Sitting 25 years 1965 Chevy G10 Van
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 7 ก.พ. 2025
- Owners do not remember what year they bought the van but believe it has been sitting for at least 25 years and have never seen the van run. Van was purchased specifically to store parts.
You're a smart man. You work on engines until you get them to run. You have a good voice for videos too.
Thank you! I have another straight six that I got running and I’ve got a short video of it on Instagram if your interested. mecca_repair
Cool to see young guys doing this stuff
That is so cool!!!! You are a genius!
Heyo! I’m trying to find videos re setting valve lash in my 65 G10… none told them stick but the hot cylinders are tight and the cooler ones are loose.
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People only have love for 350s?!
No love for the lovely 230?…
Cool shit man if you’re still working on it you should post some updates
I haven’t worked on any of the cars you’ve seen on video all summer. Working full time now so hopefully this winter I’ll have days I can take off and get more video made.
I've owned both a '64 & '65 with a straight 6. Putting in a V8 will cause problems from the get go like over heating, noise and losing control when you punch it. Smart to stick with a 6. Good luck.
I had a 66 also. Straight 6
@Uncle Jim I was thinking about a larger v8 would cause problems. I can see a 283 would be just fine. I should have been more clearer.
@Uncle Jim I was straight out of high school in '72. My dad got me a job and I told him I wanted a '69 Camaro to go to work and back. He then bought a white '65 Chevy van for $500. To me looked like a loaf of bread on wheels. I immediately took it to Earl Sheibs and had them paint it cinnamon brown, put some polished aluminum Anson Sprint rims with fat tires in the rear. The paint job cost $19.99 back in '72.
@@brucepreston3794 230 or 250 cubic inch
I just found a 65 G10 on the marketplace for 1,000.it looks exactly like this one.down to almost the same patina white and surface rust spots. I got to find a place to put it or I can buy it
I've stuffed V8's into many 1st gen Chevy G10s. Better mileage than straight six too. Unless you do what I did and put a 520 HP 383 GM performance engine in it!
I maintain a 1965 G-10 registry - by chance would you know the VIN - I would like to track the van. The VIN tag is on the driver's side rear door pillar ~ behind a driver's head.
I thought I had the vin in my camera roll but I can’t find it. I’ll get it one day that I’m at my grandparents
I still miss my 65 short wheelbase 6 cylinder 3 on the tree !!!! Camaro buckets, plum Crazy paint 😊😊😊 and Cragar SS WHEELS!! thanks Diane for the purple curtains!!!!😊😊😊😊😂😂😂😂
I just pulled out my fathers 1965 G10. Been in the woods for 30 years. Any recommendations as I begin to work on this?
No matter if the motor is free, I would take the valve cover off make sure the valves are free and won’t stick. You can just turn the motor over by hand 5 or 6 times and if nothing binds up or comes to a dead stop it should be good.
Also pour motor oil down the spark plug holes and leave them out until you get the oil blown out. It will foul the plugs so don’t put new ones in until you get it running half ass with the old ones may have to clean them a few times. This all exactly what I did to this van.
We are due for updates bro!
Sorry for my absence I haven’t worked on any of the cars I have videos on since I last took video but I have been working on other projects I have another video that needs about 5 more minutes worth of video and I’ll have that posted about a 1965 GMC 6500. Thanks!
Any updates on van
Sadly none, we have it sitting on tires now no longer in the dirt. But I haven’t touched it since.
been a few years, what happened to the van ?
The van is still in the same spot it was. A few months ago I took my skid steer and moved it out of the hole it was sitting in to keep the underside out of the dirt.
@@meccarepair2597 that is a 230 cubic inch six-cylinder
That sounds more like valve adjust mentality. If it I rod knock it isn't t bad ck your oil good luck.
Where you at with this?
Haven’t done anything more with the van. Bought a house a year ago and that’s become my focus. If I ever do anything with it I’m sure I’ll video it.
Why not drop a 327 in that van?
I don’t own the van... yet. If I bought it I would probably do something very “out of the box” with it in the long run like a 3.8 liter V6. Something with decent gas mileage. Short term I would find a simple straight six to replace it and drive it.
@@meccarepair2597 well good luck in getting this van. I know those engines are built like tanks but it would be fun to over rev the shit out of it to finish it off
The van is my grandparents and I think they would give it to me if I asked but they’ve already given another car to me that I hope to make my next first start video on. It’s a 1968 Plymouth Belvedere. 4 door but I still love the look. 225 slant six 3 speed so not very exciting but it’s been sitting for at least 30 years and would be really awesome if I could drive it from where it’s been sitting.
it's a small six it's a 215 cubic inch
Looks like the standard 230… ijs
@@sarapenn6735 True original was either a 194 or 230 Ci
65 has a bend to the window, my 64 is a complete flat windshield 😂 kinda crazy
65 also had a flat windshield
64 and 65 were flat glass.... 66 and up went to the curved windshields..
67 and up.@@INKJAX