1980 Dodge Sportsman TransVan Vintage RV Junkyard Find

[@ashtonsmirh8583]

1978 catalina (tail lights)

[@malikdigger4544]

What a unique old Dodge RV never seen one like this body style before.

[@santinocappellaro7468]

Look like a 1980s era Bonneville rear tail lights! 🇺🇲🏁🏁🏁😎🏁🏁🏁🏁🏁

[@rickweintraub9847]

Bonneville taillights. Or Catalina, Pontiac eitherway

[@DPaint-v5j]

I had a early one. 360. Drove great. Pulled it out of a field. Full of field rats. Had to strip it completly. Good fun van.

[@googleusergp]

Whoa Nelley, it's a van, and thank you man. Maybe you were thinking of "Monaco" (a Dodge product), but those look like 1977-1979 era Pontiac Catalina taillights as noted by others. They would be marked with "Guide" if they were from a GM product. No VIN, can't win, but can be somewhat figured out, no doubt: B for B Series van, 2 for 3/4 ton rated or 3 for 1 ton rated, 2 for Sportsman Wagon or 6 for Sportsman Maxiwagon, B for 6,001 to 10,000 GVWR rating, F or K for 360 CID V8, A for 1980 model year, possible X for St. Louis, MO assembly or K for Pillette Road, Windsor Ontario Canada assembly and the rest is the production sequence. The St. Louis MO plant was located in Fenton MO and operated from 1959 to 2009. The last year that vans were assembled in St. Louis was the 1980 model year. The Pillette Road plant operated from 1974 to 2003. This van could have been assembled in either plant. There's an under-hood trim/buck tag that you may have missed which would have given us a lot more information on the van. Champion/Trans Van operated from the 1970s to about 1991 and was located in Michigan. No tag, can't brag, but possible DT6531 Cashmere exterior paint. The Carter Thermoquad was a complete piece of junk and they're only good for door stops. They are problematic and for a time, Tomco sold replacement phenolic bowls for them. To get a replacement part number, it was a real process using the passage paths of the old one as a guide to getting a replacement. Since many of those carburetors had been mettled with before, there was no guarantee of getting the right one. Whoa Nelley, Dodge van ready for the trash can. That's it, time to quit. 360 and gotta go. Carter TQ and it's over for you. MOPAR not going very far. Made in MO and gotta go. Going to be flat and that's that. Dodge should have been kept in the garage. Soon to be flat and about to leave the chat. Going to get squished and only the MOPAR faithful are going to be remotely pissed.

[@garymckee63]

My 340 Duster had a Thermoquad, and it worked very well, in fact a lot better than a Holley with vacuum secondaries. Always liked the double pumper though.

[@googleusergp]

@@garymckee63 Never was a Holley or Carter fan. Poor fuel control. A Q-Jet gives you economy and power on demand.

[@rickreese5794]

Was that down by The river 3 weeks ago🤷🏿‍♂️🎯

[@JosephMieczkowski]

I wouldn't say it's an unsubbed special but it is unique i'll give you that.

[@jasongilbert2267]

Omg talk about a blast from my childhood ❤

[@WalterJohnson-w5q]

Sad how it’s been trashed

[@johnbarron1329]

Wow it has factory 360 4 barrel probably with a 727 torque flite i would take that! 😅

[@northerntraveller3815]

That's from the era when my Dad used to say. Damn Dodge wouldn't start if a dog pissed on the tire...they were terrible to start when damp outside 😂😂😂. Tail lights are old pontiac Catalina.

[@edwinbonnelljr1587]

Wow that's cool as hell yeah man that sounds great to me too here ❤❤❤❤❤

[@Troy-m1r]

You were thinking Dodge Mirada. Or could be Aspen/Volare.

[@TheQuirkyGarage1999]

or Magnum

[@googleusergp]

@@TheQuirkyGarage1999 Or Monaco.

[@richardthompson6366]

Careful touching that carpet, you may end up like Steve Magnante.

[@buckster2575]

My parents had capret like that but green in our house 😆

[@briannataylor3734]

late 70's Lebaron or Diplomat taillights they appear to me..

[@xpelon209x]

💯💯💯👍✌

[@franceskeith4934]

was that a bud light i seen

[@donaldblanton6007]

77 or 78 Pontiac Catalina one of them models

[@garymckee63]

What a nightmare. I have had several vehicles with the Thermoquad carburetor and the carburetor worked well

[@Seinfeldmixtape]

A trans van? Lol. 😮😅🎉

[@TheQuirkyGarage1999]

dodge magnum taillights ?

[@XCELERATIONRULES]

Bonneville tail lights

[@ronaldlebowitz7409]

Pontiac tail lights?

[@Shadetreebroncojoe]

Intresting van bet if it could talk it would have some stories...

[@barrykehoe996]

Mercury monarch tail lights?

[@googleusergp]

More like 1977-1979 Pontiac Catalina.

[@john-d6l]

i think i seen that van on miami vice 🤣😅🤣😂

[@rickreese5794]

Haitian condo 🤷🏿‍♂️✊🏾🎯🎯🎯

[@lupeflores9004]

Pate sleeper Benny😂

[@ClassicRideSociety]

Pate is coming upfast. You going to Conroe? I ran into Johnny there back in October

[@DanKirchner5150]

gender neutral overdrive

[@timbeeman976]

Looks like dodge aspen tail lights

[@GabrielGiron-g5o]

Nice 🇺🇲

[@TheTbird668]

Pontiac tail lights

[@komalBrar-m7w]

Shag n Wagon!

[@luismiguelsuarezbarrios2057]

Pontiac tail lights?