Bought a F-350 2004 Ford Econoline family/troop carrier today

[Mojave]

It was from a military surplus type sale. $5500, has 30,400 miles on it.

13 passenger, cloth seats, needs new tires and a battery.

Body is ok, but going to have to sand it down and repaint some spots where the paint has bubbled from sitting in the sun.

I reckon it ought to go another 50-80,000 miles. Handy to have a one ton to pull stuff. I am going to have to upgrade the rear bumper or get a receiver hitch installed.

Not sure it was the best deal, but similar vans are $8500-9500. Kind of dumb for a 20 year old van.

 

[DenimChicken]

I was jonesing for a 4x4 E-350 conversion for a long time until I finally gave up and moved on with my life. That being said, if I stumbled across one I would likely have some explaining to do when I pulled up in in it my driveway.

 

[HunterActual]

Any pics of this beast? I've been poking around some of the military surplus auction sites myself. I've been wanting a deuce and a half for no practical reason other that just cause lol

 

[SWOHTR]

Cool stuff!

I’ve always wanted a HEMTT.

 

[Dented]

Let's see some pictures! Any thoughts on turning it into a hunting rig, or just using it for hauling family around?

 

[doc holiday13]

Trick it out with a roof rack and super solid hitch carrier

 

[BobbyMac]

Yes...Pics!!

 

[Crusader]

I'm currently in a van pool (for work commuting) in a van like that, though newer. That thing has the stiffest, roughest ride I've experienced in a vehicle for a long time. Brutal. Hopefully yours won't be like that!

 

[Billy Goat]

Man, take that thing creeper van to the max.



Might be able to get trailheads to yourself.

 

[SWOHTR]

Man, take that thing creeper van to the max.



Might be able to get trailheads to yourself.

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[Billy Goat]

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I was thinking more like:

 

[TxxAgg]

Tagged.

Sounds like a fun project

 

[logan123]

Looks like it just needs a few stickers and shipping labels

 

[Dented]

PERFECT!

 

[4090Sharps]

It was from a military surplus type sale. $5500, has 30,400 miles on it.

So brave. I salute you

The stuff I saw junior enlisted members do to duty vans made well-used rental cars look like pristine models. I hope it was assigned civilian engineers in DOE or something

 

[Mojave]

It was a MWR van. It only went on trips. Hence the crazy low mileage.

 

[turbobrick]

The idea of an E350 is great until you have to live with working on one. You'll want to run the front tires at or slightly below the rated pressure, or you will be wearing out tires with the quickness. I had an older one with a 460 growing up it was a gas guzzling PITA, and two '06s with the powerstroke, what a nightmare they turned out to be.

 

[Rusty Shackelford]

I dig it. You can convert those things into anything you want. Those quigley conversion vans are awesome.