1985 Dodge Ram B150 Royal Van! Full Walkaround Video! MoPar Survivor! Obsolete Automotive 1980s USA

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I had been looking for a shorty Dodge passenger van for some time. I lucked out and found this nice example for sale in South Carolina. The van had come by way of Georgia, and I purchased the van and brought it home. The van is in great condition only needing some minor work.
This video goes over the van, some history of it and some of the work done to it. This is one of the newest vehicles I've ever owned. It's practically like a new car in its features and layout!
Aaron Andrew Chastain article:
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Chapters:
00:00 - Intro: 1980s
00:58 - Video Intro
01:44 - Background/Exterior
02:36 - Freeze Plug Replacement
05:52 - Making the Paint Shine
07:35 - Bullet Hole
09:03 - Interior
13:27 - Glovebox/Paperwork
16:22 - Mr. Chastain - Previous Owner
24:16 - Dashboard/Instrumentation
29:58 - Under the Hood
32:45 - Doors and Windows
33:46 - Backdoor/Cargo Area
35:19 - Gas Fill
36:39 - Test Drive
40:06 - Final Statements
41:08 - End Screen/Links

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Комментарии : 73

@06acc 3 месяца назад

It was built at the Pillette Road Assembly plant in Canada in Windsor Ontario . It exclusively built Dodge vans, the plant opened in 1974 and closed in 2003. I love researching auto assembly plants and their history, I find it fascinating.

@weegeemike 3 месяца назад

Wow! So that plant was basically built just to build vans, huh? That year range you gave is almost the entire production run of our beloved B series Dodge Van/ Dodge Ram VAN.

@CoastalAutoReactionCAR 3 месяца назад

I love the fact that you care about the history

@ObsoleteAutomotive 3 месяца назад

The history is just as important as the car itself. Every car has a story… unfortunately most are lost to time.

@CoastalAutoReactionCAR 3 месяца назад

@@ObsoleteAutomotive could not have said it better myself

@randyhoepker5528 3 месяца назад

They had a van plant in Canada. Also had a pickup plant in Canada until the end of the 78 model year. Thats where my 78 Lil Red Express was made.

@jefferysmith3930 3 месяца назад

I didn’t think I’d hang in for a. 45 minute van walk around but I enjoyed every minute! Great video. Visually soothing. Something about that van…probably the red interior…that makes me want to jump in and take a ride.

@johnbarnes6832 3 месяца назад

This is why I subscribed to Obsolete Automotive-not endless repetitions of "Cudas/Challengers and other Mopar muscle,but that Chrysler Corp. produced bread/butter cars and trucks that were as interesting and diverse as Ford and GM. I'm glad to see a site where these often forgotten vehicles are appreciated.

@ObsoleteAutomotive 3 месяца назад

I love to showcase the cars that most people had. The people movers! The working class! Thanks for commenting and following along!

@jeffreyrigged 3 месяца назад

Same with me. Im not a big mopar guy but I do love the odd ball normal cars. I get burnt out on chargers and cudas etc..

@weegeemike 3 месяца назад

Agreed! Too many RU-vidrs making vids of Ferraris, Lambos, and $100k+ fully restored or all original Challenger/Charger/Superbird etc, I get more excited seeing vids about k cars, 70s/80s Dodge trucks, and the other quirky and cool products ChryCo and even GM has made over the years. Glad to see I'm not the only malaise era Mopar weirdo 😅😂

@jeffreyrigged 3 месяца назад

@@weegeemike the cars on my channel are normal type cars too. I'm not as established as Austin yet.

@jean-dominiclepage4813 3 месяца назад

Being shorty with 2 rows at the back and kinda well equipped I bet it was a rental at first. That would explain the short 8 months 20 000 miles first owner.

@vicu1157 3 месяца назад

Videos are getting better and better

@michaelkeogh8454 3 месяца назад

I've owned two shorty B150 Ram Wagons; a 1994 and a 2001. I loved them. Both were 8 passenger and had the 318 V8. I used to tow my autocross car with the '94.

@billiewright7532 3 месяца назад

I just looked at his obituary. Someone on the tribute wall talked about him painting for Coca Cola and so does his obituary.

@Scott_From_Maine 3 месяца назад

So much room and versatility in a package only a bit longer than a new Civic. I love the running boards.

@weegeemike 3 месяца назад

In regards to the bullet hole: one time i walked up to this chevy truck, i noticed that someone went crazy with the old bullet hole stickers that were sold at autozone back in the day. When i walked up and touched it i was SHOCKED, every "sticker" was a REAL bullet hole. Had to have been 20 at least. Dude got away lucky that day 😅

@MrGaryRoberton 3 месяца назад

If that had been a Canadian Van, the Speedometer would have been in Kilometers at that time, and the owners manual would have had capacities for oil and gas in liters....So, built for the U.S. Market. Cheers

@douglasnieblas74 3 месяца назад

Beautiful van. Definitely a keeper.

@danam0228 3 месяца назад

I had a Plymouth in college that was built in Canada, was made for US market, quite a few cars have been made in Canada for the US

@briandjordjevic9969 3 месяца назад

That’s one clean beautiful Dodge van

@OnkelPHMagee 3 месяца назад

You mentioned assembly at the Windsor plant--if it were built for the Canadian market, the two speedometer scales would be switched (i.e., km/h as the primary).

@CoastalAutoReactionCAR 3 месяца назад

Good to see a younger guy saving these old Mopar pieces of history. Fun fact I grew up in my parents 1987 short wheelbase ram 150 Royal van, two-tone, silver and gray. As a factory royal it should have carpet but they could’ve chosen a rubber floor from the factory very similar Interior to the one I grew up in with the exception of ours had that 80s Dodge cloth style seat covering You should two tone this one white in the middle red on the top and bottom.. also technical fact freeze plugs are not freeze plugs, nor are they technically called freeze plugs lol that is something that people have just come up with over the years they are casting plugs never designed to be a failure point for the cooling system, or to pop out when your block freezes they are there from the casting process during engine manufacturing and machining. They are known commonly as freeze plugs but that is not their intended purpose. Cheers

@CoastalAutoReactionCAR 3 месяца назад

Yep I would say that whoever ordered it specified rubber floor and vinyl seats. The Royal is almost the top-of-the-line trim level. The only one above it is the Royal LE beautiful Van glad it got saved by the right person loving your videos, I think you would enjoy the 2 Wheel Dr. to four-wheel-drive swapped 68 big block D 200 Power Wagon we’re just finishing right now it’s a survivor re built with all Dodge parts using from a couple of different generations of heavy duty, dodge pick ups, one of which is a a 78 BB W 200 snowfighter package parts truck. check out our other channel junkyard resurrection I think you’d enjoy it. Cheers.

@waterbourne9282 3 месяца назад

Very nice. Perhaps Mr Chastain chose it because of the Coke colour. Great to know some history on it, particularly since its been so very well looked after.

@weegeemike 3 месяца назад

He bought the van exactly 10 years to the day when i was born. He bought the van 12/12/85 and i was worn 12/12/95. Neat stuff

@tonychasey7990 3 месяца назад

Fun trivia...lol... the song that came on the radio was by the late great Keith Whitley.. "I'm over you". Yea.. I'm old and love country music.. REAL country music. Great van!

@danielulz1640 3 месяца назад

Probably built in Canada for US and Canadian markets. I bet you that it was originally a Rent-A-Car. That would explain the high mileage in a short amount of time. My Mother and some of her cousins rented a van like that, in Louisiana, for a vacation trip to Acapulco and back.

@stephenholland5930 3 месяца назад

That's a neat ol' van, Austin, in super condition. Liked hearing the story of the previous owner.

@sneakerfreak2002 3 месяца назад

That intro was amazing haha Pizza & dodge

@danam0228 3 месяца назад

A lot of red

@danam0228 3 месяца назад

Sweet van

@haroldrogers6083 3 месяца назад

Ausin in the early 80s myself and a buddy travel Texas to race in the Yexas Cross Country Racing Association 50 mile indurance dirt bike races . we fixed my van for camping i found a mattress that i could roll up and put under the back seat behind the captain chairs , so i could put the small 4 wheeler pit bike in the van . In the van i had a 3 prong cigarette plug addapter and mounted a removable fan on the wood console on the dog house , and had a 9in B and w tv for down time . I had a small gas grill that we cooked our meals on and a fold up table we carried along with camp chairs . We had a camp shower that we would stand in the back of the van doors and a astro turf carpet we would put down both for the wash and when we would put up our Tarp awning on the side of the van to stay out of the heat while working on the bikes for the next race ( have you ever dropped nuts or bolts in the grass and try to find then ?) We pulled a. 3 bike trailer that we had layed ply wood between the rungs and put hold down bolt in so we could carry the tool boxs , fuel , and ice chest on between the bikes . We had a great time camping and that van worked out great for us .

@weegeemike 3 месяца назад

Love your vids man! Love your new van here. My uncle had a '77 B100 shorty cargo van. Had over 300k mi on the original 318 before he sold it and now lives its second life as a KISS tribute van. If you're in Cali and see a copper/metallic brown B100 cargo shorty with a KISS mural on the side, chances are its my uncle's old van. This video brought back a lot of memories of riding around in that ol '77 as a kid.

@mythreeandonehalfvans 3 месяца назад

That's a good looking van. that are getting super hard to find.

@kevinhines4240 3 месяца назад

Say, Austin I dig those older dodge vans looks like this one is unrestored but that's ok buff that paint job man you git a original gem

@dcformee123 3 месяца назад

Over in Japan they love those bands they call them dodgy Vans and they race them

@twilliams8041 3 месяца назад

Assembled in Windsor, Ontario for export. to U.S.

@davidjustice5805 3 месяца назад

It's a nice Van

@stevecook1543 3 месяца назад

I'm jealous. I had a 84 just like it. Mine was a Prospector , fully chrome pack. I've been looking for a none rotten one for a long time.

@marklevine-es2br 3 месяца назад

When I lived up in Long Island NY, (in the early 80s), I bought a 73 Sedan deVille Caddy that had 4 bullet holes in the front fender driver side. Owner really wanted to unload it. Lol … Mark Levine Raleigh NC. Great videos !!!!

@ObsoleteAutomotive 3 месяца назад

Did the owner say what it was from??? 😂

@frankfurther3828 3 месяца назад

Betcha the rubber floor was special order, or carpet delete. Manual shift was also available. I've driven these.

@jeffreyrigged 3 месяца назад

Idk they sold the rubber floor ones for shuttle buses and church vans. Idr on dodges, but I've seen plenty of ford and chevys w that set up.

@michaelcoffey7362 3 месяца назад

Nice 😊

@johnkendrick7304 3 месяца назад

I think if you could get some deoxet behind those controls on that radio you could make it work

@briandjordjevic9969 3 месяца назад

Could put a 90s radio in it with a tape deck I think you can actually go all the way up to 07 lol. Then you can have CD and Tape

@CardiffGiant100 3 месяца назад

I love this van, it would be so cool to drive my kids around in. Great channel, Austin. Is that a bullet hole in the hood? 😂 EDIT: you just answered my question while i was watching the video. Hilarious.

@michaelatkins9780 3 месяца назад

Hold my beer. I got one now.

@randyhoepker5528 3 месяца назад

Wrong. All vehicles produced in Canada had the maple leaf sticker on them. All the 1978 Lil Red Trucks were made in Canada. EVERY one of them. My truck sold new in Illinois. So your theory is incorrect.

@michaelatkins9780 3 месяца назад

@@randyhoepker5528 I was referring to the bullet hole.

@joeystrains.9316 3 месяца назад

I have a 29 Ford with several bullet holes that were left untouched. Probably when it was sitting in a field.

@ObsoleteAutomotive 3 месяца назад

Luckily the bullets holes weren’t from when we were owners driving them. Ha

@scottbivins4051 3 месяца назад

Nice Van Dude!

@frankfurther3828 3 месяца назад

It looks like the rubber is over a substrate.

@chev500l8 3 месяца назад

Lots with rust holes, no bullet holes.

@chev500l8 3 месяца назад

Someone replaced the radiator, original would have been brass 26" wide (a/c) 3 core.

@johnkendrick7304 3 месяца назад

I'm thinking 357 Magnum... What do you think? I don't know anything else that would be big enough to make a hole like that. Lol

@davidcorliss 3 месяца назад

Kinda surprised the dimmer switch is on the floor

@brianbeswick3646 3 месяца назад

I don't know if you know but whatever you do don't use Spray 9 to clean the dash. I have a 1992 Dodge van with the single big square head lights and my dash board looks t GG e same as yours. I sprayed some Spray 9 on the dash it ran and took the red paint off and now it looks bad. Just so you know.

@jeffreyrigged 3 месяца назад

I live in eastern ky so seen my far share of bullet holes in cars lol.

@kennethcrosswhite3492 3 месяца назад

old glass fuses???

@olikat8 3 месяца назад

Dajiban racers will enter the chat in 3,2,1...

@CoastalAutoReactionCAR 3 месяца назад

That man was originally destined for Canada. The Canadian transport deco means that it’s original destination. Was Canada also built in Canada but it would not have that transport decal If it’s intended original destination was the United States so it probably sold in Canada and then came right down the dollar was probably strong at the time

@randyhoepker5528 3 месяца назад

It was just built in Canada. They sent their finished products to the U.S. and Canada. The maple leaf sticker just signifies it was made in Canada, not where it was shipping to when finished. My 78 Dodge pickup was also made in Canada, but sold new in Illinois.

@dwebs262 3 месяца назад

@@randyhoepker5528I have a similar sticker on my 78 Mercury Zephyr that was made in Canada and sold here, pretty cool info thanks

@CoastalAutoReactionCAR 3 месяца назад

@@randyhoepker552810-4👍

@FantaLaStrada 3 месяца назад

I'm assuming its speedometer would have the main numbers be in kilometers if it was sold in Canada unless they changed it out when it came to the US. I have a 93 Toyota pickup from Canada and it is Kilometers since that is what they use there and no AC since that is not what they use there.

@jasonburnell7324 3 месяца назад

My brother had a 02 neon with a shotgun slug hole right above the gas fill door, the previous owner went too far into crackhead country

@ObsoleteAutomotive 3 месяца назад

Oh boy..

@dcformee123 3 месяца назад

The van really came out looking nice but I don't know if you know this you really shouldn't be waxing a vehicle in the sun's not good for it next time you wax something you should put it under your carport much better to do it in the shade.

@randyhoepker5528 3 месяца назад

Good advice.