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09-04-2020, 05:09 PM
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Join Date: Jul 2018
Location: Washington state
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I was told they have 2 years work on the books , If you called last week with $150,000 in hand it would still be 2 years before completion .
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09-04-2020, 06:27 PM
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Join Date: Jul 2013
Location: So Cal
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https://expeditionportal.com/sportsm...inc-has-ended/
same news..pretty much...
My question is .....Who is Sportsmobile IP??? I always thought Sportsmobile West was the originator of the whole thing...
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09-04-2020, 06:40 PM
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Join Date: Aug 2015
Location: Golden, CO
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Indiana was the OG location. Then came Austin and then California. I thought the website still had the history of the brand up. I think it is cool. West was always kind of a rebel.
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09-04-2020, 06:47 PM
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Join Date: May 2017
Location: Bellingham, WA
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09-05-2020, 06:30 AM
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Join Date: Jul 2011
Location: TN
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Quote:
Originally Posted by snomad
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That's very cool (the old ads, pics and info). It makes you wonder where all of these old ones are? You think they would be better preserved than your average van or car and looks like many were made but they are exceedingly rare.
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09-05-2020, 06:31 AM
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Senior Member
Join Date: Jul 2011
Location: TN
Posts: 10,245
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Originally Posted by Greyswann
A rose by any other name? I've been waiting for 2 weeks for an answer to a pretty simple question I emailed concerning my penthouse. But maybe they were just too busy doing high level corporate business. So i"ll do what I knew I should have to begin with. Ask the Forum Gurus. I am certain that the combined knowledge of Forum members is far greater than that of the company (corporate or West) that built these lovable beasts.
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Texas or Indiana will get you an answer a lot quicker than West.
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09-05-2020, 07:52 AM
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Join Date: Apr 2012
Location: Philadelphia, PA
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Quote:
Originally Posted by 86Scotty
That's very cool (the old ads, pics and info). It makes you wonder where all of these old ones are? You think they would be better preserved than your average van or car and looks like many were made but they are exceedingly rare.
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Depends how you define “old.” I still see one from the early and mid 80s come up for sale, and occasionally older VW ones. Given that they were probably a fairly low-volume producer in the early days the original vehicle pool is small to begin with.
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09-05-2020, 08:03 AM
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Join Date: Jul 2011
Location: TN
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By old I guess I was meaning the 60's/70's. In those pics you see big buildings, LOTS of people (although I'm sure with all of those ladies in dresses this was a company picnic type of deal) and warehouse pics with tons of premade parts stored. Where did they all go? It points to a pretty high demand, large support structure and operation.
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09-05-2020, 09:10 AM
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Join Date: Apr 2012
Location: Philadelphia, PA
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Quote:
Originally Posted by 86Scotty
By old I guess I was meaning the 60's/70's. In those pics you see big buildings, LOTS of people (although I'm sure with all of those ladies in dresses this was a company picnic type of deal) and warehouse pics with tons of premade parts stored. Where did they all go? It points to a pretty high demand, large support structure and operation.
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Gotcha. Maybe most were VWs that have long since wasted away?
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09-07-2020, 03:55 PM
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Junior Member
Join Date: May 2014
Location: Central Coast of California
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All, I'm looking for some opinions. I've got a 2020 Transit AWD build in the pipeline at SMB west but the van has still not been built by Ford yet. It was due in production in early April at Ford. At this point would you continue with the SMB West build or wait until next June. I haven't talked to them yet so have no idea what warranty work going forward past 2021 looks like. In other words, are there negatives with sticking with my original SMB build. Thanks
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