Walkaround "Car Show" of my 1979 Dodge B100 "shorty" cargo van.

Purchased out of California... This Dodge van was driven home from Northern California to North Carolina on a trip that started on Christmas Day 2022. A planned train trip from Charlotte, North Carolina to Seattle, Washington to drive a '62 Plymouth home ended up with us being stranded in Chicago when the trains to Seattle were cancelled. Plans changed when there was no way to get to Seattle not even in a rental car. So, a rental car was secured to drive from Chicago to Williams, CA to see my van for the first time and then drive it close to 3000 miles back home to NC.

This short video showcases this van and the various details and features of it. It's a nice original unmolested van which is hard to find these days. 1979 marked the second year the sliding side door was available for the short wheelbase vans and the first year for the new longer frontend sheet metal.

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Chapters:
00:00 Intro
00:15 More Doors More Fun
00:32 New Front End!
00:46 Interior/Dashboard
05:01 Cargo Area
05:43 Rear Door Operation
06:22 Sliding Door Operation
06:52 Under the Hood
09:44 Test Drive
11:58 Cruise Control Operation
13:29 Carb Cleaner, (a useful tool).
14:35 Closing Statements
14:58 End Screen/Bloopers