GoLucky
HalfDork
1/13/25 12:10 p.m.
Not much in the way of progress on the project. It did start right up after sitting for 5 ish weeks. This weekend was the start of mini ramp assembly in my friends garage. Right now this van is keeping snow off of a large patch of my driveway. Speaking of snow, this seems like a good time to introduce another one of my bikes. The Stache
I have had this for years and I have held onto it for the winter riding. It's a 29+ bike (3" wide tires) so it has enough footprint to do fat bike type things without the fat bike handling feeling. My plan to escape winter this year has not survived contact with reality so I am going out and riding the Stache to preserve my sanity.
GoLucky
HalfDork
5/12/25 11:03 p.m.
The next adventures of this cool van are with someone else at the wheel. The last several months it has been used to camp, haul and transport. Ultimately, my household has only 1 3/4 people who can drive this van in relative comfort and we have another van (or 3) that everyone can operate. Farewell and thanks for all the good times. Enjoy your continuing journey with a new owner. 
buzzboy
UltraDork
5/13/25 8:19 a.m.
Goodbye van, long live your next journey!
I'm glad you bumped this thread. I love the color on this van and tried to buy the paint. And it's unavailable from ACE now... boo
GoLucky
HalfDork
5/13/25 10:58 a.m.
In reply to buzzboy :
Oh No! I am planning to do another van the same color, I need to see if my local Ace has any on the shelf still not sure how much I've got left.
buzzboy
UltraDork
5/14/25 8:45 a.m.
I found a Krylon Rust Tough tintable base from Lowes. I'm hoping it's a similar enough paint and hoping I can get that color. It sucks that Ace still has all the other colors but not the one I need.
Man, it seems like I've been spending a lot of time on the forum lately catching up on old threads only to find they only got updated because they were sold.
I like going through your threads because I have the same vintage Husky tool set I bought new when I was 12. Although I frequently lament how much of said set is now missing 30+ years later.
That "wide one" van gave me flashbacks to when I was working in the restoration shop. The shop owner rented a normal white van to pickup something across the country. On the way back he hit a deer bending the bumper and smashing that filler panel under the headlight and didn't have the walk-away insurance for it. So he extended the rental and we fixed the bent stuff and resprayed it before returning it without them ever knowing. I thank you for reminding me of that story.
GoLucky
HalfDork
5/14/25 12:52 p.m.
In reply to buzzboy :
My local Ace has it still!
maybe check a reasonable area. I am planning to go there on my lunch and pick up a gallon. I'm not sure about shipping paint, otherwise I'd offer that.
GoLucky
HalfDork
5/14/25 12:54 p.m.
In reply to Crackers (Forum Supporter) :
Great story!
Those Husky tools are one of the few things I have to show for quite a bit of credit card debt when I was younger.
In reply to GoLucky :
That set is the result of my first paid solo engine R&R with the aforementioned shop owners tools, so it's safe to say they have a high sentimental value. Someday I hope to fill in the missing pieces via eBay.
Local Ace had one gallon and two quarts left. 
I bought them all. Big thanks to buzzboy for the heads up! I'm looking forward to another big green van in my life.