Blasts from the past...

[Uncle Todo]

My sisters and I have been going through and reminiscing old family photos and came across this one, figured a good one to share here.
This was before my time, about '67 or so.


If you got any blasts from the past pics, post em up!

 

[Cammalu]

Great photo!!!

 

[Random Painted Highway]

That is vintage cool!  Thanks for sharing!

 

[nature lover]

I love to own that vehicle in that shape right now. I’d sell it and buy a really nice rig.

 

[Uncle Todo]

Ha, that's the 1st thing I thought of, a vintage VW bus in that condition today? Cha Ching!!

 

[Freelander]

Believe it or not I bought a VW bus years ago that has a 341 Hemi out of a 57 DeSoto in it. Yea it looked like hack the Butcher installed it.

 

[JohnnyM]

Whoa Freelander -- ^^^^^

Oh man that Hemi would take up an awful lot of room in that little bitty thing. Did it have a DeSoto transmission and then a driveshaft and a regular differential? I'd love to see that mess.

I have a friend who built one up using a Buick V6, installed mid-drive with a short driveshaft. It was a fairly neat installation, but it took up the whole back half of the van LOL --

Johnny

 

[bullfrog]

Late in the game there were several that used a complete front wheel drive K cradle and drive train with a round front radiator mounted like a spare tire that used pipe under the bus front to back for the coolant.

 

[Freelander]

Whoa Freelander -- ^^^^^

Oh man that Hemi would take up an awful lot of room in that little bitty thing. Did it have a DeSoto transmission and then a driveshaft and a regular differential? I'd love to see that mess.

I have a friend who built one up using a Buick V6, installed mid-drive with a short driveshaft. It was a fairly neat installation, but it took up the whole back half of the van LOL  --

Johnny

They just cut a hole in the middle of the floor, mounted the motor, and DeSoto 2 speed tranny, used the DeSoto rear axle, the drive shaft was a couple of inches long.

Yep it was a real hack job.

I heard reports of this thing doing Wheelies down the main drag in town.