New from South Texas

[joetx]

New here, I'm an old hot rodder and have a personal hot rod shop in Falfurrias, Tx. Always liked the old Trans vans and just picked up a '97 Chevy. It's a G30 with a single wheel rear axle. It need some help but was cheap and running. 350/350 trans. Put in a fuel pump and got it running. Motor doesn't sound to bad, time will tell, but for $900 and a clear title, couldn't pass it up. Was originally from Oklahoma. No serious rust at all, but has had a leak where the rear body meets the part that goes over the van cab. P.O. used silicone to seal it. At this point, I don't know if he succeeded or not. Need to check, however, I would like to repair it correctly or more permanent.

Planning on re-doing it on the inside and have stripped most of the inside except for the rear kitchen/closet area. Will leave that as is. Pulled off all the awful shag carpet and once I repair the leak, want to replace the needed plywood inside to start the restoration. 

Need some help, ideas, with repairing the leaking area. Then more help on the rest of it. Here's a few pictures of what I'm working with. Thanks, Joe.

 

[cyndi]

Joetx! Welcome to the CRVL forums!

Those trasvans are so cool. I looked at a few of them myself when I was shopping

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[MrNoodly]

Wow, that's going to be a project.

As for the roof leak, silicone doesn't like UV rays. I'd dig it all out and then use something like a marine sealant with high UV resistance.

 

[highdesertranger]

wow a350trans in a 1 ton I have never seen that before. I thought the 350 was long gone by 1997. highdesertranger

 

[joetx]

Had a motor/trans replacement at one time according to the P.O. Will know more about it later.

 

[joetx]

Highdesertranger, you go me to thinking. You're right, the electronic OD came in late '93 and all were electronic by '94. Well, I made a mistake, I transposed the 9 and the 7....my van is a 1979 and not a '97, thus, 350 trans. Sorry, Joe.

 

[txmnjim]

whatever year it is, you got a dang good deal. a little work and she will be sweet!
good luck with your project. not sure how south you are, but i would sure like to make
it back to Port Isabel some winter...
jim