By Robert Emslie
Welcome to Craigslist Crapshoot, our weekly search for the most bizarre, awesome, and/or terrible vehicles that the online classifieds has to offer. Your search last week was to find cars with Suicide Doors, and hopefully talk them out of making any rash decisions. We’ll open the door on the most bass-akwards winner in a moment, but first this week’s challenge!
They say all work and no play makes for a dull boy, and maybe even girl. Still, if you want to bring home the bacon, you’re going to need to get some work done, and it always makes it a lot easier when you have a good work truck. That’s what I want you to find this week – specifically that bastion of the delivery business, the Step Van. Find us the best and the worst of those lane blockers, with an added bonus if you can find one that’s been customized in any way.
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Jeff Glucker
Not an entry, just crap (these are all shots of the same car):
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Quoth the Craigslister: "86 Buick Regal fully custom 6.0 ls1 with 4L60E trans, Mustang dash, Maxima Heated Seats, 26 inch rims, new suspension, hid euro lights, Side mirror blinkers and more"
Ls1 Buick Regal on 26 Inch Rims
<a href="http://houston.craigslist.org/cto/3991973018.html” target=”_blank”>http://houston.craigslist.org/cto/3991973018.html
I'd gladly drive it on period 15×7 mags and with the headlights fixed, but… as is, wow.
I am… speechless.
It looks like all the step vans got bought up by those goddamn food-truck hippies in Austin.
<img src="http://images.craigslist.org/00Z0Z_dQU9om7BRli_600x450.jpg">
1984 chevy step van – $5500
<a href="http://sanantonio.craigslist.org/cto/3985467797.html” target=”_blank”>http://sanantonio.craigslist.org/cto/3985467797.html
The ambitious ones came north to D/FW, too…
Thanks! The red car is a '34 Plymouth. I should have anticipated that such a suicidal ad would quickly expire.
Are those slotted mags? I would so rock this…
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AMG Postal Van or Ice Cream truck FOR SALE!! – $2500 (Big Bear Resort)
<img src="http://images.craigslist.org/00t0t_clAyLu9yqP9_600x450.jpg">
http://westky.craigslist.org/cto/3959479971.html
Who among us has not yearned for his own fully stocked ice cream truck?
Except that this one isn't quite fully stocked…even freezer equipped. It's only an ice cream truck "in potentia." But it would be a great motorcycle parts chaser without the freezer.
Ran when parked?
Its an AMG, so that means it's hotted up, right? That doesn't with well with ice cream
"Restored 1972 Chevy Step Van. PERFECT FOR FOOD TRUCK!"
<img src="http://images.craigslist.org/01111_bIALS8OV3Nq_600x450.jpg" width="500">
I do have to admit… it's pretty clean.
<a href="http://sfbay.craigslist.org/sfc/cto/3998371241.html” target=”_blank”>http://sfbay.craigslist.org/sfc/cto/3998371241.html
"Murica!
Fuck yeah!
The paint, the wheels – AWESOME!
<img src="http://images.craigslist.org/3rf3K83Me5Nc5q85J4d7fa4841cdbc01f18db.jpg">
Here is an '86 International Step Van. It doesn't seem much different than anything else out there, I just thought it was funny they were selling it with the graffiti still on. <a href="http://madison.craigslist.org/cto/3938415469.html” target=”_blank”>http://madison.craigslist.org/cto/3938415469.html
But it's minimalist graffiti!
Whew! I'm glad I got to this one quickly, because there's an awesome one in the KC listings at the moment: a 1951 Ford Step Van!
<img src="http://images.craigslist.org/00Z0Z_gHjG0KDowud_600x450.jpg">
<a href="http://kansascity.craigslist.org/ctd/3995848887.html” target=”_blank”>http://kansascity.craigslist.org/ctd/3995848887.html
That…is…EPIC.
Rides like a tank,piston slapping-rod knocking and starts hard hot or cold. Sounds good to me.
I have absolutely no use for that but would still love to have it.
This one is pretty cute (and cheap). 1966 Chevy step van:
<img src="http://images.craigslist.org/00303_2ifwNAh8Hp9_600x450.jpg" width=500>
Ad link: <a href="http://denver.craigslist.org/cto/3975654182.html” target=”_blank”>http://denver.craigslist.org/cto/3975654182.html
That looks similar to the one in the movie six pack.
This one has already been customized into a food truck. Who here is good at baking pies?!
1960 "Vintage" step van:
<img src="http://images.craigslist.org/01515_92tyebhZqi4_600x450.jpg" width="500/">
Ad link: http://denver.craigslist.org/cto/3977323796.html
My sarcastic side immediately thought a very different "Pie".
A mobile house of ill repute?! That seems like a way more profitable venture.
This one's a stretch, because it started life as a school bus with a distinctly step-vannish front end, but has since been converted to that most wonderful of purposes: a Taqueria on wheels!
<img src="http://images.craigslist.org/00202_bmA2m8Q8n1o_600x450.jpg">
<a href="http://kansascity.craigslist.org/cto/3980492542.html” target=”_blank”>http://kansascity.craigslist.org/cto/3980492542.html
Everything scrawled on that bus sounds delicious.
The Taco Bus in Seattle is cooler, although it is not mobile.
<img src="http://b5media_b4.s3.amazonaws.com/29/files/2008/03/taco-bus.jpg">
Scary clowns not included.
<img src="http://images.craigslist.org/00808_8JskHq7yrr1_600x450.jpg"width=500> <a href="http://greenville.craigslist.org/cto/3917407397.html” target=”_blank”>http://greenville.craigslist.org/cto/3917407397.html
Only 398,000 miles.
<img src="http://images.craigslist.org/00H0H_9gGQz20B3bw_600x450.jpg"width=500> http://atlanta.craigslist.org/eat/cto/3923637540….
I din't know FedEx let trucks go. I know UPS crushes theirs to protect brand identity.
Nice truck but has this whole John Wayne Gacy meets Saw vibe to it.
On the upside, it has two giant freezers and a pickle rack. http://dallas.craigslist.org/mdf/cto/3939233938.h…
<img src="http://images.craigslist.org/00v0v_3UfBhnLyFes_600x450.jpg" width="300">
<img src="http://images.craigslist.org/00707_flEJJejgLhx_600x450.jpg" width="300">
"the power steering is manual"
Too bad this one doesn't have a picture. http://greenville.craigslist.org/cto/3983270915.h…
1942 Diamond T Delivery Van
It probably looks something like this: <img src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-_KcD7_F-cHA/TzFPEGq66_I/AAAAAAAAGEk/gzAJckGtjoE/s400/1938-international-harvester-d-range-panel-van-570×385.jpg"width=500> But MUCH worse.
The fact that this shorty '87 Chevy is a diesel isn't all that unusual. What this guy is willing to accept in trade for it is.
<img src="http://images.craigslist.org/00h0h_6NqYoSM0MbQ_600x450.jpg" />
<a href="http://losangeles.craigslist.org/sgv/cto/3978430245.html” target=”_blank”>http://losangeles.craigslist.org/sgv/cto/3978430245.html
Really bitcoins? Well that's new.
Oh man, this thing is RAD. A mobile workshop with sleeping accommodations (which I'm sure are just as nice as the ones found at any Super 8).
<img src="http://images.craigslist.org/3r23F73J25I75F45t2d7c6b7c9ef16eca13df.jpg" />
<a href="http://losangeles.craigslist.org/lac/cto/3932065343.html” target=”_blank”>http://losangeles.craigslist.org/lac/cto/3932065343.html
Finally: OH. EM. GEE. A mobile boutique! This is, like, the greatest step van evurrrrrrrrrrrr!
<img src="http://images.craigslist.org/00W0W_9lgrtTLswwZ_600x450.jpg" />
<a href="http://losangeles.craigslist.org/lgb/cto/3986659845.html” target=”_blank”>http://losangeles.craigslist.org/lgb/cto/3986659845.html
<img src="http://images.craigslist.org/00O0O_3T3qvL2Up4Q_600x450.jpg" width="600/">
Check out the nose of this thing. That would make it epic if it wasn't for the interior.
<img src="http://images.craigslist.org/00v0v_2ZUIJJeHItv_600x450.jpg" width="500/">
Roseanne don't put out your red light please. I mean wow that is some seriously eighties neon there.
Further do you know the term that the drivers seat is his office. Now lets take that literally.
<img src="http://images.craigslist.org/00505_62lbTqBYSBn_600x450.jpg" width="500">
All this for $6500 http://philadelphia.craigslist.org/cto/3995005775…
Roxanne had the red light.
Roseanne was downgraded to the orange light at the 'other' side of town.
A quick trip to Victoria would be fun . . .
<img src="http://images.craigslist.org/00K0K_gdZK9Tj9gWn_600x450.jpg">
<a href="http://victoria.en.craigslist.ca/cto/3938545925.html” target=”_blank”>http://victoria.en.craigslist.ca/cto/3938545925.html
A 1962 Commer camper. It has a step but might not be exactly a step van. http://seattle.craigslist.org/tac/cto/3995111647….
<img src="http://images.craigslist.org/00C0C_4v4Qm7QhwjL_600x450.jpg">
How did mdharrell not buy this already? Too much space, pace and grace?
The other step van nominees don't have nearly enough steps.
<img src="http://constructionequipmentssale.com/resim/-qantas-mobile-stairs-trucks-_4.jpg?size=thumb" width=500>
http://constructionequipmentssale.com/qantas-mobi…
Description
Trucks with mobile stairs (QANTAS)
3.85m high collapsed
2.6m wide
In working condition
As is where is.
$6000 + gst or nearest offer (each)
3 with stairs available, 1 without available
Will I be the first to say it?
Will I?
Watch out….
for hop-ons.
This one counts, right?
<img src="http://finncdn.no/mmo/2013/8/vertical-3/14/2/433/477/72_1450159842_xl.jpg" width="600">
Since I now have posted something van-ish, let me go offtopic without being exposed to the iron fist of digression. I send this Chuck Miller Sportwagon Corvette to BaT yesterday, but I have to show it to you guys, too. I have never heard of the man, but this was his car until 1988, and it has been in Norway since 2002. Featured in Car & Driver 1972 and in other publications since. It is the first Corvette that I really have to look at twice…something is right about this custom vehicle.
<img src="http://finncdn.no/mmo/2013/8/vertical-3/13/8/433/416/98_1198401389_xl.jpg" width="600">
<img src="http://finncdn.no/mmo/2013/8/vertical-3/13/8/433/416/98_655022730_xl.jpg" width="600">
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A guy I know said this one reminds him of Harold and Maude. I had to correct him.
<img src="http://img46.imageshack.us/img46/9058/woa0.jpg" width="600">
They want $4k for this van – thats a lot of bread.
<img src="http://images.craigslist.org/3Kd3s53J95E65q85Jfd735e9a5b53bd271c14.jpg" width="600"> http://fayar.craigslist.org/cto/3911498885.html
Thats a lot of beef. or is that bull.
<img src="http://images.craigslist.org/01313_3zEoo2Fg4S5_600x450.jpg" width="600"> http://joplin.craigslist.org/cto/3985431179.ht
This is one long 20 foot interior step van. Would make a great race car hauler.
<img src="http://images.craigslist.org/00K0K_2Mir0Kd6HF3_600x450.jpg" width="600"> http://kansascity.craigslist.org/cto/3992727487.h…
H Van is French for Step Van
<img src="http://i.ebayimg.com/00/s/MTE5NVgxNjAw/z/YQoAAOxymnFSC2D6/$(KGrHqYOKosFILCW8BBjBSC2D5f3rg~~60_35.JPG">
On the Bay of E
How about an ice cream truck with a 350hp LS-X motor?
<img src="http://images.craigslist.org/00505_1Ct5Ub9ksqj_600x450.jpg"width=500> <a href="http://atlanta.craigslist.org/atl/cto/3998690702.html” target=”_blank”>http://atlanta.craigslist.org/atl/cto/3998690702.html
Just another step van. But this one is a FIAT DIESEL?!?!? In Jasper, GA
<img src="http://images.craigslist.org/00Z0Z_75aTDDRjEhD_600x450.jpg"width=500> <a href="http://atlanta.craigslist.org/atl/cto/3989834820.html” target=”_blank”>http://atlanta.craigslist.org/atl/cto/3989834820.html
This one has white walls, and white everything else.
<img src="http://images.craigslist.org/00I0I_63LwVhP4a9D_600x450.jpg" width="500/"> <a href="http://atlanta.craigslist.org/sat/cto/3904174770.html” target=”_blank”>http://atlanta.craigslist.org/sat/cto/3904174770.html
Then there is the ancient sun baked masking tape.
Bring a fresh box of razor blades for this one.
not a step van, but
<img src="http://images.craigslist.org/00C0C_jfNthUBAucH_600x450.jpg">
Tubbed Pro Street Astro Van!!!!!!!!!!!!???? <a href="http://myrtlebeach.craigslist.org/cto/3987155039.html” target=”_blank”>http://myrtlebeach.craigslist.org/cto/3987155039.html
I've gotta admit, the interior of this one gives me…
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…wood.
YEAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHH
<img src="http://images.craigslist.org/00s0s_6kZEaxNoG6h_600x450.jpg">
<a href="http://dallas.craigslist.org/dal/cto/3938815370.html” target=”_blank”>http://dallas.craigslist.org/dal/cto/3938815370.html
I think it's sad how many of these step vans were owned by (I assume) failed businesses.
Competition has got to be rough out there in food truck territory.
Just ask Philadelphia Collins (RIP).