one a little (this one)



And one a whole, whole, bunch (this one)!!!

A friend of a friend of a friend was at my daughter's tonight and he said the windows are bolted on, so it will be pretty simple to unbolt, reseal and then rebolt them back on... Simple... Yup, that's about how I feel just thinking about it LOL

 

[waldenbound]

Poor Juanita, hope you can get the leaks fixed.

 

[rvpopeye]

Sounds like a good day!

 

[sephson]

Having just noticed the name of your rig, I was reminded of this Ray Stevens song:


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Hopefully you'll at least get a chuckle out of it.

 

[AbuelaLoca]

Chuckle my ass... I think I woke the girls up laughing so hard!!!! Hmmm.... What I hear you saying, though, is to get her a social security card!!! LOL

 

[Rlmarsh1108]

And a birth certificate

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[AbuelaLoca]

My son-in-law got the striker plates on and a few more bolts removed from the floor. When doing the striker plates, he noticed that the whole latch assembly was bent up, so have to go get one of those from the junkyard... and they also removed the latch cables at some point, so had to order those today. The important part is that the doors are latched shut and will not accidentally fly open while I'm speeding down the highway (or rambling on a side road)!

On a GREAT note, though, I will be taking her camping this weekend!! I'm so freakin' excited!!

 

[Queen]

On a GREAT note, though, I will be taking her camping this weekend!! I'm so freakin' excited!!

SWEET!!!!  Hope you have a blast!!

 

[highdesertranger]

that's the best news, congrats. let us know how it goes. highdesertranger

 

[AbuelaLoca]

I have to drive the van to work tonight because everyone is working late and I have to go in early, so I went to pick her up and I couldn't resist taking a picture of the mess! She ain't quite right for camping yet!! That is my bed, though, so I will sleep well! Ha

 

[Gary68]

the dirty little secret of vandwelling is all you really need is a soft place to sleep,the first van i lived in was a 68 chevy with a queen bed in the back, a cooler and a grate out of an oven to cook on but that was when i was a youngin and not smart/dumb enough to worry

 

[rvpopeye]

I think it's more than ready.
All you really need is a sleeping bag/blankets and some peanut butter , jelly ,loaf of bread and a knife.

 

[Queen]

As I've related here before, my post high school graduation camping weekend consisted of us forgetting the vast majority of the food, so we had gin and tang for our meals, and plain gin the rest of the time. you are good to go!!

 

[waldenbound]

Have a good time camping. You'll really get a clearer picture of what you need to tweak.