1983 Chevy G20 Zimmer (maybe?)

[bigalan]

If you've seen my previous threads you'll be aware that I've been running a 1989 Toyota Townace Masterace for about 3 years:-)



Unfortunately the time had come to move it on, so after serious negotiation with SWMBO I was allowed to purchase something with a bit more space.

After considering pretty much anything and everything I could think of, I picked up this tonight.

It's a 1983 Chevy G20 with a 5.0 small block V8, which is the economy model in the range. Relative to the 5.7 and 7.4 versions lol.

It's been in the UK since 1991, and that's pretty much all I know about it.

It has some nice rims, but no idea what they are. Nice and deep on the back though:-)

There are 7 windows up the sides which appear to be sunroofs mounted portrait style:-)

The colour scheme is pretty period and awesome....or horrific...it's a bit marmite lol.

The exhaust is pretty recent but a little quiet:-/

The body work needs a little patch and some little bits of touch up.

None of the dash lights work, which was fun on the motorway this evening in the dark lol

I'll probably need to source some seatbelts for the centre seats.

First impressions- it's amazing lol

[bigalan]

Pics from the ad:

[breng]

Love it.

What are performance/ economy like?

[bigalan]

I'm not expecting great things from either. It's not very powerful, and when you use what it's got it's gonna like a drink:-)

Looks and sounds good though;-)

[bigalan]

From the Z logos on the seatbacks and a couple of decals on the outside I've decided it must be a Zimmer conversion.

Struggling to find out much more though:-/

[agentprawn]

very nice .. i was watching this on eBay .. those sunroof windows are hilarious

bookmarked

[dikkehemaworst]

Loving the interior!
Does it have a bed in the back as well?

[düdo]

Haha! Out of the frying pan and into a bigger frying pan. A-Team meets Lampoons National Vacation. Just hope you can make the distances between petrol stations!

[RetroWarwicK]

yeah that ticks all the boxes...cool van....i guess LPG is on the list....Uncle Rico

[bigalan]

Sept 15, 2015 11:52:44 GMT dikkehemaworst said:

Loving the interior!
Does it have a bed in the back as well?

Yeah, of sorts lol:

[bigalan]

Sept 15, 2015 13:07:47 GMT düdo said:

Haha! Out of the frying pan and into a bigger frying pan. A-Team meets Lampoons National Vacation. Just hope you can make the distances between petrol stations!

Yeah, my enthusiastic driving last night caused fuel gauge free fall

[bigalan]

Sept 15, 2015 13:43:29 GMT RetroWarwicK said:

yeah that ticks all the boxes...cool van....i guess LPG is on the list....Uncle Rico

Yeah, after the initial tidying up is done LPG will be looked in to:-)

[darrenh]

the interior is mental i love it !

what the hell are the holes in the table for? is that when you nip down the 7eleven with the folks and you all get a big gulp ??

[duncanmartin]

That is awesome. I love the windows - inspired!
Every so often I think I should get something like this to replace the Multipla, and then I realise that it wouldn't fit in any parking spaces and I'd be forever filling it up! I've bookmarked the thread to enjoy it vicariously!
Cheers
Duncan

[bigalan]

Sept 15, 2015 19:45:52 GMT darrenh said:

the interior is mental i love it !

what the hell are the holes in the table for? is that when you nip down the 7eleven with the folks and you all get a big gulp ??

Must be lol. Had large soft drinks in the front table today and they seemed pretty secure:-)

My mate and I will be replacing these with slightly improved versions:-)

[bigalan]

Sept 15, 2015 20:03:24 GMT duncanmartin said:

That is awesome. I love the windows - inspired!
Every so often I think I should get something like this to replace the Multipla, and then I realise that it wouldn't fit in any parking spaces and I'd be forever filling it up! I've bookmarked the thread to enjoy it vicariously!
Cheers
Duncan

It almost fits in my usual space at work. If you ignore the fact that the spare wheel and ladder are in the bushes. And the roof is hitting the trees. And it sticks out a bit at the front lol

[darrenh]

theres one just down the road from me that i see multiple times a day, think its a GMC vandura version though. its got a crazy leapard air brushing over the entire side and, oddly, runs BFG all terrain tyres

[SmokeEm]

You are quite obviously insane! Bookmarked.

Not only will it not fit in a parking space, it'll drink more of the precious liquid than an Irishman on st Patricks day! If that wasn't enough, you have more working lights outside than on the dash in total.

You are living the dream that most of would love to but aren't brave enough!

Top buying!

[hario]

Lol. It looks like they were designing a boat from the top down then they only realised it was for dry land when they looked at the bottom..

Looks ripe for a diesel conversion though IMHO.

[darrenh]

Sept 16, 2015 15:32:45 GMT SmokeEm said:

it'll drink more of the precious liquid than an Irishman on st Patricks day!

didnt you read? its got the economy 5 litre engine