Down On The Mile High Street: 1966 Dodge A100 Sportsman
It just occurred to me that my own A100 Hell Project hasn’t been featured on Whatever I’m Calling The Series Of Photographs Of Old Street-Parked Vehicles These Days. It’s a total nightmare to drive in...
View ArticleDodge A100 Hell Project: You Want Luxury? Here’s Luxury!
These days, we’ve got endless choices in plush, comfy trucks. Back when my 1966 Dodge A100 project van was built, the top trim level of the A100 was the Sportsman Custom, and that was one of your few...
View ArticleCarburetor Bad, Fuel Injection Good: Custom Dodge Van Donates EFI System To...
I’ve been driving the A100 Hell Project around with its horrible-at-best Carter BBD carburetor (which Chrysler almost certainly chose because it was 18 cents cheaper than a Holley), and every time it...
View ArticleA Little Help From Hooniverse: Leaky Van Window Fixed With Long-Distance...
The A100 Hell Project really isn’t very hellish, since the van is rust-free and still has most of its tough-to-find trim parts. However, the list of really irritating minor problems that must be...
View ArticleA100 Hell Project: Red Metalflake Naugahyde… or Reproduction Dart GT Vinyl?
As the 1966 Dodge A100 Hell Project progresses (slowly), I’m finally at the point at which T-shirts and towels draped over the trashed seats— nuked by over a decade of outdoor storage in the Colorado...
View ArticleA100 Hell Project: Finally, the Right Tachometer
The thing about my ’66 Dodge A100 van project that makes it a challenge is that I’m going for an early 1970s customization job, not the far easier late 1970s routine. My van won’t have Aztecs On Mars...
View ArticleJunkyard Jackpot: The Missing Pieces For the A100 Hell Project Puzzle
My 1966 Dodge A100 Hell Project has been in semi-hibernation since the summer, but now it has a rebuilt front end and I’m ready to get back into turning it into the 8-track-equipped custom van of my...
View ArticleDenver Alley Scavengers Scrap-Maddened By Torqueflite Visible In Yard,...
These days, with scrappers paying $240/ton (the going rate in Denver; I hear it’s similar elsewhere) for cars and steel car parts, we’ve seen an explosion in the numbers of guys cruising around in...
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