You want an old van. Do you know what’s cool too? Old trucks! What if you could buy a van… truck? You can, if you’re hunting for an old Ford Econoline. I wasn’t but I did come across this pretty sweet one listed for sale in Pahrump, Nevada. The listing says it’s in Orange County, but also says it’s in Nevada. Red flag? Potentially. But people scatter listings through a handful of Craigslist markets, so let’s roll the dice!
The asking price is $8,500. These days anything under $10,000 feels like a bargain, which is truly a bonkers timeline that we’ve uncovered. I just finished reading Recursion by Blake Crouch (Amazon affiliate link, FYI – but the book is great) and it feels like I’ve figured out how our current world is so messed up. Regardless, the Econoline in question as presented in the ad is short on details but looks to be pretty clean on the outside.
The seller says it’s a 1962 model packing the V6 from a Ford Bronco. That doesn’t mean much to me since both the Bronco and the Econoline could be had with the 170 ci straight-six. But the Bronco could also be had with a 200 ci 6 while later Econlines got a 240 ci 6. Either way, just make sure it’s a Ford engine in there… or don’t, and enjoy it because whatever, right?
This listing also says the van-truck is 90% complete. I wish the seller would elaborate, even a hair, on what that means. Interior and engine photos would be nice too. Even in the absence of literally any more effort at all to sell something worth a not insubstantial amount of money, this thing looks pretty sweet. Sure, just 5 years ago it was $3,500 sweet. Now that’s $8,500 sweet.
Is it worth it? What would you do with this thing?
The full listing can be found here: https://orangecounty.craigslist.org/cto/d/pahrump-62-econoline/7445315736.html
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