Oh! you pretty thing.

While trolling through chicago's craigslist for vans this morning, I stumbled upon this beauty, a 1966 Dodge A100. The post says this:

"1966 Dodge A100 van, body in good condition, 273 V8, automatic trans. Engine runs but needs complete exhaust from the manifolds back. $1600 Tom 847-544-xxxx"

While I'm no vintage van appraiser, that seems like a sweet deal. For a measly $1600 you get one of the coolest looking vans ever, plus street cred for having a 40 year old vehicle. Needs complete exhaust from the manifold back? Sounds like a perfect time for some new headers, and dual 3" straight pipes. This sucker is powered by a 60s Mopar V8, putting out what I'll assume is a paltry 150 HP at the moment, but which could be bored, stroked and caressed into something more along the lines of 275 HP beast.

Plus, it looks badass.

Also, a quick googling brought up this monstrosity :

http://www.truckinweb.com/brandpages/dodge/0606tr_custom_1966_dodge_a100_van/photo_03.html

so you shoud probably buy this van if for no other reason than to stop someone from putting an orange and purple paint job on it. Oh, and those flames? Way over the top, I say. I would have gone with the more subtle "ghost flame" technique, but thats just me.

Any way you look at it, though, this is a great van, and (I'm assuming) a steal at $1600. You don't really need that Macbook anyhow.

Cheers,

Van Gogh