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03-23-2017, 02:07 PM
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Junior Member
Join Date: Aug 2016
Posts: 18
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Yes prices have spiked. I have been wanting to purchase one for 5+ years. Now that I finally have the funds I'm struggling to find one reasonably priced. What is your opinion on this one? https://thevanbeast.com Accurately priced?
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03-23-2017, 02:12 PM
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#12
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Senior Member
Join Date: Dec 2012
Location: Imperial Beach,CA
Posts: 258
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Yo! This'll be on the market within the next 6-9 months...
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03-23-2017, 02:15 PM
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#13
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Senior Member
Join Date: Aug 2013
Location: Silverado, CA
Posts: 530
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Hammack
Yes prices have spiked. I have been wanting to purchase one for 5+ years. Now that I finally have the funds I'm struggling to find one reasonably priced. What is your opinion on this one? https://thevanbeast.com Accurately priced?
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I feel like that's overpriced.
Also.....that exhaust. What were they thinking???
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03-23-2017, 02:32 PM
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#14
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Senior Member
Join Date: Aug 2012
Posts: 633
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Hammack
Yes prices have spiked. I have been wanting to purchase one for 5+ years. Now that I finally have the funds I'm struggling to find one reasonably priced. What is your opinion on this one? https://thevanbeast.com Accurately priced?
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Wasn't this van with the smoke stack up for sale a year or so ago? I can't seem to find the thread.
Also, if I was in a position to buy a van today I'd keep looking every day but be ready to wait for the right van deal to show up. That may be a long wait at the moment. Think of all the folks that bought boats, big RVs, fast cars in the pre-recession time and it didn't end well a few years later. Try not to be that guy.
-Eric
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A rocket on the pad is safe,
but it's not what rockets are built for.
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03-23-2017, 03:48 PM
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Senior Member
Join Date: Apr 2013
Location: Phoenix, AZ
Posts: 156
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Hammack
Yes prices have spiked. I have been wanting to purchase one for 5+ years. Now that I finally have the funds I'm struggling to find one reasonably priced. What is your opinion on this one? https://thevanbeast.com Accurately priced?
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For $46.5k I feel like you could find a similar van that includes a pop-top, or at the very least, a high top. You'll appreciate the extra space inside.
Also, I wouldn't pay the 7.3 tax unless it's an absolute must have on your list.
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03-23-2017, 03:59 PM
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Senior Member
Join Date: Feb 2013
Location: San Francisco/Nevada City
Posts: 3,769
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Quote:
Originally Posted by freeagent
For $46.5k I feel like you could find a similar van that includes a pop-top, or at the very least, a high top. You'll appreciate the extra space inside.
Also, I wouldn't pay the 7.3 tax unless it's an absolute must have on your list.
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Agreed, at that price range this is a much nicer van.. and doesn't have valuable interior space taken up by an exhaust stack.
https://sandiego.craigslist.org/nsd/rvs/6055268619.html
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03-23-2017, 05:24 PM
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#17
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Senior Member
Join Date: Sep 2016
Location: Denver, CO
Posts: 224
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The prices here in Denver for a 4wd van are insane!
I've got my eye out at a couple of junk yards for a F250/350 that I can get the front end and transfer case out of for my 2010 E350. Total for all the parts at U-Pull is less than $1000 and it will add $10,000+ to the value of my van for a weekends worth of work.
What the chop shops are charging for the conversion here is robbery, but I don't blame them, if people are willing to pay, I'd definitely be willing to charge.
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2017 Subaru Legacy
1990 Volvo 240GL
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03-23-2017, 07:16 PM
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Senior Member
Join Date: Feb 2013
Location: San Francisco/Nevada City
Posts: 3,769
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Quote:
Originally Posted by winmag4582001
The prices here in Denver for a 4wd van are insane!
I've got my eye out at a couple of junk yards for a F250/350 that I can get the front end and transfer case out of for my 2010 E350. Total for all the parts at U-Pull is less than $1000 and it will add $10,000+ to the value of my van for a weekends worth of work.
What the chop shops are charging for the conversion here is robbery, but I don't blame them, if people are willing to pay, I'd definitely be willing to charge.
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Not to discourage you.. but its not quite that easy!
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03-23-2017, 08:03 PM
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Senior Member
Join Date: Jul 2011
Location: TN
Posts: 10,239
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Agreed. It's not.
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03-23-2017, 09:26 PM
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#20
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Senior Member
Join Date: Sep 2016
Location: Denver, CO
Posts: 224
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Quote:
Originally Posted by rallypanam
Not to discourage you.. but its not quite that easy!
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OK. I'm going to try and say this without sounding too arrogant or too much like a pr!ck.
Grew up on a large farm in southern Iowa, spent the last 25 years in automation, mechanical/electrical and fabrication. Adding an axle under the front of a Ford van doesn't even register on the difficulty scale. People take their vehicle to a specialty shop for work, the price is high and the work is being done by a $15hr "mechanic".
That's just my .02 cents.
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2017 Subaru Legacy
1990 Volvo 240GL
2x 1987 BMW 535is
1995 BMW 540i6
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