1973 Dodge B100 Sportsman Royal Van - I Bought a Lemon! Car Show! 360 V8 MoPar!
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- Опубликовано: 8 июн 2024
- I purchased what I was led to believe was a turnkey 1973 Dodge Sportsman Royal van. Its big and green but it might as well been painted yellow! It was a lemon!
This video tells the story and what the problems were and maybe a little frustration. We will also have a car show and you can see the inside and outside of this B100 van.
Chapters:
00:00 - When you got Lemons... Make Lemonade?
00:23 - What is it? Why's it a Lemon?
05:51 - Tour of the Van
13:03 - Pop the Hood.
16:43 - Take a Spin Around the Block.
It's 50 years old! What exactly are you expecting from a van that is half a century old? It's a miracle how clean it is. You, sir, did not get a lemon. You got an old girl. Work the bugs out of it and drive it. Be sure to check for stress cracks in the frame rail where the steering gear bolts up. They get stress cracks from 1971-1978. There was a recall for this.
Regardless of age, it sounds like the car was misrepresented. Austin has had a ton of other cars, some nearly 20 years older , hopped in and driven cross country. Age doesn't excuse negligence and misrepresentation.
Looks pretty good overall to me. The best thing is that those problems were easy swap out fixes- no horrible hidden rust or serious engine or trans problems.
Really nice van!!! It can be disappointing when you think it's a turn key/drive anywhere, but still a nice van!
Love it! Well worth fixing.
I would not call the van a lemon, just a few old car problems. I might call the seller a lemon, or a few other choice names. Looks good, love the colors, hope you can get the seats redone back to stock.
I was 10 minutes into an hour drive home and was on the side of the road and wasted a whole day… Eventually having to go get my truck and trailer and come back and get it! Some choice words were said!
Totally agree. Looks like he got a really solid van.
I love this van! My parents had a 1975 Dodge van as the family car to haul me and my 5 siblings around. It was surplus from a nearby Army base so nowhere near as nice as this.
The creaky door sound brought me waaaaaaaay back! LOL
I grew up riding around in my Grandparent’s ‘78 Dodge shorty. I really would like to find one like that some day.
One thing that sucks on the 75 is the little trap-door the fuel hose nozzle must pass through when fueling up and I believe on either 74 or 75, the speedo gage was lowered from 120 to 100 mph. Otherwise, good Van.
Love your replies to all the people with the negative comments! Giving them a concise explanation of how they are wrong is the way to go. You have a great channel with really good camera work. I'm not really into mopar cars, but still watch all the videos.
I try to be respectful and explain things so people don’t get the wrong information. Will I be wrong at times? You bet! Thanks for watching. I’ll be having more videos of other makes in the future as I go over vehicles belonging to other folks! Stay tuned! Thanks again for the comment.
Lucky if you find it running Still is nice to Rebuild
North Carolina! Renegade Vans is having a party Heavy in the Holler not too far north the first weekend in June. DropJaw Mag has an event down there in Sep or Oct. The van looks great! Too cool you got the Big Rig Beef from our pals at HevyHauling! I'll have to show this video to Brandon & Alison. We'll all be at the 51st Van Nationals this July maybe see you there in this green van formerly declared a lemon! Keep on Vannin'!
That’s a beautiful van and definitely worth sorting out. Plymouth also offered a clone of this van which is super rare nowadays. The Dodge vans must have outsold them a million to one.
It all gets fixed in subsequent videos.
My friend,
Your Sportsman's condition is so many levels beyond what many other.Mopar B Vans are currently in, and it's a beautiful Survivor. You may have bought a Lemon, but it's well worth the effort to maintain that beauty. The issue buying the Van was not the poor condition, but with dealing with a dishonest seller. You made a fine decision to buy this Mopar. I hope you keep it running and show it off
I have since fixed all the problems and turned it into a reliable driver. Calling it a “lemon” was more of a joke than anything else. The van actually now resides in France.
@@ObsoleteAutomotive Dang Bro, I hope the buyer paid you a bundle for it. Consequently, obtaining 70's B Van parts and shipping them to Europe will be quite an expense too.
@@christopher5585 That’s why it benefited them to find one that was in nice shape and mechanically sound. I fixed all the problems it had and it was a great driver!
Ballast resister, reluctor and pickup coil, ignition module, it could be anything related to those items. Sometimes the carburetor getting carboned up may be the choke pull off. Nice survivor, nothing you can’t easily fix.
We had a '77 Tradesman 200 window van with the 318ci for 10 years. It had reliability challenges too. We lived near Chicago so it rusted almost immediately. Very similar, but yes Tradesman was not as nicely trimmed. Thanks for the stroll down memory lane.
I have a 1979 Plymouth Voyager B200 series that looks almost idénticos to this Sportsman. It had similar issues but got them all fixed. Love my van.
I, just bought from a friend a 97, Dodge Ram 2500 conversion high top van for $900.00 doing some extra custom work inside outside.
Yep there’s real shysters out there,but sweet van and sweeter that you figured it out.
It was lame but I got it fixed and sold the van later on and didn’t have to lie about it.
Very cool van. Looks like it was used to haul passengers to and from the airport like a taxi. I would LOVE to have a van that clean.
thank, you for you're video. Random vanners of virginia.
Van is amazingly clean. Of course there will be bugs and issues pop up but it’s all metal, all mechanical without computer shit, and can be driven for hundreds of thousands of miles if properly maintained. Go through it front to back and fix everything it needs and enjoy it!
That’s why I bought my 1973B 300 sportsman converted by coachman to a 23 foot RV because it’s all mechanical there’s no computers there’s no nothing to worry about so when I go on this two-year track all around North America starting very shortly which you can see on my channel, I can literally fix everything right there on the side of the road if need be….. I could’ve easily just bought a new RV but I would much rather just updated and added the extras to an older platform. That way if any of these add-ons go out, it won’t affect the actual drive ability of the vehicle whatsoever.
I don't think it's lemon......try finding another one......those early 70s Dodge vans are beautiful
Ours had rust around the back long window bottom corner and water would come in and rusted the back inside. I got the rust off and painted it. Ours did not have the a/c, just ur basic bottom of the line car. Those side pushout windows were a joke, you can easily open them from the outside. I loved the quarter window as well as that little air vent by the foot.
We had ours for 30 yr or more and it ran very well after we had the engine rebuilt. Major disadvantage was it was a gas gussler.
U still have a nice van
Nice, looking van.
Glad you got that one straightened out, although it can be hard to shake some of that heartachem
But for the windows, "Quando Omni Flunkus Moritati" 😁
sorry for the initial problems, but i would say if wasnt too bad of a find. it looks great
Van is awesome! Your the lemon
Oh so a van that can’t drive 20 minutes without shutting off and leaving you stranded is awesome? Especially when the seller said they drove it all over and it could go across the country? Thats awesome? Then you find out that it has several hidden issues that wouldn’t be found on a test drive/inspection… that’s awesome? Then you spend more money and time fixing all the issues after already spending a decent amount thinking it wouldn’t need anything… that’s awesome?
Sure thing! You’re the perfect person to sell a lemon to! Car dealers must love you. You won’t even get mad! 👌🏻
What we used to call a 'church van'. This one must have done airport shuttle duty.
Dodge vans had a notorious "ceramic resistor" box on the firewall, part of the ignition system. It breaks and the truck won't start. You learned to keep one in the glovebox at all times!
The resistor is a very wellknown possible issue. But surprisingly with all the MoPars I’ve owned and the thousands of miles driven I’ve only ever had one go bad once. In a 1980 Dodge Aspen station wagon. Grabbed my spare out the glove box and literally in 1 minute on the side of the road I was back driving.
When you're buying a used vehicle, you have to expect bugs that you'll have to work out. It takes some time to identify and work out those bugs until you have a reliable runner. Has the vehicle been sitting some time? Many of them have, and so you will have fuel system issues to address. "In for a penny, in for a pound", as they used to say. You buy these things because they are repairable and not made of plastic, so you see a glass half full while the short sighted will only see a glass half empty. There's a lot to like about this van in my opinion.
In subsequent videos I will be showing the necessary repairs needed to make the van actually drivable. I have no issue fixing things that I know about. But when the seller is lying or hiding things that's where I have issues. Paying premium price for something that turns into a project is always frustrating. End of the day... these vehicles don't come with a warranty and there are always risks in buying an old car. I like the van and have been driving it and enjoying it. I'd rather have mechanical issues to deal with than body/paint issues at the end of the day!
@@ObsoleteAutomotive I think it was all you. You are undeserving of such a van
@@davefletch3063 So I made the van have a rusty fuel tank and wiring issues and then lied to myself about it? Sure thing buddy.
We had a 73 dodge van and in 77 we had to have the engine rebuilt. But ur grill on that does not look like the 73 we had, although ours was a tradesman b200, with windows all around, it was nice.
Something I've learned, is that you can't own a vehicle that's 20+ years old and expect 100% reliability. Even the best cars that have been maintained perfectly are going to break at some point. That's a 51 year old van so you know you're going to have issues, thats just the fact of owning these old vehicles. What a beautiful van, I'm sure you'll get it sorted out. Thankfully these old Mopars are about as simple as they get.
On the other hand, you're right about the seller being deceptive. Even IF the van ran and drove perfectly and was generally reliable, he should know and tell people that due to the fact that it's a 50 year old van that you might have issues. Definitely didn't use if much if the inside of the tank had flaky rust that'll clog fuel lines/filter. Must have sat for years and years without fuel in it for that to occur.
I’ve owned many vintage vehicles. The issue here isn’t that it’s old and could have problems… it’s the fact the seller knew it had problems and didn’t disclose that and more or less lying to say it was turn key and that he drove it a lot. I even found in receipts where the van had been taken to mechanics trying to fix the stalling issue. Obviously those “mechanics” didn’t know what they were doing. I fixed the van and it has since been sold to France.
@@ObsoleteAutomotiveagreed. The seller definitely didn't fully disclose the history he had with the van, which can be frustrating because just based on looks this thing looks like it's been babied. Hopefully you got what you wanted out of it and it has a good home to retire to in France. Thanks for the reply, love your channel!
@@weegeemike It was a nice van. Once I got the mechanicals sorted it was reliable! The thing is probably living it’s best life in France!
Dude thats a a nice van. If you dont want it ill take it. Exaples original and clean like that are not comon at all.
The issue is the mechanical/electrical of the van was misrepresented by the seller. It was sold as a turn key van capable of long distance drives. When in reality it was good for up to 15 mins which is just enough time to allow a buyer to test drive and think everything is fine. Obviously the body is in nice shape… I didn’t say it wasn’t.
And anyhow… it’s long gone. Currently lives in France after I FIXED all the issues that the previous owner decided to not mention and made it into a nice reliable vehicle.
Maby that's a old airport or hotel van the fuel problems is from sitting I'm guessing lowe miles that's a great looking van
It was definitely parked in the garage
installing Hei unit was a good choice on mopar there was a porcelin fuse on firewall notorious for not function when hot really a good product after little bugs worked out you didn't get screwed
That’s the ballast resistor you’re referencing. It wasn’t that. There was some sort of wiring issue. Going through receipts I saw that the previous owner had taken the van to a mechanic several times trying to figure out what was wrong with it. Obviously they didn’t figure it out… and the seller neglected to mention that major issue.
Old airport shuttle van brah
😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂 your tripping bro
I bet you money the pick -up coil inside the distribitor was all it was been down that road several times $15.00 part.
If it were only that easy. All bolt on components checked good. Then they got swapped out anyway. It was some sort of intermittent wiring issue. Broken/corroded wire or terminal in the harness somewhere is my guess.
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Out west cars are the best !
speedomoter dont work either saw the cable just hanging
Top Street Performance 105050 Shoemaker Santa Fe Springs CA. Put a electric fuel pump into gas tank.
Part #13241 HEI distributor. GMC top and bottom Dodge.
That’s not a handbrake that’s how you pop your hood I have a 73 B300 sportsman royal converted to a coachman, 23 foot RV
That is the parking/hand brake. You can see the hood release later in the video. It’s a T handle that says “Hood Release” at the 13 minute mark.
If you want to sell it, let me know…
It’s since been fixed and sold.
im not sure its a lemon video worthy.depending what you paid for it?you never mention that.almost 50 year old cars and such will need something done to it to make it road worthy and ready to drive to just hop in and go.it could be 10 minutes after buying it or 10 months,it dont matter, being that old.just never expect to just hop in it and drive it home!!i would have trailed it home anyway being how old it was.lesson learned for you young people.
I’ve driven countless 50+ year old cars 3000+ miles after purchasing them. Yes you can expect to hop in a car and drive it home and I’ve done it many times… But then again I’m not afraid to drive my cars.
Labeling this van as a lemon is somewhat tongue in cheek but it was advertised and sold as a turn key driving vehicle not needing anything but in reality it was not drivable without work needing to be done.
This has nothing to do with being “young” and comments like that are ignorant. Trailering a car to destinations is boring and not enjoyable.
@@ObsoleteAutomotive never said trailing a car to destinations,said trailering it home when you buy and then check it out.
No such thing as a dodge van lemon
News flash: Anything can be a lemon.
Looks more like a lime to me. In that you did not say what you paid I don`t know what to think about you buying lemon or getting a deal. You have a kind of snotty tone to your voice so I don`t know what to think of your judgement .
It doesn’t matter what I paid. The seller lied about its condition. These issues plagued the van for several owners and no mechanics were able to fix it until I got it. I found past receipts showing attempts at fixing “random stalling” and such. Oh but if you must know it WASN’T cheap. I paid a hefty price for what was supposed to be a turn key vehicle. So yes it’s a LEMON. Unsafe to drive with consistent problems.
Sell it and make lemon aid I guess.
@@Dwayne-mb2uj I fixed all the problems that the other “mechanics” and owners couldn’t and I did sell it. And now it’s in France. No problemo!
Man up! You should have done your homework before buying a 50 year old van. Not a lemon!
Do tell how you do your homework on an intermittent ignition wiring problem and a rust filled gas tank that the seller decided to not mention.