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Van of the Day : June 22, 2015; M2 '65 Ford Econoline Camper
Topic Started: Jun 21 2015, 10:06 PM (1,414 Views)
craftymore
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Support your local demo derby.

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M2's 1965 Ford Econoline Camper is the van for today.

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The Ford E-Series, also known as the Ford Econoline in Mexico and Ford Club Wagon, is a line of full-size vans (both cargo and passenger) and truck chassis from the Ford Motor Company. The line was introduced in 1961 as a compact van and its descendants are still produced today, though they are scheduled for replacement by the Ford Transit.


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Based on the compact Ford Falcon, the first Ford Econoline was introduced for the 1961 model year. Sized roughly to compete with the Chevrolet Corvair 95 (Greenbrier Sportswagon) and Volkswagen Type 2, which was 172.3 in (4,376 mm) long. It was originally offered as a cargo van, an eight-passenger van with three rows of seats (which carried the Ford Falcon name) and as a pickup truck. A 165 lb (75 kg) counterweight was fitted over the rear wheels to balance the front-heavy vehicle; this was sometimes removed by later owners. The implementation of situating the driver on top of the front axle with the engine near the front wheels is called, in the US, a "cab over" short for cab over engine configuration. In Europe it is called a "forward control" vehicle. The body styling borrowed heavily from the, smaller, UK produced, Thames 400E which had been in production since 1957 and the 1956-64 Jeep Forward Control.

Instead of the rear-mounted engine used by Volkswagen and Chevrolet, the first E-Series had a flat nose with the engine between and behind the front seats. Early models had a 144 CID inline 6-cylinder engine with a three-speed manual transmission. Later models had a 170 CID or 240 CID engines with a three-speed manual or automatic transmission. It was an immediate success with utilities like the Bell Telephone System.


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Here's our first stock colored example of the Econoline from M2. No moving parts are offered. It's a nice well executed model from M2. We had seen previous customized versions from both Jada and Muscle Machines which were featured for COTD in the past.

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Dean-o-mite
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Cool. I'm lacking in my current releases and need to play catch-up.
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Hobie-wan
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That's pretty sweet with a funky camper bit on top.
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juantoo3
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Even has stock hubcaps...gonna be tough to beat for this week.
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poorvanner
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*In Memory Of*
Just perfect. M2 really did their homework on it.
The box looking thing on the front of the roof is the optional air conditioner. Very few were actually ordered with it in real life, but that is it.
Of course it will have my vote.
Brian
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Harvestman
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This is really good. No opening parts, but who's complaining?
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pjedsel
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:toy: It is nice to see a stock version of the Econoline Van available. I actually saw a couple of them on the road while out north of Seattle - and I do mean driving down the road...awesome to see - since I was also driving and they went by rather quickly no opportunity for pictures.
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250 TR
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M2 seems to be doing a really good job of coming out with things I won't be able to resist the second I claim I'm done adding them. I cut most of my 50's M2 cars out of collection, as well as police cars that weren't from Texas or were otherwise castings I collect, and then what do I find but that wonderful Dodge Coronet that they did with the speed check dial on the roof. The latest victim of my collection downsizing has been vans, but darn it if I won't buy this the second I see it. This is just impossibly cool and very well done.
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Eurosport94
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Now that is neat!
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corvairjim
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Very well done, especially for an M2. Very believable grilles and they nailed the hubcaps. The camper roof looks right too. Now they just have to do a Greenbrier!
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ivantt
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New casting? Quick! Take it apart!
Waiting to obtain my first one. An excellent casting!
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Wyatt
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I will be buying one of those if I can ever find one, and the scale isn't ridiculous. I have seen the flamed ones retail but did not dig them at all.
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jurcpa
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many thanks for this interesting car,looks a little bid as a east german or russia van ???? or !!???
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66alfa_gtv
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One of M2's finest monents. Mine showed up in the mail today, and I just love the thing.
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66alfa_gtv
Jul 10 2015, 07:16 PM
One of M2's finest monents. Mine showed up in the mail today, and I just love the thing.
:wub: :unsure: :02: :toy: hello alfa romeo fan,tomica make the gt 1300 and1750 gtv !!! a dream :wave: :1: :fiddle: :bangles:
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James
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Mr.Bowtie
And Given the popularity of retro camper right now, it is spot on
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