Sportsmobile 2002 Ford E250 100k mi

[tsawyer]

Sportsmobile pop top camper for sale by original owner. 2002 Ford E250, 100k miles, 2WD, Gas 5.4L v8.

Asking $22,500. Very clean except for some rust.

Features include limited slip rear end, trailer breaks, two additional rear springs (sits level), smart house battery charger, 125 Ah AGM house battery, battery monitor, DC and AC outlets, comfortable full width bed, rear seat, two captains chairs, table, door cubbies and storage, under floor storage compartment, under bed storage.

Also has two portable butane canister stoves, porta potty, kitchen sink, refrigerator, 20 gallon water tank, hot water heater, outside hot and cold water shower, gray water tank, propane tank, thermostat controlled 12v propane furnace, sleeps 4, removable inside surf board racks.

Outside it has shore power, water and sewer hook ups, side awning, pop top, roof racks, heavy duty rear spare tire carrier, tan color typically reserved for 4WD models. Paint is in good shape except for rust on the roof which is typical for Ford.

Thanks for taking a look,
Tim
tim.sawyer@mac.com

 

[86Scotty]

Nice van. "Very clean except for some rust" is quite confusing.

To a lot of people clean metal with a slight tinge of surface rust on the frame only is 'tons of rust'.
To people from some places holes in the bodywork smaller than soccer balls constitute 'light rust'.
So, I would recommend you show pictures if you're going to mention the word rust.

Good luck! Great color.

:b5:

 

[1der]

++ yep, re roof rust.

 

[mikracer]

Seems like a great deal. Where are you located? And is the penthouse power or manual?

 

[tsawyer]

The penthouse is manual. I'm in Huntington Beach, CA.

 

[doublevan2]

Looks overall seem clean - but ditto on the "rust" - gotta include photos -

 

[tsawyer]

My buyer has applied for a loan with his credit union. The credit union says they have to enter the make and model on jdpower.com to process the loan. They can't find a Sportsmobile EB-151S (Garage) nor can I. Sportsmobile says the banks should have jdpower access that allows them to lookup information on the model information.

Anybody have suggestions on how a credit union would use jdpower to lookup Sportsmobile models?

 

[1der]

Do you have pages in your binder of the different floor plans that were offered?

If so, it may be that an EB15 plan is close and the 1S is some modification to that.

 

[Scalf77]

Actually it is closer to a EB51 plan, the rear side cabinets , shelves replaced with the surf board rack.

https://web.archive.org/web/20140209070519/http://sportsmobile.com/1_std-eb-plans.html

 

[1der]

Actually it is closer to a EB51 plan, the rear side cabinets , shelves replaced with the surf board rack.

https://web.archive.org/web/20140209070519/http://sportsmobile.com/1_std-eb-plans.html

Agreed.

If the build sheet and floorplan pages from the van's binder are posted here they will likely show the deletes/adds/substitutions to the 51 floorplan.

 

[doublevan2]

Not to rain on anybody's parade - but maybe "too old" for them to consider insuring. I had to send over 40 photos to Progressive to get my insurance on a 2002 E350 with less than 5,000 miles on odometer and not a scratch on it - back in 2021. And locally - some garages I went to for mechanical checkups/ minor work - said they won't work on anything older than 10 years due to parts availability, etc.

 

[tsawyer]

Agreed.

If the build sheet and floorplan pages from the van's binder are posted here they will likely show the deletes/adds/substitutions to the 51 floorplan.

You are so right. Thank you!

 

[BennyD-SMB]

Not to rain on anybody's parade - but maybe "too old" for them to consider insuring. I had to send over 40 photos to Progressive to get my insurance on a 2002 E350 with less than 5,000 miles on odometer and not a scratch on it - back in 2021. And locally - some garages I went to for mechanical checkups/ minor work - said they won't work on anything older than 10 years due to parts availability, etc.

This isn’t my experience at all. Progressive insured my van for exactly how much I wanted and no one minds working on it. It’s a 1998.

 

[BennyD-SMB]

My buyer has applied for a loan with his credit union. The credit union says they have to enter the make and model on jdpower.com to process the loan. They can't find a Sportsmobile EB-151S (Garage) nor can I. Sportsmobile says the banks should have jdpower access that allows them to lookup information on the model information.

Anybody have suggestions on how a credit union would use jdpower to lookup Sportsmobile models?

You may have a hard time with this. I would love to hear how it works out for you. In my experience, they will tell you the van is worth a lot less than it is.

 

[tsawyer]

You may have a hard time with this. I would love to hear how it works out for you. In my experience, they will tell you the van is worth a lot less than it is.

Yeah, I optioned it out on JDpower but they don't have many of the options. The "average retail" is only $16K.

 

[tsawyer]

Price reduced significantly to $19,500. I had an offer for that but buyer had to back out.

 

[blair-SMB]

Pics of the rust?

 

[tsawyer]

I'm having the rust fixed next week. They are going to R&R the windshield, repair the rust spots and paint match.

 

[86Scotty]

That's bad. Sorry to see that. If it's that bad there it is very likely hiding in the roof gutter and in the bottoms of the doors and rocker panels. I hope not, for you or a potential buyer, but if it's there it tends to be in more places. I would have whoever is fixing it go over the entire body very thoroughly.

Good luck.

 

[BennyD-SMB]

That's bad. Sorry to see that. If it's that bad there it is very likely hiding in the roof gutter and in the bottoms of the doors and rocker panels. I hope not, for you or a potential buyer, but if it's there it tends to be in more places. I would have whoever is fixing it go over the entire body very thoroughly.

Good luck.

There is more on the gutters. He should share those pics too. It’s a shame because otherwise it’s a really nice van.