CPoCP? Am I missing something here?

"Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo" (rustyvandura)
12/30/2019 at 09:37 • Filed to: None

That’ van’s been sitting there for years . I could use some parts for Rusty, but I can’t see giving more than $500 for it.

DISCUSSION (35)

My X-type is too a real Jaguar > Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo
12/30/2019 at 09:40

I’m pretty sure I don’t want a black light anywhere near that interior

facw > Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo
12/30/2019 at 09:41

If it runs, it’s definitely worth more than $500. In any event, clearly someone trying to cash in on #vanlife...

benn454 > My X-type is too a real Jaguar
12/30/2019 at 09:45

The eternal question: is that semen or blood?

WilliamsSW > Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo
12/30/2019 at 09:50

Yes, you’re missing the crack pipe that the seller is using to get high.

WilliamsSW > benn454
12/30/2019 at 09:51

Yes. Yes it is.

Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo > facw
12/30/2019 at 09:52

If it runs, it’s definitely worth more than $500.

In what market? In the Midwest where they’ve all rusted away? I can’t see it. Tires are shot, (non-stock) rims are rusty, rust on the fender edges in a place where you never see rust on cars. Maybe I’m missing something, but that thing is squarely Malaise Era, would get about 2 gallons per mile, and I don’t know who would wanna buy it at any price. Still ... I’m going to call the guy because I can use the doors, the rear diff if it’s closed, and I have a recipient vehicle for the engine/trans if it runs and is complete.

Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo > My X-type is too a real Jaguar
12/30/2019 at 09:53

I was thinking along the lines of gutting it with fire before stripping it for parts.

Thomas Donohue > Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo
12/30/2019 at 09:55

$2000 for a Studio apartment is a pretty good deal in any market.

I would just check the land lease though....see how long they have left on the 99-year property lease.

Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo > WilliamsSW
12/30/2019 at 09:55

I can use parts from it, but not for two grand. Two hundo , maybe...

I’m going to call the guy. I’m not going to put any numbers out there except my own when he’s ready to actually get rid of the thing. Is that rust on the fender edges? Nothing rusts around here.

I’m waiting to see what Shop Teacher says about it. He knows these vans and any of that era where he lives long ago rusted away to nothing.

WilliamsSW > Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo
12/30/2019 at 09:59

Honestly that thing looks like it’s worth more than $200 by a long shot to me.

It looks pretty good by Midwestern standards. If it runs it’s $1000 here.

Long_Voyager94 > Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo
12/30/2019 at 10:05

If it runs and drives it’s easily a $3k+ vehicle in this neck of the woods in that condition.

$2k buys you one that barely runs and has so much rust it may not get you home around here.

zipfuel > Thomas Donohue
12/30/2019 at 10:08

I was about to say, he's probably getting $500 a month in rent right now...

Thomas Donohue > zipfuel
12/30/2019 at 10:13

Exactly....even after some new carpet, mattress, pillows, some Febreze and updated LED lighting you’ll still break even after six months.

Manwich - now Keto-Friendly > Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo
12/30/2019 at 10:57

With something that old, what it’s worth also depends on how much work was done to it and how well it runs.

And at 105K, the mileage is relatively low.

If it’s in decent all-around shape, it could be a Nice Price @ $2000.

user314 > Thomas Donohue
12/30/2019 at 11:26

Kinja'd!!!

ClassicDatsunDebate > Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo
12/30/2019 at 12:29

Haven’t you heard? #vanlyfe is trending brah.

RacinBob > Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo
12/30/2019 at 12:38

I assume California, right? My suspicion is the dude is living in it and his only miles are from work to where he parks it for overnight....

RacinBob > Thomas Donohue
12/30/2019 at 12:39

Makes a great AIR BNB

jminer > Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo
12/30/2019 at 12:57

In St Louis if it runs that’s easy a $1500 v an with as little rust as I can see in that pic.

DipodomysDeserti > Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo
12/30/2019 at 13:45

If its running, Chevy vans have been getting some coin. There’s a pretty good market for them right now out west. The 4x4 models have started to go for stupid money.

benn454 > jminer
12/30/2019 at 14:10

That thing is pristine rust wise. Inside is probably a different story.

shop-teacher > Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo
12/30/2019 at 14:41

For around here, two grand is a good price. WilliamsSW lives right near me, so he's seen the same horrors I have. What you're calling rust, is not considered rust around here. I rarely see these in this nice of condition.

shop-teacher > WilliamsSW
12/30/2019 at 14:42

You can pick these vans up all day for a grand, but they don’t have any rockers left. $2k for this one would be an easy sale around here.

Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo > shop-teacher
12/30/2019 at 14:58

That makes sense to me. But at two gallons per mile, you’d spend a thousand driving to Indiana.

I’ve owned Rusty two or three years now, and that van has been parked in that spot all of that time. I drive past it daily. See what happs.

Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo > benn454
12/30/2019 at 14:59

I’m gone text the guy, prob’ly. I’ve been driving past it in that exact spot for years and I don’t think it has moved. Maybe it has. But not much.

Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo > DipodomysDeserti
12/30/2019 at 15:00

Seems like anything 4x4 is fetching $$ nowadays because maybe end of days or something. Bro trucks? I’ll be watching...

Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo > RacinBob
12/30/2019 at 15:01

SF Bay Area. I don’t know that anyone is living in it, but I don’t think it has moved in years. I’ll be keeping an eye on it...

415s30 W123TSXWaggoIIIIIIo ( •_•))°) > Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo
12/30/2019 at 15:07

Well of you buy it yer only missing some candy to distribute from it...

Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo > 415s30 W123TSXWaggoIIIIIIo ( •_•))°)
12/30/2019 at 16:06

Take off the doors, strip out the powertrain, scrap the r est.

WilliamsSW > shop-teacher
12/30/2019 at 16:08

Ah - I don’t pay much attention to that market, really. Surprised they’re that pricey, but it’s hard to get a decent running vehicle for under 1k.

Suspect this one doesn’t run if it’s been sitting so long, but it could very well be an easy fix, who knows?

shop-teacher > Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo
12/30/2019 at 16:20

Illinois, but yeah. I won’t be buying this van, that’s for sure.

Once you get that Ranger going, it'd probably sell for $3k around here.

shop-teacher > WilliamsSW
12/30/2019 at 18:43

Yeah, anything under a grand that runs, is definitely on borrowed time. I'm sure this one doesn't run, but even swapping a whole new engine is cheaper than bodywork.

415s30 W123TSXWaggoIIIIIIo ( •_•))°) > Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo
12/30/2019 at 19:06

Hey I just found this one on our walk

Kinja'd!!!

WilliamsSW > shop-teacher
12/30/2019 at 19:08

I’ve driven at least 20 of these, probably a lot more, and virtually all of them had the tree fiddy keeping my right calf warm.

shop-teacher > WilliamsSW
12/30/2019 at 19:39

I've only driven a few of them. They either had the 350, or the 350-2 V6.