1st Gen Lunchtable Thread - General Discussion

Gimme 2yrs and I'm opening a shop in VA, I grew up on the east coast and am moving back for work and family

 

here's a van story for ya...

 

Yup. I've been a power equipment parts service sales guy for most of my life. But went to school for industrial electrical automation maintenance .. that coupled with a paranoia of the modern world and a desire to have a homestead of 100% self sufficiency makes it so I've got an eclectic collection of skills lol

 

Im actually about to consolidate. Have a 9 yr old who has been with me for 4 years. His mom moved to florida and she has been costing me 15k a year in legal fees forever and my son wants to live there now cause she got a big ass house on the water so im like fuck it. Im about to x the lawyer and move back to the west coast or upstate ny and live simple.

 

Holy fucking shitsnacks batman!

 

Isnt much i wont do for 6 figures

 

How's that new project coming?

 

More like I didn’t wanna deal with carb so i let it go.

that van needed way more work then i knew what to do with it. Its at a better home now. Next van will be new off the lot

 

Wait, so it was a vandweller story????? Im totally down with that but just fucking w you!

 

My old van. Never could get it to run good enough to pass smog. So i gave it to another guy that has the same van. He had to replace everything on the emission system. Ans i think they are still giving him shit about getting it registered
https://www.tacomaworld.com/threads/1987-toyoda-van-build.605758/

 

That is a good buy! Toyota van is the deal! weird as shit to drive but cool! The end of the story reminds me of a van that got left in the african desert and got stripped for everything of value. My excitement turned to despair by the end. Good story though!!!!!! Have you ever seen lord of war? When the plane gets stripped? lol

 

It was in really ruff shape when i got it. I did alot of cleaning and work on it. At one point someone cut out a shit ton of wiring harness that took me for every to repair.

if i could of gotten it smogged i would of kept it

 

Cue up @BartMaster1234 posting a pic of that awkward moment when Miguel was pondering his decision to buy the van

 

Ayo dawg... that's not good

 

Yumm QT - I go erryday lol
No it's fabric'ed

 

@BartMaster1234 woulda had that thing gettin some bootleg smog test in fresno and @Sperrunner woulda been on his way.

 

I wonder where that kid ended up?

 

It was coolant - freeze plug popped out.
Got one of those universal expansion plugs put in tonight and so far it's holding. We'll see though... I had to modify it to fit deeper because it kept popping out as I got to the end of tightening it.

Literally had to refill the entire system too so I'm wondering how long I was actually driving with no coolant lol.

 

What about when I put his transmission in for him