1957 Gerstenslager High School Shop Build

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AWM

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This is how I found this 57 step van its a former postal service van

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t it wasn't upside down

here we are tearing it down
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stripped the chassis down and started installing the IFS and figuring out engine and trans locations
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We are using a crown vic front and lincoln rear
the IRS should keep up from cutting the floor
I still want to use this as a van and not have to step over a hump in the cargo area
 
We plan on doing some clean and touch up on the paint but leave most of it alone
We have a little structure to fix.
Here is a place we cleaned and buffed on the old paint 65F199EF-BE7F-4173-951E-8FC1E0030CF8.jpg
 
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Don’t know why my pic from the phone are rotated wrong.
This is how it naturally rusted on the side of the van
 
Anthony M ....... you may be correct
Forgot that some how. No wonder I wasn’t able to post stuff for a year or so
 
Wonder if the boss man here can fix my boo boo
I totally forgot the user name. My computer died that I was automatically logged on to And for some reason I had this other account under awm but never finished filling out my info
Too many paint fumes, and way too many names and passwords to remember I guess
 

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