Retro Goss: How Conversion Vans are Built

[@jaycast1386]

I'm happy to see where my MARK lll van come from

[@schnuurtchke]

RIP Patt Goss I loved your DIY garage car repair videos

[@curtiswritt8474]

I really miss Pat and his vast knowledge!

[@42luke93]

Man I really liked his delivery here with conversion vans, sorry to hear that!

[@devontaeking2758]

It's the reason why I love these conversion vans like mini RVs without bathrooms😍

[@christroiano5045]

Some conversion vans were built with kitchens and bathrooms.

[@fordmuscleluis9710]

I really miss Patt so much love the auto repair shops DIY'S and such

[@bobbydavenport336]

I'm glad i ran across this video I've always wondered exactly how conversion vans were built

[@brantisonfire]

I'd love a retro Motorweek shirt from the late '90s

[@careylalor9902]

me too

[@LOS41510]

Me three

[@adrianzplayz007]

Me too

[@fbanda20]

This factory in Ocala is closed down now, looks sad when you pass by it on I-75 .

[@svpracer98]

That is incredibly sad news

[@roadwarrior8213]

Conversion van content is in a renaissance and i'm loving it, be cool to see a newer episode showing them building the modern Ford Transit conversion van's

[@42luke93]

I wish they can do reviews of the modern ones made by explorer still! Awesome

[@svpracer98]

I Remember moving to the other side of the world for a few years in the late 00s. I found it interesting that for one, the Chinese LOVE their Buick vans. And there were a few people crazy enough to import a full size gmc conversion van.

[@TurboMan942]

This played out like a Mark III commercial.

[@jeremiahsatterlee3518]

I always love retro motorweek

[@dave11686]

I remember this episode!

[@drott150]

I wonder if I can still get a T shirt if I mail my question to the address given?

[@ATC235]

I just bought a 2016 Chevy explorer. Would like to see some new reviews on these.

[@garyvallone5393]

Ya I got a 2013 ford camero . I want to see a review on it or my 2003 chevy f150

[@mattdavis9601]

Explorer is a brand/manufacturer of conversion vans.

[@JJPMustang]

Shame they went out of business in 2001. Vans were falling out of style years before this video aired originally. My folks had a Gladiator full size conversion growing up, and nothing beat it as a vacation hauler and tow pig.

[@jd-py5nm]

interesting I want one of these as a cheap travel machine

[@rcairforceone]

Josh Dollins The resale on them is hilariously low. It shouldn't be hard to find one, though it might be hard to find one in good shape. Nothing beats them for long highway drives though, and the 3/4 and 1 ton models can tow as much as a 2500 truck.

[@terrymashburn7611]

I just bought a 2006 Mark 3 Dodge van 318 and I love it it's old now but I was wondering about the wiring system in it to get it started somebody cut it

[@TheMailmanOfSteel]

They are built haphazardly as fast as possible by drunk and or hung-over workers and painters. Source: My boss built conversion vans in the '80s.

[@shawoo]

Jaybee lol

[@TeeroyHammermill]

Jaybee: That was the 80's. This was 2000. Quality standards were better by then.

[@ncurc9766]

I agree, my family had a 95 ford econoline sherrod conversion van, it was an electrical nightmare

[@toddrit9695]

your boss was a coke head

[@garyvallone5393]

Ya and guys just out of prison. Just like rv's

[@georgei.q.5825]

Those interior conversions I've seen in Silverado and Suburban

[@fordmuscleluis9710]

I wish that Mark III Conversion package would take the Ford 3/4 Ton F250 super cab & crew cab short bed pickup trucks just like they did on the regular F150 1/2 ton trucks

[@larrytyson402]

It is sad mark 3 is closed up and the factory is developing into a industrial complex but the sign is still out by the road

[@northamericanauto43]

They did?!???!?!???!??!?!

[@pbfloyd13]

how many new conversion vans have you seen lately?

[@nomadcowatbk]

I saw some at an RV show

[@Cmperry9]

Yeah like less then a year after this video lol

[@pwrfl2357]

I always wondered how the driver gets out of the vehicle inside that trailer

Rear door!

[@aaronlane8276]

there’s probably a door on the side of the trailer that the driver goes through

[@rtz549]

Out the back of the van.

[@yaelri1430]

awesome work there...can these vans be sold in Africa?

[@Daniel28021991]

Very intresting

[@micah2395]

Anyone know where I can get some new Mark III stickers and mark III emblem badges?

[@googleusergp]

A graphics sign shop can probably reproduce them for you.

[@TAEbot]

Do they still make conversion vans? I remember my parents had one when I was in highschool... I did some naughty stuff in there with girls😉

[@Sig721Tau]

JUMP23MΔN I'm hoping that you mean with "..of legal aged women.." and not minors [girls].

[@mental_modeler2952]

Okie Rider dumbass

[@PearComputingDevices]

Yes they do, We have factories right here in Elkhart Indiana. They just dont produce them in the numbers like they use to because of the decline of the full size van.

[@toddrit9695]

@@Sig721Tau your a schmuck

[@nomadcowatbk]

I saw some at an RV show

[@phillipjoseph8768]

I had a 95. It was a Chevrolet g20 hi top

[@careylalor9902]

if I was buying one I would hope it wasn't the 1 in 10 that rode down the road of bumps before my purchase.

[@AaronSmith-kr5yf]

Man we've come a long way since sawing the tops off of vans. Made no sense to me why GM/Ford/Dodge didn't offer high roof versions from the factory back in the 80's/90's/00's when there were so many companies out there cutting the roof out and installing stupid fiberglass caps that were prone to leaks. Ford, Dodge and Mercedes recognized the need for bigger, more space efficient vans with higher roofs. Chevrolet is still making the same old low roof crap from the 90's that wears like an anvil for the cheap contractor fleet guys.

[@DavidAndre657]

Back in the year 2000, we sent Pat Goss to the Mark III factory to see firsthand how conversion are built. Surprisingly, it was a pretty complex process.

[@2dfx]

Thanks, parrot

[@clintonflynn815]

@@2dfx Polly wants some crack.

[@sylvestergreen7408]

I have a mark111 Chevrolet conversation van, my ac stopped working nobody can fix it.

[@googleusergp]

A good AC shop will probably have to retrofit it and redo it completely. Unfortunately, Mark III was out of business by 2001 and nothing had really changed from the old days until they closed.

[@F6HemiCharger]

I am removing all of Mark III’s modifications. After 20 years it’s so unreliable.

[@JerkVegas86]

F6HemiCharger Whaaa