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This early 1980s air cooled Vanagon serves as an ice cream truck. No matter the age, these Vanagons make great food trucks. I just wish we had more of them in the States. All of them appear to be in Europe. This one appears to be from Belgium. All it needs now is a set of GoWesty wheels and it would look fantastic.
Tags: Food Truck
We finally got a look at a Vanagon Ice Cream truck. We have seen other Vanagon food trucks before, but this is the first ice cream truck. This one comes courtesy of Flickr, and it looks great. This is an early 1980s T3 Transporter with a high top. The sliding door even cuts into the top providing lots of room. Click through for a couple more pics.
Tags: Food Truck
Check out this Vanagon food truck. Retro Party Drinks is a company that offers its van for parties, weddings, or other gatherings in its early 1980’s conversion truck. Aside from the paint job and special rear cab, the truck has extra wide side mirrors to get around that extra large rear. The company serves classic cocktails, lemonade, punch, wine or champagne at your special event. Too bad someone hasn’t created one of these in the states. This one is in the Netherlands.
Tags: Food Truck
The center console is such a challenge for Vanagon owners because of the position of the shifter. It’s simply too close to the dash to get any meaningful console to fit. Here is an example of a DIY center console by some guy named Leon. Featured on Vanagonauts, this console provides lots of room for your food and drinks. This hack is especially interesting because the shifter had to be moved back about 8 inches to make it fit. Yikes! Click through for another pic.
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People use Vanagons and Buses for all sorts of reasons, including food trucks. We have featured food trucks and lunch wagons in the past and here is another one. If you’re in the mood for crepes you can visit Delice Crepes in Haleiwa Hawaii. There are so many hacks on this bus that we won’t list them all. Instead, we will simply admire the view!
We’ve done a lot to our Vanagon so far. There was a lot of cleanup and changing of bulbs but here’s a little list of things we’ve accomplished so far. We wanted the van to retain a stock look and feel, but we’ve added a lot of goodies and accessories.
Our list of mods, fixes, and hacks, follows below, but you can also check out the category, @Our Hacks from the right menu at anytime.
Our most popular hacks and mods (Best mods for the Vanagon)
- Auxiliary Battery Kit Hack (66ah) – Hack
- Our streaming setup – Hack
- Installed led lights over A/C controls – Hack
- Installed additional fluorescent light in back – Hack
- Installed dome light over passenger’s seat – Hack
- Installed WiFi in the dash board – Hack
- Installed Extra cup holders – Hack
- Outside Bottle Opener – Hack
- Installed center console – Hack
- Installed accessory plug near table – Hack
- Installed power inverter – Hack
- Installed Mag Lite next to driver’s seat – Hack
- Adding Back hatch lighting – Hack
- Secured the Cigarette Lighter Plug – Hack
- Adding a toggle switch to the fluorescent lights – Hack
- Third Brake Light – Hack
- Upgraded alternator wiring – Hack
- Fixed wind noise from triangle wing window
- Wheels and tires
- Installed retractable charging cable – Hack
- Add auto-on LED lights to glovebox – Hack
- Installed Backup Camera
Other Mods, Fixes, Hacks
- New Tint and alarm
- Replaced Steering wheel
- Fixed steering wheel noise
- Installed sliding door molding
- Fixed power locks
- Fixed Table height
- Replaced all bulbs and dome lights
- Painted hub cabs
- Installed rear wiper cleaning fluid cap
- Installed and fabricated new carpet from Walmart ($22) – Hack
- Steam cleaned interior, twice
- Fixed map light and lighter
- Added front Bra
- Fixed A/C housing on ceiling
- Fixed triangle window on driver’s side
- Bought new jack storage bag from GoWesty
- Fixed Shifter lights
- Fixed Dash lights
- Installed new Bilstein Shocks
- Removed lowering springs and installed stock springs
- Remove rear heater for storage
- Installed 2nd battery kit from Go Westy – Hack
- Rebuilt Transmission and differential
- Ordered new Keys
- Replaced rear middle headrest
- Fixed gas tank seal to repair leaky gas tank
- Installed new larger wipers from Go Westy
- New wiper caps
- Installed headlight kit from Go Westy
- Repaird cigarette Lighter Light
- Installed new Sony Stereo
- Fixed Power Steering Pump Leak
- Fixed Oil leak through plug
- New thermostat and fan switch
- New radiator
- Big Brake Kit
- Installed 1100 watt inverter
- Re-sealed driver’s and passenger’s windows
- Engine Compartment reseal
- Installed battery charging system under seat to charge both batteries – Hack
To Do…
- Paint
- Customize a console
- Install new carpet kit
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