Get in the van man!!!

[Old Dog]

Nice to see you made it thru the winter. Will you do another winter in it?

[68 Valiant]

Alberta is BOOMING you can pick and choose where and when you want to work once again. I like having 2 weeks off, you can do some cool stuff, but being on the road constantly kinda get tiresome.If I am working up north I will be in the van. I learned a few things that would make it easier. I would add to the 12V system, I would put a bigger solar panel on, and add some more insulation. If I am not working I would probably keep it for a few winter camping trips. I'd like to hike Johnstone Canyon in the Banff National Park when the waterfalls are frozen.

I also found out the Athabasca River, a ten minute drive from work, is awesome for fishing in! I should have pictures of 8lb Jack fish in a couple weeks.


I went to Vancouver BC last set of days off. The ocean is pretty cool.

[68 Valiant]

A quick trip to the pick n pull today nets:1) signal light lens
2) piece that goes around heater contols
3) speedo cable (not sure if its the right one)

Was going to grab a spare tire cover that said "Vantasia" but it was pretty rotten and custom wood steering wheel but I'm cheap.

[TheSilverBuick]

He's alive and well!

Vantasia

[milner351]

I'm afraid the Vantasia spare cover would have gotten you put on the local authorities "watch list"

Great to hear from you again - still working in the frozen tundra?

[68 Valiant]

Still heading up north. Its getting harder every time though. The Tundra isn't frozen anymore its +30C up there quite frequently now. I'll go up once or twice more for sure. starting to miss out on to many things at home. I have some neat pictures on my phone that I will have to figure out how to transfer some day but for now here is a little project I completed:

BEFORE:


AFTER:

[68 Valiant]

Decided to ad some more ventilation. This is a Fan-tastic Vent with a 3 speed fan. ($230)
Installation in progress. I hope it doesn't leak. I used lots of sealant!


Down by the river ( It beats a parking lot)


The night shift:


The last trip I averaged 14 MPG doing about 115km/hr.

Kinda funny I don't know what that equals in km/litre or how fast 115 is in MPH. I don't measure short distances with KM, I use miles. When measuring tolerances I use inches (thou) but pipe work is all mm. When I cook I use F but when talking about the weather I use C. Stupid metric system gets me all mixed up.

[68 Valiant]

I've also been wondering if this thing could be converted to 4 wheel drive. That would be cool.

[SuperBuickGuy]

A friend of mine had a 4x4 version of your van... so yep, it's quite possible, last I heard, it wasn't that expensive to do or even have done (like $1,500 and you only provide the cash)

[Scott Liggett]

Decided to ad some more ventilation. This is a Fan-tastic Vent with a 3 speed fan. ($230)
Installation in progress. I hope it doesn't leak. I used lots of sealant!


Down by the river ( It beats a parking lot)


The night shift:


The last trip I averaged 14 MPG doing about 115km/hr.

Kinda funny I don't know what that equals in km/litre or how fast 115 is in MPH. I don't measure short distances with KM, I use miles. When measuring tolerances I use inches (thou) but pipe work is all mm. When I cook I use F but when talking about the weather I use C. Stupid metric system gets me all mixed up.

100 km/hr is 62 mph. You can figure the math from there.