What the hell is going on with this Ford Aerostar?

Kinja'd!!! "Spridget" (dustbustervans)
09/05/2016 at 22:28 • Filed to: Craigslist, Npocp

Kinja'd!!!0 Kinja'd!!! 12
Kinja'd!!!

It has some sort of strange wood paneling, a lot of vents, and a control box. The switches seem to say “horn”, “low voltage alarm”, and “am/fm” radio? Was it a surveillance van, limo, taxi, or was it used for some strange profession? Who exactly buys a Ford Aersotar as specialized work vehicle new? The ad only says it was “converted to a specialized work van”, which means the seller doesn’t know. What do y’all think it is?

!!! UNKNOWN CONTENT TYPE !!!

Kinja'd!!! Kinja'd!!!

DISCUSSION (12)


Kinja'd!!! Phyrxes once again has a wagon! > Spridget
09/05/2016 at 22:32

Kinja'd!!!2

That is really odd, I can’t think of anything down in Roanoke that would warrant something like this either.


Kinja'd!!! Wagon, semi manual, not brown, turbo because volvo > Spridget
09/05/2016 at 22:32

Kinja'd!!!2

They repainted the buggabago and took the bug off. Hard times for rusty shackleford.


Kinja'd!!! ranwhenparked > Spridget
09/05/2016 at 22:37

Kinja'd!!!1

Could it have been some sort of mobile unit for a radio station or something? IIRC, Aerostars were available from the factory in a work van configuration.


Kinja'd!!! m-b-w loves his SUBAROO > Spridget
09/05/2016 at 22:40

Kinja'd!!!2

Surveillance van seems likely to me.


Kinja'd!!! whoarder is tellurium > Spridget
09/05/2016 at 22:49

Kinja'd!!!1

Mobile hydroponics mannnn


Kinja'd!!! Spridget > whoarder is tellurium
09/05/2016 at 22:53

Kinja'd!!!0

This sounds like a golden idea.


Kinja'd!!! Spridget > Wagon, semi manual, not brown, turbo because volvo
09/05/2016 at 22:53

Kinja'd!!!0

This sounds like it could be innuendo.


Kinja'd!!! Spridget > m-b-w loves his SUBAROO
09/05/2016 at 22:54

Kinja'd!!!0

Yeah, it or limo seems to be the most logical.


Kinja'd!!! Denver Is Stuck In The 90s > Spridget
09/05/2016 at 23:21

Kinja'd!!!1

Couldve been a news channel van


Kinja'd!!! Deal Killer - Powered by Focus > Spridget
09/05/2016 at 23:37

Kinja'd!!!0

My guess is those switches don’t “Do” anything. The box at the left of all those controls looks all the world like a thermostat you’d see in a 30 - 40 year old house. This looks like something my dad would have cooked up to keep us kids occupied while traveling down the road.


Kinja'd!!! E92M3 > Spridget
09/05/2016 at 23:43

Kinja'd!!!1

My dad’s house has that wood paneling in it. It was popular in the 70's (in place of drywall).


Kinja'd!!! Wagon, semi manual, not brown, turbo because volvo > Spridget
09/06/2016 at 06:43

Kinja'd!!!0

Just a thinly veiled king of the hill reference. That could totally be a dale gribble van.