Actually I'm going to drive it as is for a while but I'd like to paint it and possibly do a motorcycle engine swap of at least 900cc.

In one of it's movie appearances it was used as a Chinese Taxi.

I have the handle but don't know why it was removed and filled in. I guess I need to rent Lethal Weapon 4 to see what it looked like in that movie.

Here is a picture of van as I got it.

Hard to tell what it was painted for. The info I got from the prop company was very limited. At some point, it was used as a taxi prop.

The only one I've seen so far is the very corny Malcolm in the Middle, Burning Man episode. I was able to view it on the internet. The van is in several background shots. Here's the link: http://watchxonline.com/media/5680-malc ... ng-man.php

Hello, I'm Steve and I am the new owner of a 1970 Subaru van that has an interesting history. The van was owned at one time by Ed Parsil. Ed tells me he sold it to MGM and was in a Richard Gere movie called Red Corner. Apparently it was later sold to a large movie prop company and appeared in movies...