1973 Dodge Custom Van "Denny's Dynasty"

My 1973 Dodge Custom 70’s Van “Denny’s Dynasty” (sold). Off to Sacramento, California! 7-26-17

As she was created back in the early 1970’s (NOT RESTORED). Love Custom 70’s Vans!! My 110th and 122nd car owned. Originally from the Wisconsin/North Dakota Show Van Era..won many awards back then ..and traveled the entire country.

Edit 6-16-17: Photos with Jerad Casper going to prom in “Denny’s Dynasty” back in the day. SO FREAKIN COOL!!!!

Well…the life/history of my 73 Dodge Custom Van “Denny’s Dynasty” continues … Jerad saw a pic of Denny on my Hot Rod Harrys facebook page and he posted this pic of him and Denny going to the Senior Prom ….such an amazing story this van has. I cant sell it…these are all signs …. I cant wait to talk to Jerad more …he said he has more photos somewhere…so hoping ..finally..a photo of the mural on the back can be found . LOVE THIS VAN!!! He said the owner then..a friend of his had bought it at a dealership in Fergus Falls , Minnesota back in the 90’s.

Edit 2-22-2017: Met up with the original owner Mark (Duke) Schneck. He was in from Wisconsin to New Jersey… so glad he reunited with this van – very cool!!!

The original owner Mark (Duke) , was In town from Wisconsin and stopped in to visit his old van. Reunited finally…hasn’t seen it since 1975. It was a very cool reunion!

Edit 9-15-15: The original owner who painted this van back in ’73 found me!!! Here are 2 Photos from 1973 he sent me… One shows the first custom paint it got when he sent it out to a custom shop in Vermont. It came back and he hated it, so then he had it painted as it is now a month later back in ’73 by a local custom paint shop in Watertown Wisconsin. Mark (Duke) Schneck was the original owner of “Denny’s Dynasty” even before it was “Denny’s Dynasty”…ONE SICK PAINT JOB FOR BACK IN 73!!

Mark sold it when she wasn’t even 1 year old at a Dodge Dealer in Wisconsin in 1974 To Tommy Berkhartsmeier (Photos from back in 74 are on here when Tommy owned it) off the show room floor of Watertown Wisconsin Dodge. The original owner customized with the paint and shag interior… just as she is now. Tommy traveled from North Dakota to California to the Florida Keys up the East Coast and back to North Dakota…in just 4 months the van went 18,000 miles (Tommy said he had the time of his life). The van was not named “Denny’s Dynasty” when Tommy sold it around 1975 to Dennis Brossart (aka Denny). He is The creator of “Denny’s Dynasty”… (he sold his ’70 AAR Cuda that he bought when he got back from the war and sold it later in ’75 to buy the van). Denny did all the flares, sunroof, mural on back, fur inside, side door gates, dash, overhead console, inside lamps, the inset leather snake skin areas, the Vantrekk grille & rear wing… So glad I finally found Denny of “Denny’s Dynasty”!! It took him from ’75 to ’78 to do all the work to “Denny’s Dynasty”… won many events back then in North Dakota and did a few vanning events also.

“Denny’s Dynasty” lived the true Vanning 70’s life (updated 11-16-14)…..he sold it after storing “Denny’s Dynasty” for years sometime durring the early ’90s to a guy that traded it into a Chevy dealership. The last he heard it had been sold at an auto auction in Fargo ND… then the rest is history. After that last ND owner Bubba Romanyshyn, it went back to Wisconsin to Adam Stone and now with me in New Jersey.

Features a very rare Vantrekk Grille from back in the 70’s. Even the floor and rear seating are 5 inches of padding… very comfy for fun and sleeping (if you do that… lol). The engine is brand new making 453 hp 498 trq on the dyno (I just say 500/500). The original 318 was bored and stroked to a 395 cu. in. engine… aluminium heads, air gap intake, demon 750 carb, solid lifter cam, 11.2:1 forged pistons, forged I beam rods, headers, zoomies, and a 727 Torqueflite automatic trans with a 3,000 stall converter. Over 13,000 dollars in the engine alone. Has 1,200 miles on the engine… professionally build by Jims Car Shop in Wisconsin. Jeff (the builder) builds Mopar Race Cars and did an amazing high dollar build on this beast. The inside and outside are as she was created back in the 1970’s .

CLICK HERE for photos and info of the 500HP engine build