First Wash in 30 Years: BIOHAZARD Ford Camper Van! | Car Detailing Restoration

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[@MrNimblemouse]

That magic question of if you do restore it please bring it by the shop. Hope to see some vehicles from previous videos come back to the shop or at least a quick video to show what they look like after being restored.

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[@dalegereaux1863]

On my 16th birthday I went to the DMV to take my driving test to get my license. I drove my Dad's 1970 Ford Econoline 300. A 1 ton van with no power steering or power brakes. The instructor took me to what looked to be the smallest street in our city and told me to execute a K turn. I was able to do it and we headed back DMV and I got my license ! The following summer on our family vacation I drove that van from Los Angeles to Yellowstone across to Ohio then down to Texas and back home in 30 days. With all the side trips we put over 8,000 miles and I drove it 29 of the 30 days while my younger brother read the map so we wouldn't get lost. We kept that van for 34 years and then one of our neighbors bought it.

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[@lilshroomie420]

thank you for sharing this! lovely story

[@Homeinmygardenwithmydog]

My grandfather had one of these! Same color but with a white roof, if I remember correctly. I remember driving from Long Island to Florida with him and Grandma when I was about 3 or 4. Later on my father used it as an HVAC service vehicle. Today, as an electrical contractor, I have a ‘99 Econoline Club Wagon 15 passenger van with the seats removed. Great vehicles.

[@emilpetersen3365]

Now this, ladies and gentlemen, is what its all about! Hope a lot more vans will be shown in the future. Give Mike a payraise for being a gentle van guy! That shows a real man! Also, what a neat cute van! and the color! love it!

[@marilynlewison9649]

Kudos to WD for taking on this challenge - it’s amazing how this van cleaned up

[@RogerNatale]

Completely gut it and start over nice to see these old vans come back to life 😊

[@vwcadwagon]

I've camped in VW Buses, tow-behind trailers, a covered wagon, and out underneath the stars. This van deserves a second chance. It turned out much better than I thought. I've cleaned up a lot of vintage tow-behind campers, VW campers and old cars. Always very satisfying. Keep up the good work. I just might have a vehicle for you to tackle. We'll see.

[@diondietvorst1440]

I can’t wait for the video every week. I’m from the Netherlands and we were on vacation with a campervan in ‘22. We love the freedom and easy travel.

[@johnsomers8269]

My Dad and Mom bought a brand new Ford Econoline 500, white with red interior in the late 60's. Dad did his own camper van modifications, when I graduated from college, I flew to Florida to meet up with the parents, and we drove the Ford up through the Blue Ridge Mountains to Vermont enjoying the camping mode!

[@sevany494]

Do you still have it

[@wollver2072]

Definitely hands down one of my favorite details, can't imagine what the floor pan would've looked like if the carpet and wood wasn't existent, definitely a sign to restore it and get it back on the road ❤🎉

[@joycecook8876]

My favorite and I didn’t think that was possible because so many before this have blown me away. I was 15 in 1970 and remember riding in the vans with friends and neighbors. Good times! Thank you, thank you!

[@davewallace.8303]

Hocking Hills is great to camp at. My best memories from tent camping when I was a troop leader, was cooking and eating food cooked over an open fire. Then later, just sitting around the fire with friends, enjoying “beverages”, to the wee hours.

[@bobpaulino4714]

We used to camp hocking hills, salt fork, and on American electric powers property where big muskie had been. The loudonville/ Mohican area is also very nice.

[@72GTX70RTSE]

Wow the memories that van-camper brings back for us guys who grew up in the late 60's through the late 70's. There were so many van customizing shops around like Startruck in Transfer Pa. You could have anything from a cruiser to a camper.

[@alexismerced2981]

Wow guys it's not a transformation, it's a miracle 😂 really a good job

[@andymiller1803]

My family started out in tents with a Chevy van similar to this. We kept upgrading as my parents could first to a tent trailer, then a full size travel trailer, and then a nice big boat. All with that van that My dad had to rebuild the engine on twice in its lifetime. My favorite part is the evolution of what we could do. It was so much fun in summer when I was a kid. Each of us kids got a full row of seats to our own, and the family traveled the entire west coast of North America.

[@robertphillips2868]

For me this was the best clean yet and the most satisfying to watch, Great Job!!!

[@terrypack7537]

I’ve had two vans in my 70 years first one was a 69 VW westfailia pop up, in Montana where I’m originally from . I took it camping fishing, it was a great experience.. my second van was a 1991 ford econo van just what you have there. Plenty of room in that van . Great times in this van . I did it all in this van .

[@douglasmatheson8346]

Kudos to you guys. I have to admire your dedication to your channel to even attempt to clean that van.😮

[@danafelicetti2084]

My dad was a cabinet maker by trade. As a child in the 70's my dad always had vans and he would customize the back for camping. We spent so much time in the summer traveling New England with family and friends. It was an amazing experience.

[@LinkHYAHHHHUAH]

5:46 come on man go camping and film camping it’ll be a video for us and you will camp for the first time 👍you guys are the best

[@Sherri_York]

When I was a kid back in the 70's, my grandpa had a 1969 Econoline similar to this one. It was our fishing/hunting van. He bought it in 1973 I believe. The year I was born. He had it until 2010 when he was diagnosed with leukemia. There are so many memories I have of this van.

[@OE_Racing]

LIVING IN A VAN DOWN BY THE RIVER!!! that is immediately what I thought of when watching this video. Did the skit this last summer and just like this vans owner, I made some pretty good memories

[@josephconner2825]

Great job I have a 71 Chevy C10 that looks like that did been sitting in my yard for 13 years and sit in my inlawly house for at less 12 years before I got it home. Love these videos you do. Keep them coming

[@joshdavenport5787]

I'm from Mansfield Ohio. Hocking hills is an amazing place to go camping!!!

[@mr.fowler1684]

Columbus here and yes true

[@deepee1544]

You guys rock for doing this one! It would be awesome to see this van get fully restored!

[@reginaldom.oliveira2682]

Boa tarde pessoal, é vocês são corajosos. Se fosse eu não faria este serviço, sendo sincero. Meus parabéns pelo serviço e coragem 😊👏👏👏

[@spacefacegaming]

Looks like a real actual mystery machine van 😂

[@jackielee727]

I love the music you have been picking. It's like it goes with the vehicle. Also, I'm from Montana, and we are people who love camping. I hope Brent gets to go. You don't need a lot to start and you can car camp. You and your friends. Wood for a fire, cooler with food and beverage. Old but warm clothes for night and sleep in your car.

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Lets go Camping boys 🏕

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Lets go!!

[@lorenpreston4174]

While we didn't camp in it we had a 1979 Ford Econoline van as a kid. Pretty good size V8, bright yellow with a table in back. The transmission blew on the 15 right outside of Baker,CA. Got towed back to Baker and a kind mechanic let our family stay in a trailer overnight. Nothing like being stranded on the 15 pre-cell phone days. Fun times. Loved that van though!

[@MadGhandi]

This is the type of vehicle we would like to see go through the full restoration process. You hit it with the initial cleaning, then off to get the engine fixed and then interior repair, finally back to you for the final prep for showroom level showing!

[@patrickrichmond9896]

A big shout-out to whoever sent the pictures of this van. My uncle David had one and it was an 11 passenger. These often had a slide-out step under the main passenger entrance door. This van means so much to me.

[@chrisdeason1101]

We owned a Ford Econoline when I was growing up. We took it camping several times. Lots of memories with this episode. Great work!

[@fredericlachance612]

This van looks like a meth house for squirrels

[@SarahBoyd002]

😂

[@steveorules3972]

My dad and mother were avid campers. Ever since I was a small kid they belonged to a camper's association we used to meet with all the other campers up and down the East Coast. It started off with my dad pulling a 19 ft Holiday rambler trailer then he upgraded to a 24-foot GMC motorhome where he took 7 weeks off of work and took us all across the country from New York to California and back. Probably one of my best memories of being a kid.

[@eveb446]

The Ford camper van looks great! Well done.

[@CalebOliver]

Love a cool van. My dad had a blue mid 1990’s Chevy conversion van when I was a kid. Sitting in the back and watching the small 12 inch TV that the manufacturer installed was one of the highlights! Great Video! 👍🏾

[@dallasbagley7569]

I did an accidental camping trip from a van once in Chillicothe Missouri. Pulled up to the Sonic at 9:30 pm, went to leave and fuel pump went out. Spent the night at Sonic with about 8 others. Was not comfortable.

[@Mudjie50]

I love camping. We used to tent camp when our daughter was young. Had many adventures. Our first time out was going to McCormick Creek in Bloomington Indiana. First our condenser/capacitor went out on the way and we pushed into the rural town to find everything closed. Luckily we were parked by a John Deere dealer and we took the part out of a small tractor and installed it in the car. We left money under the hood for the part. We had a TR4 at the time. Then decided to go down a service road and tore our the exhaust and put a hole in the floor. It was a rather hot ride to get home to Chicago. It was fun working on our old cars. Did a lot of repairs in the ally behind our apartment. Great memories of days long gone.

[@dorcaswatson4873]

I have spent many weeks in the outdoors camping. The best thing is being in the outdoors with all of the fresh air and rain and sunshine 🌞

[@KimHolmNielsen]

Man.. - i do like this 'Tractor' blue color Ford used. Nice job.. 😊 👍 ✌

[@birdssurfshed]

Now This is a cool episode!!!

[@GroundWater2]

these guys always find the perfect music for the details

[@sedland54]

I’m from UK, in 1976 we had a VW campmobil traveled from Idaho to BC Canada, down to Disney through vegas, Reno, Mojave desert I was newly from London a one year old my spouse & younger sister who was visiting what an experience from no experience, now I’m 70 & just bought an ALiner pull along hated camping then love it now

[@Opticaldelusion1008]

Man, what a job. Although this van should have gone to a junkyard 20 or 30 years ago, hopefully the owner can breathe some new life into it. The definition of a labor of love.

[@joeynova9896]

Sitting since 1994. 1994 was a great year.

[@SteveSmith-qf3sk]

Excellent video, thanks guys 👍

[@tyhogue8316]

My folks bought a van like that back in the 1970’s. I have lots of great memories in that thing.😉 we’d go to the drive in theater and dad would park backwards and open the double doors and we’d eat fried chicken and whatever else mom made. We took it hunting and a family vacation to Disney land. The 302 was a great little motor!👍

[@pdsux2022]

My family had a 69 Ford van. We towed 28' camper or Glastron bass boat. The van had table that lowered, into a bed. We slept in boat launch parking lots, to hit water before dawn. The spare tire laid flat, behind passenger seat with a large bean bag covering the tire. Lots of memories!

[@meredithgreenslade1965]

Give it a go doing it up it will be so much fun camping in it. We did a lot of camping when I was growing up. I suppose one of the best times was when I travelled from the Yorke Peninsula in the south of Australia to Alice Springs in the centre of Australia. It was run by the Scouts and local kids over 14 travelled in a old bus done up. There was some other vehicles with us that carried supplies equipment needed. Generator, water etc. Around 30+ of us. The roads were not sealed back then so it was rough going. So much fun. Quite a few incidents that we sailed through. Certainly character building. We had unseasonable rain to slow us down. The best were the mornings watching the sun come up each day on that red barren land. The smell of eucalyptus trees and the fire burning for a cup of tea and basic food. Uluru (Ayres Rock) was amazing. Lots of very different people to learn from.

[@ryand1112]

The best camping trip I ever had was at the mid Ohio sports car course on a race weekend. The best alarm clock in the world is the sound of revving engines.

[@michaelamos2336]

I know a guy my landlord has 100 plus cars trucks yall would love to meet him one day lives on 10121 McAlister road in Berlin, Maryland. Look on maps the woods are feeled there parts galore old stuff no pics but enough info to be in touch he's friendly also love the clean up on the vids

[@ebt12]

You have said you wanted dirty vehicles to clean, and you got it! I have never been camping in my life either, so you're not alone.

[@dmolina_damo]

your videos are amazing. Muchas gracias por tus increibles videos de detallado vehicular.

[@migzz7976]

I have those blue gloves, excellent choice. Dad’s friend looks like a cool dude, beautiful property.

[@d-train8033]

I really enjoyed this episode brung back a lot of childhood memories with my dad and uncles. They all had vans and we did everything in them

[@qc67-crt]

Tent Camping just looking at the stars and the being alone

[@DJonesAviation]

I’ve always been waiting for a video with a van on this channel. Well done, guys!

[@Musclecar1972]

Life is about challenges, but then there’s challenges you might wanna consider passing on, LOL 😂 This would be one of those! 😳🥴

[@JesusPina-c6s]

Buenas tardes , un trabajo espectacular, estaba fatal , la habéis mejorado, por completo, buena limpieza, de la ,Ford camper van.❤👏👏👌👍🇪🇦

[@rufinoacosta9289]

This was the dirtiest ever seen on WD ...you guys are the best...keep on bring in to life old vehicles ...thanks

[@linda-jp1ib]

I'd love to see it all restored!

[@caroldillon9967]

I've seen many of your videos, this is one of my favs.

[@jamesmcdonald5868]

In a 1973 Ford Econoline 200 just like this without the side windows and a slide door on it. It was a a van my grandfather bought it new the last year his construction company was in business. He gifted it to my dad. My dad converted it to a cruiser and made a bench/bed. The center of the bed became a table and the cushions became the seat backs. It was carpeted in the floor and halfway up the walls and on the ceiling. Paneling went up from the floor to midway with a chair rail molding. It dined beer mirrors on the walls, and the back windows had curtains with rods holding both the top and bottoms of the two back windows with Louvers on the outside of the windows on the doors. There was a curtain that slid across the front of the van just behind the front seats. We also had a converter to allow us to use a small collage dorm sized half fridge and a 14" black and white TV. Mind you this was in 1975. He had a company design sticker rolls/decals in three shades of blue that stretched from the hood to the rear doors. The van was Ford sky blue. He also painted a set of crater classics that were dark blue around the center cone fading to a lighter blue int a white as it blended to the lip of the tires. There was also a spare tire rack on the back door that had a cover. He painted a shadow stylepi ture of Doc Holiday on it. When you opened the back doors, he made a access panel with a slit in it to lift up and reveal a foam cooler in the back which was under the bench cushion. It had a windshield visor, a moon roof, a crank vent in the rear roof and to smoked bubble winds on the back sides. Even though we didn't camp in it, we went with my parents to the drive-in theater to see movies and always fell asleep on the way home, and would sleep through till we woke up in our driveway the next morning in the summertime.❤

[@mikehorning4060]

It was hilarious watching your facial expression whilst you pressure washed the van exterior....funning as long as I wasnt the one doing it I am sure!

[@samuelanderson1415]

My favorite video this video is so satisfying and the way y’all clean his van. Awesome job guys love the channel. Keep up the good work.

[@stoutmtc]

For camping near Ohio, I’d recommend Doddridge County Park, which is due east of Marietta Ohio just off of Route 50. They have a couple of yurts and lots of places if you’ve got a camper. Super nice club house! We just happened upon it while towing our new-to-us pop-up high wall out to our second home, but it was a complete delight.

[@cziegle3794]

Yes, get it restored entirely to how it was originally built out as a camper van. Original 100%.

[@benjaminl.dallaire9890]

My parents idea of a great family vacation was camping, so every summer we’d go to the Adirondack’s for two weeks. Always on a lake and in those days good weather was a given. The last camping trip I went on with my mother and younger brother after my dad passed away, it rained every day for a week. Not fun! The weather turned nice for the second week, so it wasn’t bad. I haven’t camped since, I prefer indoor plumbing and room service LOL.

[@matthewmullard8367]

Keep up the good work. I’d like to see some cars that are on the edge of roadworthy vs. those that are so far gone.

[@davidavery1584]

For some crazy reason I can imagine the 3 of you in a bluegrass band laying down today's soundtrack! Amazing video as ever.

[@kaylamerrill1133]

Wow! You guys did an amazing job!

[@robertamcclain9298]

Loved camping with my family. The muddy Mississippi is always fun camping. Do the KOA system so you’ll have access to restrooms and showers without the hotel price.

[@roberttenbrinke6453]

this is the largest vehicle you guys clean great work keep it up

[@Firemoose846]

Great job, guys!! That was a mess. I think I actually saw the van give a sigh of relief when the foam hit it. Pretty sure it never thought it would feel soap and scrub mitts ever again. Half expected it to lean into the scrubbing and for one of the tires to start thumping, like an old dog getting a scratch for the first time in years. And that wasn't a mouse nest. That was a mouse city. And one that had its very own Godzilla from the look of it.😂

[@brianbaverman7922]

I love your work. It looks great considering the shape it was in! Love your channel!!

[@brookedrummond5368]

I was just missing the steam blasting but wow this was a crazy detail! Good job

[@jwrangler12]

These guys are great. Very happy i came across their channel. Great job

[@Nutsludge]

This is insane. I saw the thumbnail and assumed this was a ‘will it run’ video. Never expected it to be a WD vid lol

[@zacharyeaton1323]

Dude!! That owner is Jim Hopper! I wanna meet him lol I cannot be convinced that Jim hoppers character wasn’t based off of that dude lol.

[@mikeomalley5407]

Great remediation guys. Now the restoration can begin, if it’s cost effective. Cheers!

[@arlenebrooks5163]

Well...the sink looks great!! LOL You guys did a great job with what you had to work with!

[@dalegereaux1863]

It turned out better than I thought it would ! Nice work guys ! 👍 I forgot about your location and how much the vehicles rust. Our 1970 van never had any rust here in Southern California. After about 18 years we did drive it down to Mexico one weekend and had it painted for only $300 and picked it up the following weekend.

[@rikturna]

Ok, it’s 8.25am here Queensland, Australia and my Sunday morning coffee goes hand in hand with my weekly dose of WD detailing. I’m one minute into the video and I’m thinking this is going to need two cups. I hope you lads get hazard pay. You’re gonna need it on this one.

[@shawntaylor7442]

Honestly surprised you didn't find anymore wildlife surprises in that van. Crazy amount of stuff in there

[@DavidRosado-b3r]

My guys you killed it once again! Awesome great job 👏 👍

[@williamnaylor5792]

I hope you have a follow up video on this one!!! You’ve done a few I thought it would be cool but this one has me begging!!!

[@jackgaul7376]

Wow you guys did a great job on this van

[@delwinjohnson2300]

When I was younger, our family used to go camping in a 1961 ford van. Before that it was a 1958 Chevy pickup with a canopy.

[@jembo231jem4]

Let's Goooo Good Saturday morning to alllll!!!!

[@JuliaWhite-hw7ow]

I'm not sure what part of Ohio you're in, but if you don't have an aversion to driving a few hours, just across the state line in southwest PA is a small town called Ohiopyle where you can go camping AND get a guided white water rafting trip down the Lower Youghiogheny River that has some decent rapids in the early summer. Our church youth group made it on the brochure for the White Water Adventurers Inc rafting tour company that's right on the river in Ohiopyle. That was back in the late 1980's. It was a total blast, and I'd recommend it to anyone looking for a great camping and adventure trip.

[@brandonb88]

That’s wild. Bet that thing was cool as shit back in the day, good job as usual gang.

[@christensenroemer8411]

Nice upgrade, from cars to van!🥰

[@maxpaterson6302]

I can’t believe it took like that and all clean good job and how many minutes did it take and have a nice day

[@jasonknab2692]

You guys are the greatest, keep up the great work

[@stefankotkowski1819]

I camped as a kid in a camper on the back of a pickup,in Maine, loved it

[@ninakennedy7497]

Van and panel canvas tent in Yosemite.When I was a kid haven't been camping in a minute but I found some pretty sweet spots even while driving a rig

[@DoubleD8056]

Love your videos guys! Keep up the grind!!!!! ❤

[@michaelmills3646]

Just spending time and memories with family

[@15super1ford]

I’m a Eagle Scout and still in the army I’m camping all the time lol very fun activity if done correctly