All too often I queue up eBay and Craigslist finds, but never get the time to write about them. As I’m rich in finds, but low on time, we’re going with quantity over quality today.
(And to be honest, was the quality ever that great?)
This IH Pickup with a utility bed and shell will be sold by the time you read this. As I type, it’s a mere $1,584, which would be too much for a “ran when parked” special, were it not this burly of an IH.
1968 International Harvester 1200 4×4 truck for sale – eBay Motors
(see above for picture) Keeping it late-60s IH, we’ve got this fncking superb Travelall. It was on eBay some time ago, so either it failed to sell or the buyer flaked. Either way, the overall look of oversized tire plus lift(?) is perfect. Four speed plus V8 plus rust in the typical spots. A little over $3k right now.
1969 International Harvester Travelall for sale – eBay Motors
I contend faded van mural art is better than originally pristine van mural art. Here’s a ’76 Ford van known as “Cool Blue” according to its etched glass windows. Shag, interesting seating, groovy stripes, stained glass sunroof. Oh yes.
1976 Ford Econoline Custom van for sale – eBay Motors
I was into truck cars before they were cool. Seems like everyone these days wants an El Camino or Ranchero. Hell, even a Rampage or Durango doesn’t get autohipster elite cred. A Scamp, however, represents the pinnacle of “I have to tell everyone what it is” haughtiness. 2.2L 4 cylinder and manual trans for potential, “sitting in barn for several years” and specific mention of “as is” to drive home the hopelessness.
1983 Plymouth Scamp for sale – eBay Motors
Tithonus is a Greek Titan with a Wikipedia entry. Apparently Land Rover Defender 110 Panel Wagons are also nicknamed “Tithonus”. We’re talking about a mil-spec, diesel, manual 1985 Land Rover D110 here. It’s got a host of cool mil-spec goodies and was modernized with newer seats and endo/exocage. Current bid is $6k, but reserve is unmet. Would love to see it put to use as a camping rig rather than just hoarded as a “collectible” by someone with too much money.
1985 Land Rover D110 Tithonus for sale – eBay Motors
Truck Thursday eBay Dump: 2 Internationals, a Groovy Van, a Scamp and Tithonus
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Stained glass sunroof.
STAINED GLASS SUNROOF.
And the motorcycle sticking out of the slider… pure marketing genius.
A van crying out for a full, detailed photo essay.-
I just don’t want to ask how it got stained, or what with. After remembering my own escapades in vans of the era.
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I’m digging that van. Damn… I think I build an AMT model of that thing in the 70’s.
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wonder what’s in The Magical Box? Maybe we don’t want to know?
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That’s a TV, visible on other photos….then again, there’s room for many things inside tv set…
Van sold for 3900.--
The Scamp sold for $910, which I thought was remarkably reasonable.
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That’a a TV, visible on other photos….then again, there’s room for many things inside tv set…
Van sold for 3900.-
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In the Scamp ad: “Body has filler.” Real World Translation: It also has rust, rivets and slide-hammer holes one layer deeper under the paint.
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In other words, restored to factory specifications.
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Speaking of Travelalls, this is quite the curiosity: http://seattle.craigslist.org/see/pts/5541214649.html
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Boy, ain’t that…something. Most definitely, um, a…thing.
The rev range of an air-cooled, diesel genset motor such as that maxes out at, what, maybe 3K RPM? I would think you’d need some very specific transmission and final drive ratio choices to make that work acceptably well in a vehicle.-
It says it has a 10 speed transmission with it (which it would definitely need). I was reading about the air cooled Deutz engines a while back, and I think most people came to the conclusion that they’re a really poor choice for automotive applications since they’re designed to run all day in agricultural types of uses, like as pumps or generators, etc, and not in an application that requires lots of variable RPM.
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My company built custom vans for 20 yrs. Notice the extender arm for the sliding door so it would clear the fender flare. Those were always a pain, sag like mad and it took two hands to close the door.
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An Irrational with rust in the typical spots? …so you can see the ground through the floorboard?
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The floor in mine is fine but I can see the ground through one of the kick panels. The other one’s almost there.
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I’m late to the party, but FWIW Tithonus is a specification rather than a nickname. http://forum.landrovernet.com/showthread.php/96748-Project-Tithonus-Wolf-110-Conversion
tl:dr is Project Tithonus was a British MOD program from 2007-2008 to update their fleet of pre-Defender Landrovers to something approaching the final Defender Wolf specification and squeeze out another 10 years of service life. Internally they got a better drivetrain and externally they got a Wolf style roll cage and hard top
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