1984 Ford E-350 Van

Here's the van I got on October 11th, 2000. I'm the second owner, believe it or not! The van had about 105,000 miles on it when I bought her, and has about 130,000 miles total now. Prior to me buying it, the injector pump, water pump, and glow plug controller were replaced, and since I've owned it all I've done is a brake job and replaced the starter and battery cables. Oil has been changed religiously every 2,500 miles. The underside is extremely clean and there are no fluid leaks whatsoever. I'm not complaining! :) These pictures were all actually taken before I bought the van; this was when I was looking to buy it. There are more pics, but my scanner died. I'll scan the rest of the pictures in as soon as I can. But, until then, here they are!


Well, here she is! It's a 1 ton van, although it's the shorter body style as opposed to the truely huge 15 seater vans. It's powered by a 420 cubic inch (6.9l) diesel built by International-Harvester (same company who built my old Scout, which you can barely see the nose of next to the tree at the right), driving the wheels with a Ford C-6 3 speed automatic, coupled to a Dana 61 positraction rear axle with 3.54 gearing.


Here's the van's left side, with the '80 IH Scout II I used to own, in the foreground. The van started out life as a cargo van, and the previous owner added the windows in and did some interior work converting it to a family hauler.


Looks clean, huh? You can kinda see one of the roof vents that the previous owner added in.


Here's a close-up of the driver's side. As you can see, the van's equipped with dual fuel tanks. Also, even though the previous owner (he's sitting in the back there :) ) added the rear windows personally, it looks like a professional job. You can also see the "Mojave air conditioning" (as my dad likes to call it); the "wind wings" that are integral to the cab windows.


This is the inside of the van, looking through the rear doors. The back of the rear seat is visible. This is a marine-grade plywood seat that was built and installed by the previous owner. It's securely bolted to the van (although two bolts can be undone so it can fold down), and has seatbelts for 2 people. But it doesn't have any padding! I may pull the seat out or add a third belt in and see if I can get it padded. I'm unsure at the moment; mostly depends on money. Also, the floor behind the seat's been covered with the same marine-grade plywood. Easily replaceable if something happens, but very strong.


Here's the interior looking through the sliding side door. Except the walls, everything you see (the panels, seats, etc) were added in. Behind the paneling is up to 1/4 of an inch of foam! Really does a good job of keeping out road noise.


Here's the van's "front office". The carpeting by the floor pedals is primarily for noise insulation. The object on the left-side dash you see is a dual-read thermometer. One measures in-cab temperature; the other goes to a probe in one of the wheel wells and reads outside temperature. Much simpler than the electronic readout on most newer trucks! :) And, if I want to hear the engine, I can just crack the window open.


This picture's taken from the rear looking up at the top of the inside of the van. You can see the roof vents that the current owner added in. The aft one's broken, but the middle two work great. Especially important since the truck is not equipped with air conditioning (a problem in the summer heat around here).

Again, I will hopefully be adding more pictures as soon as my scanner's back up and running. I'm very happy with the van so far (although I kinda wish it had a manual transmission), and it hasn't given me an ounce of trouble so far *knocking on wood*
I just need to make a better page for it. :)

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Last updated 12/05/01