New project: Econoline

[madmax]

Hey everybody!



Picked up an old Econoline van the other day for just about nothing and decided to insure it for $10 a month to haul stuff around.

Call me crazy but I kind of like the thing. It's got cool little wheels, and is a delivery van, so no side windows, a cage, and side-opening doors with a step. I'm having a hard time finding a picture of the particular body style.

I'd like to fix the thing up using junkyard parts. There must be "upgrades" I can find for the thing from "newer" cars out there. I'd even like to experiment with a junkyard turbo or something. I mean, what the hell? If I sink $500 into it, the experience of "building" a car myself would be pretty cool. And it'd probably be pretty reliable.

Anyone have any experience with this kind of thing (van)? I feel dirty.