His and Her's Dyno' Deuces+Van Show+Excersizer Bones

[heyslugger]

I Live in Portland OR. A woman in Astoria OR (GOONIES!) advertised these on CL for $75 for both. She said she would drive them to ME for 20 more bucks. Her car skids to a stop this morning at my house and her husband jumps out and YELLS, ;THIS IS NOW HOW I WANTED TO SPEND MY SUNDAY!" He proceeds to throw me a bag of parts and says. "I hope you can put together bikes!" And he speed unloads everything and is OUT! NASCAR pit kinda speeds here. I text her 20 minutes later and offered to mail her 20 more bucks because that ride must have been heck...she just said, Enjoy the bikes! The Van stuff is from a show of early vans, ECONO-Northwest Show. Some of you may have noticed my Econo Bike Transport in the back ground of a lot of my posts. I love that van so very much.

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[CRASH]

Nice! I've got a Mooneyes with those Deuce ape hangers on it. Sweet ride! 8)

 

[heyslugger]

The Moon eyes are the only ones I would have ever considered buying. I love those. These just fell into my lap at the right price. I do like them more now that i see that there is some quality parts and building designed in these bikes but factory flames and striping kinda turn me off. Moon Eyes Bike tho ALL DAY!

 

[sharmangasaurusrex]

Love the Econolines! I have a '65 Mercury Econoline Supervan that has 105,000 original miles on it and a custom pop-top that was put on in the 70's. Wish there were more around here, but I guess that's what makes mine unique.

 

[Road Master]

My first, second and third vehicles were all Econoline Vans. Back in those days (1971 for the first) a van was still basically a truck so they were cheap. My first was an old Electrician's Van - 1965 - and had 59,000 original miles on it for $500. While I still had that one I bought a '63 window van at an auction for $40 that I used for parts and then sold for $50. I can remember as a kid going to a Ford Dealership with my family and looking at those cool passenger vans that had the step that came out from underneath when you opened the side doors. Eventually I picked up a '61 and ran it till the motor mounts rusted out - Upstate NY salt. I always wanted an Econoline Pickup and a van that had side doors on both sides - I only saw one once. I love those old Ford vans - they handled more like a car than a truck. The engine was a pain to work on but it was a piece of cake in the winter starting her up with Starter Fluid with the engine sitting right beside you. I miss the total manual days - I now have an Astro w/ electric windows I can't open. The manual choke made life so much easier. If I was independently wealthy I too would have a huge pole barn w/ a fantastic car collection, but a 60s Econoline Van would be the first to greet you as you walk in the door. Thanks for the trip down memory lane!. Robert

 

[heyslugger]

I'm glad it brought back some good memories! I found out mine has done time at a power plant and was a Zenith Electric repair truck. Then someone built in cabinets and a bed/table and made it a partymobile! I expect my next vehicle will be a Econo Truck. Thanks for the reply! If you have any photos of yours throw'em up!

 

[Carbon]

Funny stuff, my wife has ripped off the same line as that disgruntled husband at me before for similar reasons! :lol: