Known as Van Burgundy
Original Camper Van produced by Open Road Industries 11/73
Professionally restored by Sundial Vans in Riverside, CA
New burgundy paint with reglazed white fiberglass top
New sliding, tinted windows
Can securely fit a small motorcycle or dirt bike in the back
New interior with four captains chairs in Gray Mellowhyde with black carpeting and teakwood interior accents
302 CID crate V8 bored and stroked to 347 CID by BluePrint Engines in Kearney, NE
Dynotested at 430 HP @ 5500 RPM; 440 lbsft of torque @ 3800 RPM
Aluminum heads and intake manifold
Holley 600 CFM carburetor
Electric fan and fuel pump
Hooker headers with Magnaflow dual exhaust
New radiator, water pump, power steering pump in 2014
Ford C4 threespeed automatic transmission with auxiliary cooler
13 rear end
Moog progressive front springs and rear leaf springs built to oneton specifications
Newer heavyduty shock absorbers (2012)
Newer steering gear and ram assist
Scarebird front disc brake conversion plus new rear drums and shoes
123inch wheelbase
Documentation includes Haynes manual, binder of information and photos
Meet Van Burgundy, a righteous 1973 Ford Econoline 200 conversion van ahead of its time. This was an original camper van sent to Ohio from the Ford factory in 1973 and the conversion was performed by Open Road Industries. Most conversion van are designed to haul people in comfort and convenience; Van Burgundy does all that plus it hauls ass, too This fully restored van come from San Jose, California. Being sold on a California prior salvage title.
What we find particularly neat and useful with this van is that you can haul a small motorcycle or dirt bike inside the back. You simply fold both sides of the beds up and that gives you plenty of room to store a small motorcycle or dirt bike. There rear of the van has four corner tie downs for securing your motorcycle. We have placed our Honda 50cc moped inside to demonstrate some photos of use of the space but please note the moped is sold separately.
Professionally restored by Sundial Vans in Riverside, California, this Ford has new burgundy paint with a reglazed white fiberglass top and it has new, sliding tinted windows. The paint with minor blemishes is in overall very good order and looks great with the black wheels.
The bodywork is straight and solid, the chrome bumpers look great and there are new weather stripping and seals on the doors. Van Burgundy rolls on General Grabber HTS tires, size 225/70R15 at all four corners. Each tire is mounted on black Pacer alloy wheels. A covered spare tire hangs out at the rear. The tires and wheels are in overall very good order.
Below and between the driver and front passenger seats is a crate V8 bored and stroked to 347 CID by BluePrint Engines in Kearney, Nebraska and estimated motor value of $12,000 alone It was dynotested at 430 horsepower and 440 poundsfeet of torque It has the following aftermarket parts aluminum heads and intake manifold; Holley 600 CFM carburetor; electric fan and fuel pump; Hooker headers and Magnaflow dual exhaust; chrome alternator. A new radiator, water pump, power steering pump were installed in 2014.
Backing this motor is a Ford C4 threespeed automatic transmission with auxiliary cooler and a 3.13:1 rear end. Convenience features include power steering and power brakes. Other upgrades include Moog progressive front springs and rear leaf springs built to oneton specifications, newer heavyduty shock absorbers in 2012, a newer steering gear and ram assist and a Scarebird front disc brake conversion by AAMCO, plus new drums and shoes.
Inside, is a relatively new, professionally done interior with four captains chairs upholstered in twotone Gray Mellowhyde (similar to leather) with black carpeting and teakwood interior accents. The horn is currently inoperable. The seats are in overall very good order and they recline and swivel and each one has a threepoint seat belt and armrests but there are blemishes visible on the drivers seat. The rear captains seats are easily removable. In the rear is a fourinch thick foam bed that folds up and away for extra space such as a motorcycle with four corner tie towns to mount securely. The black carpet and black cloth continue in the cargo bed area.
The gray headliner is in similar very good orde,r as is the aftermarket threespoke steering wheel with a thick wooden rim. The dashboard and inner door liners are in good overall shape and an Auto Meter tachometer hangs out near the steering column. The front center console has dual cupholders and plenty of pockets for small items.
The interior windows are framed in solid teak wood with curtains and stays. There is a sixspeaker Pioneer AM/FM stereo with a CD player and a 400watt amplifier. In the dash is a Pioneer DVD player and receiver with popout display for rear view camera. Van Burgundy has Bluetooth and USB plus there is a 12inch DVD player that flips down from the ceiling and there are wireless headphones. All of the accessories run from an auxiliary deepcycle battery with 55amp hours of capacity.
As the result of a lengthy United Auto Workers strike in 1967, the launch of the secondgeneration Econoline van was delayed almost four months until January 1968. Instead of calling it a 1968 or 1968.5 model, Ford decided to call it the 1969 model. Shedding its Falcon roots, the secondgeneration Econoline became a heavierduty vehicle, sharing many of its underpinnings with the Fseries fullsize pickups.
While the unibody construction of the previousgeneration van was carried over, a major change was made in the overall layout in the body and chassis of the Econoline. To build a heavierduty chassis, the midengine forwardcontrol layout was abandoned in favor of a frontengine layout with the axle placed forward; this also allowed the use of the Twin IBeam front suspension used in the Fseries trucks. The redesign in the configuration resulted in major growth; the Econoline grew 15 inches in wheelbase; an 18inch longer longwheelbase model became the largest fullsize van offered in North America at the time.
Inside of the Econoline, the shift of the engine location moved the engine housing from between the seats to in front of the driver and front passenger, under the windshield. While the Econoline cargo van remained, it was joined by an Econoline passenger van (replacing the Falcon van). To attract more buyers to passenger vans, Ford introduced two new trims of the passenger van, the Ford Club Wagon and Ford Club Wagon Chateau.
Competition to this Ford Super Van in 1973 was Chevrolets Beauville, Dodges Bseries Van, GMCs VanDura and Volkswagens Westfalia Van.
Documentation includes a Haynes manual, a binder of information and photos.
If a conversion van with a retro vibe is what you seek, then this is the van for you Visit MotoeXotica Classic Cars soon to look this gem of a van over for yourself.
VIN: E24GHS88245
This truck is currently located at our facility in St. Louis, Missouri. Current mileage on the odometer shows 43,422 miles. It is sold as is, where is, salvage, mileage exempt California title. GET OUT AND DRIVE
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Exterior: Burgundy
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