Found a sweet donor van! Do you need shelving or ladder rack?

Hello Gentleman,

Just found a pretty cool donor vehicle! It's a 97 Van 3500 series with 360 and 46re, 122K miles. Will be transplanting into a 64 Cuda, efi swap.

It is full of commercial shelving (guy was electrician and had receipt for $1200 for shelves) and I'm selling them on craigslist for $300 but would be happy to give them away for free to anyone who can consult me on the magnum swap, LOL (no seriously). Also, have a free van roof ladder rack with all hardware (drip mount) for any members (made by American brand). Also, have a free interior ceiling mount sliding ladder rack to any members in the Albuquerque area that would like it.

I'm pretty happy about finding the van. At first I was nervous because the trans fluid was not clean. When the guy backed out the van he had trouble getting it in reverse, however, it shifted well in all other gears. That night I read a fantastic thread in which a gentleman confidently noted that "reverse problems alone" on the 46re usually indicate a pressure and/or a fluid/filter issue versus "a reverse problem with another gear issue" which would indicate some serious problems. Anyway, I went back and decided to take a chance and bought it.

I immediately changed the engine oil, dropped the trans pan crossing my fingers that I would not find a ton of metal....drum roll......just some metal sludge on magnet. I changed filter, removed trans line and pumped out ALL old fluid while simultaneously replacing with mopar fluid. Now goes into reverse just fine and shifts perfectly. Pheww, that was a close one, was really hoping to have both the engine and trans to transplant!

Runs so great and fluids look good, thinking the heads are still in good shape.

Thought I'd share my donor story as I know this is such a big part of the magnum swap!