360 vans
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360 vans
Hi I'm George Hatton new to the club after a recent discovery of 4-69/70 deluxe sambar vans once owned by Princeton university in nj. Once I saw them in disrepair sitting hard. I knew what I'd be doing for the next few days. Removing these vans from the farm 2 were in a corn crib 2 were in the pines. With some basic steps 1 is running & driving no brakes other should be running soon. Welp that's me never know what tomorrow brings. & a chance to learn & understand these vehicles I know is a fun rare opportunity included was a chest of mostly nos parts plugs caps points cond carb f/p o/p 20 tailights 10 rev lens truck mirrors thanks. From Monroe/jamesburgh nj
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Re: 360 vans
George - welcome to The Club! We found our 360 van in Jamesburg in 2/75
and drove it for over 40 years. We used to go to the Giants/Eagles game every
year in Princeton and in the fall of '75 we saw several of the vans at the stadium.
I found the shop where they were serviced on campus and asked them to contact
me if they ever wanted to sell one. Never heard a thing.
Several years later I found they had used some for gunnery practice for ROTC and
sent the rest to a local junkyard. I went to the junkyard and they had got rid of'
everything but a few spare wheels (which I bought).
Glad you finally found one that survived in hibernation! Hope you can drive it at
least 40 years!
Ed
and drove it for over 40 years. We used to go to the Giants/Eagles game every
year in Princeton and in the fall of '75 we saw several of the vans at the stadium.
I found the shop where they were serviced on campus and asked them to contact
me if they ever wanted to sell one. Never heard a thing.
Several years later I found they had used some for gunnery practice for ROTC and
sent the rest to a local junkyard. I went to the junkyard and they had got rid of'
everything but a few spare wheels (which I bought).
Glad you finally found one that survived in hibernation! Hope you can drive it at
least 40 years!
Ed
300,000+ miles on Subaru 360s since Feb. 1975, and have never (yet) been stuck on the road with one!
Re: 360 vans
Thanks Ed. I called the garage at Princeton asking for manuals parts photos whatever. They were no help. Bob the 80 yr old man who sold me the 3 of them which turned out to be 4 for the same price when I found another one behind a sheet of plywood in the shed. His sister worked for the college he mentioned. He owned a body shop back then aquired them but never did anything with them. Not a guy who sells things right place right time right stuff. To ask about. I wondered on to his property from a neighboring where I was fixing the boiler. Cellar was flooded so I set the pump & went for a walk to the property line where where I saw them in his yard guy was super cool & glad I was gonna do something with them. Wish I could send u pics I have the rest of that stack of spare wheels. Some nice snows & a few pin stripes I'll send to your email if that's possible.
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Re: 360 vans
Hi George and welcome to the Club from downunder - you'll get lots of help here! Hopefully you'll send Bob piccys of your restored van/vans when completed. Cheers, Ian
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Re: 360 vans
Welcome to the club! Nice find.
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Re: 360 vans
Welcome great find