Howdy all, it's been a while but here I am, back again.
As some of you might know, I relocated from Ontario to the Yukon; the sad part is that my van is in storage in Ontario. I will likely go and get next summer and drive from Ontario to the Yukon.........can anyone say: "ROADTRIP"!!!!!
There aren't too many chev vans here......I've seen maybe 4 shortboxes, the rest full size and barely done up at all. There are many cool trucks here though. There is no emissions testing in the Yukon so you can pretty much drive what you want. Also, this town is small so you can get away with driving a big boat, (if you want to), and all in all, the extra gas isn't so bad. This really is the place to drive a classic. Also, they do not use salt on the roads in the winter time so the bodies will last quite a bit longer here; It's also pretty dry here too.
There is a once loved rusty old shortbox a few blocks away from me with all of the fixings to build a sweet van. It's got the old school grille , port hole windows , louvers , the windshield valiance , busted up flares (can be repaired with TLC ) , It even has a rear roof rack with chevy bow ties cut out of the metal , I don't think that's an after market rack. I'd like to talk to the owner and see if I can get him to let me go at it for a day, removing the pieces to build a new one.........you never know unless you try. I'd be sad if it was towed away to the scrap yard :(
I think I may need to re-name this blog: "Miss my Chevy Van". ;)
So get this, FORD 's 2010 Mustang seems to have a similar paint job as mine!?!?!@#?!??##??
They stole it from me, I was first, you're all my witnesses!!
Check it out:
I got a good deal on a '97 Mazda MPV with 4wheel drive at the click of a button so that's what I'm currently in. I had planned to, once again, do the $50 paint job on it but, I lost my mojo for it all. I even did a walk around 'before' video and everything!! I went out to Canadian Tire, I bought everything for the project but when it came down to it, I just didn't care to do it.........It's just not a Chevy van.........there's just no passion in it.....sob! .....sob! I need my van back. So I returned all of the supplies except for the fact that I lost one receipt. Well, my goodness!!! I bought the paint weeks in advance because it was on sale and somehow, lost the receipt. They would not take it back, they wouldn't even give me store credit. Despite the fact that I had all the fixings for a paint project , they would not take it back without a receipt. I even told them that this was a let down and that I chose them over Walmart who is located right beside them and who has a no fuss return policy.....still wouldn't take it back!!! GEEEEEZZZUUSSSS CRISTO!!!!!!!!! Finally, I found the purchase on my Canadian Tire MasterCard and finally, the manager ok'd the return. This was like pulling teeth, I tell ya!!!
So, what is the fate of this blog????? I can't say......I've got no vans to work right now. These days I am in to kite flying and I'm now tinkering with building kites. I want to work up to being able to build 3D kites.
I am also very in to RC ornithopters at the moment. I brake them, I re-build them, and then I brake them again......it's really a labour of love but at last, I have rounded the learning curve and am now able to fly them with face planting them in to the ground and losing hours a day rebuilding them.
Maybe I will start showing you guys my ornithopter projects for a while.....with the odd kite project in there too??
Anywho, that's it for now.........
Oh, if you like my blog, feel free to click around....especially on those links on the right side of the page, they will take you to cool sites. The more you click, the happier I am!! :)
I live you with a somewhat older video of my homemade wings for my Thunder Roc P2 Cybird clone . I don't fly this particular bird anymore , I've moved on to bigger and better things....
