The RETURN

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Figured I'd share the build with you folks on here as well.

It's been a few years since the van has been seen. For those who've been in the game long enough, some of you may remember it.

The vehicle was one of the first Extreme vehicles to come out of Canada. We like to think that it did it's fair share of promoting dB Drag.

Of course the time came and it was decided to step out of the competition arena and put it to bed.

The van was put aside and stored since in all reality what can you do with an Extreme Safari that tips the scales at about 10k lbs?...

Well after about a year or so of contemplating it was decided that we wanted to do something that has NEVER been done before..or at least to our knowledge.

Here are some pics of the vehicle and what it used to look like.

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Here are some pics of what went into building the vehicle

 

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Here is what takes place when you decide to tear down and Extreme class vehicle

 

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The next group of pics will speak for themselves //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/wink.gif.608e3ea05f1a9f98611af0861652f8fb.gif

 

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The next stage in the rebuild

 

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From there the van was brought to the body and paint shop to finish up the exterior

 

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Now before anyone starts asking; WHY WE DID THIS….lol

The answer is simple, because we can and because we wanted to.

For us it’s not about just doing another build. We know using another van would have been easier but it wasn’t about that. We wanted to do something that’s never been done and to use a vehicle that had a past and sentimental value

 

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Nice

 

[stevew007 10+ year member]

good lord what a waste of time! sorry but you could of just went and bought another

 

[TnT_Sounds 10+ year member]

Good god! That was a ton of work.. I like the pearl color over the banana yellow

 

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Now before anyone starts asking; WHY WE DID THIS….lolThe answer is simple, because we can and because we wanted to.

For us it’s not about just doing another build. We know using another van would have been easier but it wasn’t about that. We wanted to do something that’s never been done and to use a vehicle that had a past and sentimental value

keep posting pics of the process and dont let the remarks stop ya.

 

[Ellsworthz 10+ year member]

wow, seems like a lot of work, why did you tear the yellow van down? it looks the same mind explaining?