First Wash in 30 Years: BIOHAZARD Ford Camper Van! | Car Detailing Restoration
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First Wash in 30 Years: BIOHAZARD Ford Camper Van! | Car Detailing Restoration Today, we tackle the interior & exterior of an ABANDONED BIOHAZARD Ford Camper Van that is covered in dirt, moss, mold and debris that hasn't been detailed in years that will require us to pressure wash the entire exterior, followed by a wash, clay bar and then polishing the paint to bring back its shine and a full interior detail including mold removal, then surprise the owner! If you find our videos satisfying or motivating make sure you hit subscribe! #barnfind #carcleaning #detailing #cleaning #restoration
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That magic question of if you do restore it please bring it by the shop. Hope to see some vehicles from previous videos come back to the shop or at least a quick video to show what they look like after being restored.
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On my 16th birthday I went to the DMV to take my driving test to get my license.
I drove my Dad's 1970 Ford Econoline 300.
A 1 ton van with no power steering or power brakes.
The instructor took me to what looked to be the smallest street in our city and told me to execute a K turn.
I was able to do it and we headed back DMV and I got my license !
The following summer on our family vacation I drove that van from Los Angeles to Yellowstone across to Ohio then down to Texas and back home in 30 days. With all the side trips we put over 8,000 miles and I drove it 29 of the 30 days while my younger brother read the map so we wouldn't get lost. We kept that van for 34 years and then one of our neighbors bought it.
Huge balls 😅
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thank you for sharing this! lovely story
I can say with a certain amount of confidence that if it was not for TH-cam - such vehicles would never be saved. It's only because content can be made - that we see such beauties being saved and given a second life! So THANK YOU TH-cam for allowing creators such as WD Detailing to do what they do!
This is the type of vehicle we would like to see go through the full restoration process. You hit it with the initial cleaning, then off to get the engine fixed and then interior repair, finally back to you for the final prep for showroom level showing!
Now this, ladies and gentlemen, is what its all about! Hope a lot more vans will be shown in the future. Give Mike a payraise for being a gentle van guy! That shows a real man! Also, what a neat cute van! and the color! love it!
When I first saw it in the woods I said "Mystery Machine"
I've camped in VW Buses, tow-behind trailers, a covered wagon, and out underneath the stars. This van deserves a second chance. It turned out much better than I thought. I've cleaned up a lot of vintage tow-behind campers, VW campers and old cars. Always very satisfying. Keep up the good work. I just might have a vehicle for you to tackle. We'll see.
Completely gut it and start over nice to see these old vans come back to life 😊
I can’t wait for the video every week. I’m from the Netherlands and we were on vacation with a campervan in ‘22. We love the freedom and easy travel.
Kudos to WD for taking on this challenge - it’s amazing how this van cleaned up
My Dad and Mom bought a brand new Ford Econoline 500, white with red interior in the late 60's. Dad did his own camper van modifications, when I graduated from college, I flew to Florida to meet up with the parents, and we drove the Ford up through the Blue Ridge Mountains to Vermont enjoying the camping mode!
Do you still have it
Looks like a real actual mystery machine van 😂
Finally someone said it
the mystery machine is a Ford Econoline van
Lets go Camping boys 🏕
Lets go!!
Definitely hands down one of my favorite details, can't imagine what the floor pan would've looked like if the carpet and wood wasn't existent, definitely a sign to restore it and get it back on the road ❤🎉
My grandfather had one of these! Same color but with a white roof, if I remember correctly. I remember driving from Long Island to Florida with him and Grandma when I was about 3 or 4. Later on my father used it as an HVAC service vehicle. Today, as an electrical contractor, I have a ‘99 Econoline Club Wagon 15 passenger van with the seats removed. Great vehicles.
Hocking Hills is great to camp at. My best memories from tent camping when I was a troop leader, was cooking and eating food cooked over an open fire. Then later, just sitting around the fire with friends, enjoying “beverages”, to the wee hours.
We used to camp hocking hills, salt fork, and on American electric powers property where big muskie had been. The loudonville/
Mohican area is also very nice.
My family started out in tents with a Chevy van similar to this. We kept upgrading as my parents could first to a tent trailer, then a full size travel trailer, and then a nice big boat. All with that van that My dad had to rebuild the engine on twice in its lifetime. My favorite part is the evolution of what we could do. It was so much fun in summer when I was a kid. Each of us kids got a full row of seats to our own, and the family traveled the entire west coast of North America.
My favorite and I didn’t think that was possible because so many before this have blown me away. I was 15 in 1970 and remember riding in the vans with friends and neighbors. Good times! Thank you, thank you!
Now I'm not normally a fan of wood panelling, but if the owner ever does a full restoration, I think walnut panelling as a reference to it's legacy would be pretty cool
The Ford camper van looks great! Well done.
My dad was a cabinet maker by trade. As a child in the 70's my dad always had vans and he would customize the back for camping. We spent so much time in the summer traveling New England with family and friends. It was an amazing experience.
When I was a kid back in the 70's, my grandpa had a 1969 Econoline similar to this one. It was our fishing/hunting van. He bought it in 1973 I believe. The year I was born. He had it until 2010 when he was diagnosed with leukemia. There are so many memories I have of this van.
15:51 NOW THAT WAS NEAT to see on a vehicle that old. I would not have EVER thought that option was available back then. Excellent!
Very satisfying!! I love old Fords. Sure hope he restores it. It would be a fun one!!
Man, what a job. Although this van should have gone to a junkyard 20 or 30 years ago, hopefully the owner can breathe some new life into it. The definition of a labor of love.
Wow the memories that van-camper brings back for us guys who grew up in the late 60's through the late 70's. There were so many van customizing shops around like Startruck in Transfer Pa. You could have anything from a cruiser to a camper.
I have spent many weeks in the outdoors camping. The best thing is being in the outdoors with all of the fresh air and rain and sunshine 🌞
Had been camping since the late 1950s! Started with a Nash Rambled and a tent. Worked up to Class C mini. Than - my son bought na converted 68 Chevy. He went in the Air Force and left it in our woods. I decided to revive it in the mid 80s. A trash bag full of black walnuts!!! Tires full of water. Got it going and used it till the late 1990s. It was the old reliable when the family needed a ride. Sold it to a kid who had one that had not been converted. Strange body type on ours. Just two front doors and the rear double doors. No side entry. Lived in Farmersville, Ohio.
We owned a Ford Econoline when I was growing up. We took it camping several times. Lots of memories with this episode. Great work!
A big shout-out to whoever sent the pictures of this van. My uncle David had one and it was an 11 passenger. These often had a slide-out step under the main passenger entrance door. This van means so much to me.
For me this was the best clean yet and the most satisfying to watch, Great Job!!!
The Mystery Machine was the first thing that op-ed into my head when I first saw the van! I grew up with a family cabin, so I didn’t go camping until I was an adult. The last time I went camping I had emergency surgery and decided to go anyway. I was glad I did because I was still able to enjoy my time with the people I was with. I couldn’t swim, but I took a floaty and was able to enjoy the water that way…I just had fun hanging out around the cam fire, making smores, and singing worship songs.
Yes
yall did yalls BIG ONE ON THIS ONE!! HANDS DOWN!!!! I would love to see the Restoration on this One!!!
Great job I have a 71 Chevy C10 that looks like that did been sitting in my yard for 13 years and sit in my inlawly house for at less 12 years before I got it home. Love these videos you do. Keep them coming
Sitting since 1994. 1994 was a great year.
This van looks like a meth house for squirrels
😂
I'm not sure what part of Ohio you're in, but if you don't have an aversion to driving a few hours, just across the state line in southwest PA is a small town called Ohiopyle where you can go camping AND get a guided white water rafting trip down the Lower Youghiogheny River that has some decent rapids in the early summer. Our church youth group made it on the brochure for the White Water Adventurers Inc rafting tour company that's right on the river in Ohiopyle. That was back in the late 1980's. It was a total blast, and I'd recommend it to anyone looking for a great camping and adventure trip.
There are also some decent camping places in Slippery Rock, PA. That's in Butler County, just FYI.
You guys rock for doing this one! It would be awesome to see this van get fully restored!
Wow guys it's not a transformation, it's a miracle 😂 really a good job
Kudos to you guys. I have to admire your dedication to your channel to even attempt to clean that van.😮
I'm from Mansfield Ohio. Hocking hills is an amazing place to go camping!!!
Columbus here and yes true
I would LOVE to see this old beauty brought back to it's former glory again and made road worthy again!! :)
You have said you wanted dirty vehicles to clean, and you got it! I have never been camping in my life either, so you're not alone.
Let's Goooo Good Saturday morning to alllll!!!!
Life is about challenges, but then there’s challenges you might wanna consider passing on, LOL 😂 This would be one of those! 😳🥴
Excellent video, thanks guys 👍
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Love that transformation from filthy to clean. Thats a bunch o' walnuts!!! Wow
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these guys always find the perfect music for the details
Boa tarde pessoal, é vocês são corajosos. Se fosse eu não faria este serviço, sendo sincero. Meus parabéns pelo serviço e coragem 😊👏👏👏
my first car was a 1974 econoline short van it had 70s shag carpet it had a 302 v8 was awesome i painted it candy apple red with classic mag wheels miss it so much
5:46 come on man go camping and film camping it’ll be a video for us and you will camp for the first time 👍you guys are the best
Nice work guys. I'd like to see that van restored. Greetings from Chile,South America.
In a 1973 Ford Econoline 200 just like this without the side windows and a slide door on it. It was a a van my grandfather bought it new the last year his construction company was in business. He gifted it to my dad. My dad converted it to a cruiser and made a bench/bed. The center of the bed became a table and the cushions became the seat backs. It was carpeted in the floor and halfway up the walls and on the ceiling. Paneling went up from the floor to midway with a chair rail molding. It dined beer mirrors on the walls, and the back windows had curtains with rods holding both the top and bottoms of the two back windows with Louvers on the outside of the windows on the doors. There was a curtain that slid across the front of the van just behind the front seats. We also had a converter to allow us to use a small collage dorm sized half fridge and a 14" black and white TV.
Mind you this was in 1975.
He had a company design sticker rolls/decals in three shades of blue that stretched from the hood to the rear doors. The van was Ford sky blue. He also painted a set of crater classics that were dark blue around the center cone fading to a lighter blue int a white as it blended to the lip of the tires.
There was also a spare tire rack on the back door that had a cover. He painted a shadow stylepi ture of Doc Holiday on it.
When you opened the back doors, he made a access panel with a slit in it to lift up and reveal a foam cooler in the back which was under the bench cushion.
It had a windshield visor, a moon roof, a crank vent in the rear roof and to smoked bubble winds on the back sides.
Even though we didn't camp in it, we went with my parents to the drive-in theater to see movies and always fell asleep on the way home, and would sleep through till we woke up in our driveway the next morning in the summertime.❤
CONVERT IT TO THE MYSTERY MACHINE🤩
It was hilarious watching your facial expression whilst you pressure washed the van exterior....funning as long as I wasnt the one doing it I am sure!
😍oh,that blue😊
Music. On point!❤😂
This was a really fun detail to watch! 🎉❤
Buenas tardes , un trabajo espectacular, estaba fatal , la habéis mejorado, por completo, buena limpieza, de la ,Ford camper van.❤👏👏👌👍🇪🇦
If his girls want a project, then yes definitely go for it!👍
Just spending time and memories with family
you should do a Video on the channel of a Camping Trip.
Man.. - i do like this 'Tractor' blue color Ford used. Nice job.. 😊 👍 ✌
You know you have a tough detail when you vacuum the “exterior “ first! 😂😂
We need to see this thing restored
As the saying goes “that will puff right out”👍⭐️
Nice job sir Nice show sir cool FORD 😃👏👏👏👍👍👍👍
Back in the early 70s, my fiancee was a member of a van club, so we camped often. Van runs were the thing to do in So Cal. Every Van had a custom conversion. It was a blast! This was the most disgusting Van I've ever seen...lol. I'd restore it...but customize it with class ❤😊
Love your videos guys! Keep up the grind!!!!! ❤
For camping near Ohio, I’d recommend Doddridge County Park, which is due east of Marietta Ohio just off of Route 50. They have a couple of yurts and lots of places if you’ve got a camper. Super nice club house! We just happened upon it while towing our new-to-us pop-up high wall out to our second home, but it was a complete delight.
Now let overhaulin take over and it will be looking brandspankin new shine up like a 💎 thank you for a fun video God bless you guys 👌👍🙏🍻🍻🍻🍻🍻
I’m a Eagle Scout and still in the army I’m camping all the time lol very fun activity if done correctly
Thank you for sharing and your APPRECIATION to your subscribers R.J.😊😊
Yall should have repainted the van as the mystery machine
sadly not the right model, the general consensus is the Mystery Machine is either a mid-1960s Chevrolet G-Body panel van or a Dodge A100, given the round headlights and resemblance to the animated version.
runners up are a Chevrolet Astro in one animated movie and a 1972 Vauxhall Bedford CF in the live action movie
Van and panel canvas tent in Yosemite.When I was a kid haven't been camping in a minute but I found some pretty sweet spots even while driving a rig
You never fail to amaze me with the work you do and i totally admire your dedication to the task in hand. However, i did feel the need to take a shower after watching the video 😅
East side of Cleveland here and I love Nelson's Ledges!
I love this old rig! It's all pretty much straightforward rust repair, especially if you live in New England, like me. I hope it gets the restoration is deserves. I'm working on a 58 VW Bus that's far worse than this is.
How have you never been camping? America is a wonderful country with vast nature areas! I live in a country where wild nature is basically less cultivated parkgrounds, but you have never been camping in your vast country? Man, you totally should!
I did an accidental camping trip from a van once in Chillicothe Missouri. Pulled up to the Sonic at 9:30 pm, went to leave and fuel pump went out. Spent the night at Sonic with about 8 others. Was not comfortable.
My fav vid so far well done guys Dan from Uk 🎉
Wow that’s a big shoe dude 😊 amazing job wow as always.. Pete 👍👍
It turned out really nice
Finally...been waiting all week
Great work, guys!!
OMG we went to North Dacota in a van like that with some rockin stormes. i will never forgete it
You guys are awesome!! Love watching your vids!! Keep up the amazing work.
It's not beyond repair it's worth fixing ❤❤❤❤❤
You know... most of the vehicles you guys have done, I'd probably say "Yeah, I could clean that.", but this one... NOPE! Thanks for letting us watch the carnage in reverse. 👍🤣
Holy black walnut... !!..OMG
Love the guitar music! And the show!
Wow! It could become almost cool again!
Very cool. I hope they restore the van 👍👍👍
I camped as a kid in a camper on the back of a pickup,in Maine, loved it
I can’t believe it took like that and all clean good job and how many minutes did it take and have a nice day
I have traveled a lot Oregon is my favorite camping place.
I had a 1964 Ford 26' Van that I went camping in. It had green shag carpeting in it from front to back. I remember the front sheets were tiny. It had a decent bathroom in the back. A nice kitchen. And a fold out queen size bed in the middle. I would pack my art studio out and go camping for a month at a time in it just to get away from technology and phones in the 2012-2020. Then my dad sold my van and we upgraded to a 1986 32' RV.....
I love this channel thank you guys for the content