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Woo hoo she passed with aces!
Guy at the garage was blown away by the lack of rust. So off to get my stickers and go for an afternoon drive

I had a fun little cruise last night You get a lot of looks and thumbs up driving this old girl some pointing and laughing but it is so much fun. When I got home I thought I would clean the inside of the windshield cause there was some streaks and things in my vision. And that's when I realized that the bottom of the windshield has come unglued. Not from the windshield itself but from the car itself "..... I hope that it's not rusted out. I am bringing the car to a glass shop in the morning so they can pull the glass and check the window channel From what I can see I think it's do to improper cleaning and sanding when the car was painted and the glue had nothing to hold on to........fingers crossed that it is not all rusted out ..More on this as it unfolds

Even if it is rusted out it is still fixable.
It would be a bummer, but nothing to panic over.

Ken

fun fun fun!!

Good and bad news on the window channel good is that there is no holes or anything bad is that there are no hole or anything in the BONDO"..... but it's not that bad and I will fix it properly when I strip the car down for paint.
In the meantime some good paint will help and the window will be ok for now.

Alright so the windshield is back in and the spot where the bondo was is only about 2" long on the passengers side and I would say about 1/4" wide or so. Not as bad as I thought when he told me over the phone
There is a little show and shine in town on Saturday my wife is gonna take the vega and I'll be taking my 78 G10 should be fun!!

I didn't get many pics from the show but here are a few.

OK bigair49 I need some details on that there Van! I grew up in the '70's and Vans and Vega's were all there was! That van looks pretty "Killer" too! Harry

I missed the 70's (born in 74)... but I just love every thing that was 60's and 70's cars, music and the whole vibe.

My van is a 78 chevy G10 that I bought at 16 with a loan from my mother. long story short it's been a work in progress with ups and downs ever since and has gone through some changes over the years. here is a link to more about the Chevy Van.

http://www.vanning.com/threads/ubbthrea ... /its-alive

That takes me back; in the late 1970's I worked at a custom van shop. Memories from that part of my life are a bit "fuzzy".

That Van is Bad A$$. I would love to find a nice shorty cargo like that.
Glad your Vega has turned out to be a good buy. Enjoy.... till you get tired of the power thing. Its cool thou.

Thanks guys the van and I have many stories....
ya I am having mixed feelings on which way to go with this project. At first I was with out a doubt thinking V8 conversion 5 lug conversion and frame connectors ext. but this old girl is pretty rust free and unmolested and the 4 banger runs relatively good at this point. I've had it to a couple small shows around town and people walk up and say gotta be a V8 and look in the engine bay and just can't believe it the original 140 in there. I know I can do some things and still be able to return it to original BUT....once I start one thing leads to another and well half way will ruin this car so i think its all or nothing hence the reason on on the fence with this one.

I did power wash all the interior panels to get most of the Glossy tan paint off of them and gave them a rattle can paint job with some flat black vinyl paint. They look pretty good but some of the panels were pretty sun dried and got chewed up from the power washer so I sanded them down. The interior looks so much better now.
Im still working the kick panel vents (what a PITA to get them out) I got some 3M strip caulk to seal them up. more to come stay tuned for more updates !!

Jess, I just finished reading your entire build thread on your van, and if your Vega turns out half a good, we are in for some good entertainment! Get to work!

Hey thanks for the complements guys!! and Thanks for checking out my Van Build thread. That was a rescue mission and a I must say I hope I never have to do that again but it was well worth it and in the end I learned a lot