question about the movie "old school"

[yne721 10+ year member]

what kind of van is that? or the a-team van? and is it hard and/or expensive to make them like that?

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[bonesninja 5,000+ posts]

ford econoline panel/cargo van? can't really remember

 

[jco1385 5,000+ posts]

looks like a GMC to me

wow thats bigger than i had hoped... can anyone shrink it down?

 

[bonesninja 5,000+ posts]

yup gmc....theres a few vans that look like those...chevy made one, dodge made one, ford, etc. they are all panel/cargo vans

 

[Idealrealist 10+ year member]

I've always wanted one of those.

I'd still take a VW bus over it any day though.

 

[yne721 10+ year member]

I've always wanted one of those.
I'd still take a VW bus over it any day though.

i kind of want a vw bus too, but i'm having enough trouble finishing one old vw project, let alone starting another one.

 

[yne721 10+ year member]

so it's basically the A-team van? there must've been another movie i've seen where there was a blue one with flames. maybe that was edward scissor hands.

anybody know what it takes to get these things going kinda fast?

 

[bonesninja 5,000+ posts]

most of them came with a stock V8 but geared for towing and hauling stuff. change out the gears to start.

 

[Idealrealist 10+ year member]

so it's basically the A-team van? there must've been another movie i've seen where there was a blue one with flames. maybe that was edward scissor hands.
anybody know what it takes to get these things going kinda fast?

Yea, Anthony Micheal Hall's character Jim drove one.

 

[jco1385 5,000+ posts]

change the diff, rebuild the ****** to take some real power and port & polish + SC would get it rollin //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/biggrin.gif.d71a5d36fcbab170f2364c9f2e3946cb.gif

 

[yne721 10+ year member]

most of them came with a stock V8 but geared for towing and hauling stuff. change out the gears to start.

change the diff, rebuild the ****** to take some real power and port & polish + SC would get it rollin //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/biggrin.gif.d71a5d36fcbab170f2364c9f2e3946cb.gif

what kind of price are we in the ballpark for? the only prices i know about mechanic work are for old vws and i know those all too well lol

 

[bumpincrv 10+ year member]

how about stealing harvard that was a dodge though

 

[jco1385 5,000+ posts]

what kind of price are we in the ballpark for? the only prices i know about mechanic work are for old vws and i know those all too well lol

haha, it really depends on what you want it to do. its probably a 305 auto, with it geared for towing.

you'd be lookin at 2k+ to get started, before any machine work is done

 

[bumpincrv 10+ year member]

just buy a new or used 383 GM rebuilt motor

 

[Zakerid 10+ year member]

assuming it has a 350, ported heads (or after market aluminum heads), and a cam on a rebuilt engine will get that van moving pretty good. you would want a at least a 2500 rpm stall torque converter... should be doable on the cheap too.