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Good Day, Does anyone have any interest in Step-Vans? I have a fondness for them myself and would enjoy interacting with anyone who may share my interest. I have five half tons and one three quarter ton as well as a number of the larger sized ones. I currently drive a 1990 2wd Jimmy as a daily driver but I plan to sell it and outfit one of my Step-Vans for daily use, The one that I will be driving has an aluminum body with a 250 inline six and a 350 transmission, I plan to leave the stock drivetrain in place. Given the 102 inch wheelbase it should be a fun little truck. I would value any thoughts on the subject. Best Regards, Eddie Wood

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post up some pics, i like all kinds of trucks and cars...

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Good Morning, I will post some photos as soon as possible. I too like all sorts of vehicles. I really like odd vehicles such as old Cab-Overs and delivery trucks. I have a rather unique truck that I would like to someday build, It is an old National Linen Service truck (1968) with an all aluminum body that looks like an old armored car that has been chopped because the entire body is only about three and a half feet high, The windsheild is only about 12 inches high (stock) and the roof which was designed to carry a load has (aluminum) studs that are about a foot apart. It would be a nice veiwing platform for racing or an elevated patio. The only area that is not aluminum is the cowl which in this case is a 1968 Ford F500, but given the fact that I lean more toward GM I would replace the cowl with one from an older C60 School Bus which would allow the use of a front clip from a 67/72 C10. All that would be needed to complete the transformation would be a C30 chassis. Best Regards, Eddie Wood

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^^^^^ Now i'm really curious, i will be watching for these pics for sure.

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Good Day All...Here are some photographs of a few of my trucks. For those of you who are wholly interested in GM products, please excuse my posting photographs of a Ford. My plans for the laundry truck involve a late sixtys C60 School Bus Cowl, a 67/72 C10 front clip and a C30 chassis. I plan to clean up the white P10 and repair a small area on the drivers side quarter panel then I will get a nice set of rims and use it as my daily driver. The P30 Step-van will be converted into an extended cab pickup. The photographs are less than perfect but I have several of my trucks packed bumper to bumper and that makes it rather difficult to get clear photographs. Best Regards. Eddie Wood

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Eddie, I'm currently looking for a p10. I found a bunch of articles for these rare step vans on the HAMB

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Good Morning BGRAFX...Thank you for refering me to HAMB, That website is indeed a goldmine. I wish that you were closer to me as I have a solid 1968 P10 that you might find interesting. Some time ago TRUCKIN' magazine did a feature on an identical van as my 68....The van was named Breadsled. I am going to build my aluminum P10 which is a 1973 model. and I have no plans on building the 68. Best Regards, Eddie Wood

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I remember the bread sled. Made by CleanCutCreation in St.Loius, MO That thing is sweet! Its started out white with maroon graphics then they customized it to the silver with flames that made it in to the magazine. They also made the SnowSled icecream truck and used it to sell goodies at car shows.
There are a handful of cool stepvan ice cream trucks running around.

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very cool trucks Eddie! love the Ford!! Please keep us posted on your builds!

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Here another one that has been in a couple of magazines.

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couple more..

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i know its not particularly the style you guys may like, but, i always liked the detail to paint in this one...

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I talked to a local guy about this grumman but he would sell.

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I know it's not a Chevy but i am putting a Chevy in it!

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That is a sweet little stepvan keep us posted on the build. Here is a whole fleet of chevys for sale.

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Sweet Keep us posted Cartoon has a sweet ride done up he takes to the car shows in LA

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I love the little 1/2 tons
I want one.
Nice pics!!
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Lots of info and pics here...

http://66.154.44.164/forum/showthread.php?t=282902

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There are a couple of online places to buy them, but the older models are hard to come by. Stepvans.com
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What is that truck in the first three pictures? It looks too cool.

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Good Day Chisnk, That is a 1968 National Linen Service Truck. Every inch of it is aluminum except for the cowl. I was going to make an odd rod out of it but I have changed my mind as I am not blessed with time. One could put most any make or model of front clip on it or frame under it or just drive it as is. Best Regards, Eddie Wood

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Hey guys. We have some major stepvan love here at RPM Transmissions. This is one of our shop trucks. Its a short/short P10, 250 I6 with an RPM fully micropolished 3 speed manual trans. Its got Air Ride Technologies with E3 controller, tubular a-arms upper and lower and trailing arms sitting on Coy 18x7 and 18x11 rims. And a big ass train horn!

http://i1182.photobucket.com/albums/...nicedreams.jpg

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Very Nice, can you post suspension pix
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I'll see if we've got some good ones.

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i am very interested in trying to find a p10 step van . if anyone knows of any please pm me . I will travel to p/u

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Too bad the mail doesn't show up in these.
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e mail me @ daddyjamea843@yahoo.com i know were ther is a p10 in s.c. that has a new motor in it runs and drive grat $2500

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Thanks for opening my eyes to step vans. Those were pretty cool. But what does the inside look like???????

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Kinda like the inside of a U-Haul truck, nothing unless you put something in it.

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i have over a 130 pic of mine inside and out hear is thr link


http://www.facebook.com/#!/album.php...00000087443772

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^^ If you have a Facebook account...

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yea sorry i did not know you had to have a facebook acount to look at pic

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Sorry, I re-read that and it kinda sounded rude, didn't mean it that way. Was just sayin is all.

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Hey James, post a few pics of what the outside looks like!

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Man I love all the Step van pictures. I acquired my step van about a year ago and I absolutely love it. It's a 1991 GMC Utilimaster with a 6.2 liter diesel. I've been slowly converting it into an RV/daily driver.
So far I put some pretty big RV windows in it (they're also emergency exits) and changed the headlights to Freight-liner style headlights and put led tail lights in her. I also picked up a bench style seat that folds into a bed, put all new wood in the rear and picked up two comfy bucket seats.
I'm thinking about installing a front axle and making it into a 4x4. It doesn't look too hard.
Whatcha Think???

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What axle would you put under it, would you lift it or just leave it the same height?

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I have seen multiple photoshopped versions of yours on other forums, now I wish I wouls have saved them for ya. Heck, you might already have them....

Any videos of it by chance?

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I'm thinking of lifting it, actually I might have to just lift the rear. If I just throw in a front axle...it looks like it would automatically be lifted because of the the bend in the current setup..I'm not sure what axle I'd put in it....I have a half ton axle, but don't know if that would be heavy duty enough???.Take a look.
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