The Eagle Has Landed

I wrote over a month ago about how I bought a 1977 Ford Custom Van in Fort Worth, and was going to have it shipped to where I now live in Mississippi. I was waiting on my tax return to come in before I could get it shipped.

As some of you might have heard the IRS had a major backlog of payments they couldn't send out for whatever bullshit reason. Well last week my deposit finally went through and I made arrangement's to have it shipped.

Exactly one week after I made the call it's now in my driveway. I already showed pictures of the exterior, luckily nothing changed in the move. So I thought I would share some pictures of the swank 70's interior.

Custom Wrap Around Couch In The Back

 Thick Shag From Floor to Ceiling

Shot From The Back Seat 

Custom Cup Holder Built On The Dog House

It Flips Down To Reveal A Hand Gun Shaped Spot
And Holes Drilled Perfect Sized For Bullets!  

And One Last Shot Of The Orange Beast  

Recent Photoshop Projects

So I was looking at the logo banner of ElectroSchlock and couldn't believe how boring it was. So after putting it off for a long while I fired up Photoshop and went to work. Crazy thing is I didn't stop there, I put together about 8 different graphics I will be needing in  the future on my other two sites. After that I just kind of screwed around. Pics below.

This is the replacement banner for ES. I was mostly just plying
around with light effects

This is a smaller piece to a bigger picture

This is what I started with

Found this image online

Turned it into this, like I said after a

while I was just screwing around

Media Storage

What would you take with you, if you were going to be away from all your stuff for at least a year? I was faced with that questions when it was decided I would be spending some time with my parents three states away from my old house. I took a couple of books I was in the middle of reading, and some I planned to read. Same thing with DVDs and Blu Rays. When I got to my new place my mom surprised me with an empty bookcase.

I filled the bottom shelf about halfway with my stuff, but over the course of the last six months it's been getting pretty filled. I don't have a "before" picture but this is its current state.

I have taken (blurry) pictures of each shelf click each one for a description of what's stored on each one.

Shelf 1

Shelf 2

Shelf 3

Shelf 4

Shelf 5

SCORE: 1977 Ford Econoline 150 Custom

It was the right time and I was at the right place. I had spotted the crigslist ad two weeks ago, and conversed with the seller by phone and text.

I live by the mantra that if it's to good to be true it probably is, this seemed to be the case. The seller assured me everything in the description was accurate. I decided to make a weekend trip to Fort Worth to see it in person. Sure enough it was as nice in person as in the photos.

I paid for the van, and rented a trailer from U-Hall unfortunately the trailer was to small. What really sucked is the fact that I didn't find that out until I loaded the van on and ripped a hole the front passenger side tire. I then hauled it from Godly, TX to Fort Worth and nearly flipped the van off the trailer.

So it was decided I would store it at my friends house long enough for me to arrange transport from a shipping company.

I'm so excited, it's not perfect by any means but is a great platform for a custom van project.

Photos below.

The grille trim needs to be replaced, but otherwise
a nice straight front end

Changing the Tire

Didn't take any photos of the interior, but it's all original from '77. Floor to ceiling shag carpet, four captains chairs and a custom wrap around sofa in the rear.