The Chevy Express van.

[Greg58]

Because I like the van so much, I found a set of GMC forged aluminum wheels with great tires on Marketplace and spruced it up!

[Steeveedee]

Originally Posted by Greg58

I have a 2007 Express 3500 6.0 with 4L80 trans. It was a prisoner transport van from western Nebraska, it hauled prisoners back and forth to Omaha and Lincoln penitentiary.
It had excellent care, and accumulated over 200k for miles. The worst thing about it was the white paint was falling off bad, but the body was solid. I bought it for $2400 at auction a few years ago and was planning to flip it. After driving it I started to like it, so I pulled out the prisoner cages in the back, scraped and wire brushed off the white paint, Then I primed it and painted it with White Raptor Liner. I use it to haul things for my wife and daughter, plus pick up treasures I find here and there.
It gets around 14mpg is rock solid, uses no oil, AC is cold. I love it!

In that 4th pic, that patch of bare dirt in the foreground looks like a transmission. Freaky.

[LT7A]

Originally Posted by Steeveedee

In that 4th pic, that patch of bare dirt in the foreground looks like a transmission. Freaky.

It's an organic TH350!

Greg58 - Cool van and nice shop! You got a great deal and fixed up the van nice.

Bill - The 70s/80s/90s Chevys are cramped in the footwells, but it's part of their charm ; ) We had a couple when I was HS & later and I got used to it, liked driving them. Put on the cruise control and kinda brace my knee up on the dog house.

[Greg58]

Originally Posted by LT7A

It's an organic TH350!

Greg58 - Cool van and nice shop! You got a great deal and fixed up the van nice.

I did that picking up something heavy with my forklift years ago, I never noticed it is shaped like a trans!
My youngest son likes to tease me about my creeper van, I told him it's my work van, and he said "you don't work"!
So every time I'm hauling something or have it loaded with tools, I snap a pic and send it to him!
Sometimes I think being retired is plenty of work!
Greg

[Rich84]

I'm on my third Express van. The first one was an 04 with a 6.0.
Put about 305,000 on it before I found a 60,000 mile motor at a local junkyard and put that in. Ran it for another 60,000. Great workhorses.
My 2022 has the 6.6 in it. The thing is a beast.

[Ziegelsteinfaust]

Originally Posted by Steeveedee

In that 4th pic, that patch of bare dirt in the foreground looks like a transmission. Freaky.

You've got a nice van there. That was like the one I was seriously looking at. Even though the standard length would suit me just fine.

I can't get excited to buy something newer then 1975 even though it would make parts of my life better.

[Greg58]

Well if you get one post a picture. An old van is kind of like an old pickup, when you are tired of it you can most likely sell it for what you have in it!