1982 Chevrolet G20 "Potato" van: $1,000 includes: bench seating in the back, propane fridge and stove, sink w/water pump, 6-disc CD changer, and a sweet sweet pop-up top bed.
Uh-oh, steam in the exhaust... other problems, etc
Rebuilt long-block engine, new A/C, and plently of other stuff I'm not remembering at the moment: over $8,000. OUCH. At least the van was cheap to begin with.
New starter battery: oh, maybe $60 or so.
New deep-cycle battery for cabin power: another $60-something.
GPS dongle and software for the old laptop that magically fits perfectly in the dash center console (fits much better with the metal bracket I made for free at the Cal Poly machine shop): about $80
I know there was plenty more, but that's all I'm thinking of right now.
At this point, I list in San Francisco, which means there's nowhere good to put the van. Right now it's in storage down in the valley along with the other stuff that won't fit into my smaller-than-my-last-place apartment in San Francisco. I'm already paying for one parking space up here, and the big storage unit costs less than the parking space up here, so down there the van stays... for now.
Once I have two parking spaces and can start using the damn thing again: fuel injection kit: $1400 (screw carburetors and their crappy fuel dumping ways)
By the time I have some vacation time saved up and do some more stuff to it, I'll likely have spent more than you have. Amazing how much money a $1000 van can burn up. Just shows me I might have been better off with a newer van that cost a little more. But this one had that amazingly wonderful pop-up top.
It's really love/hate with the van. I can't wait to take another trip in it, though. That's the best.
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includes: bench seating in the back, propane fridge and stove, sink w/water pump, 6-disc CD changer, and a sweet sweet pop-up top bed.
Uh-oh, steam in the exhaust... other problems, etc
Rebuilt long-block engine, new A/C, and plently of other stuff I'm not remembering at the moment: over $8,000. OUCH. At least the van was cheap to begin with.
New starter battery: oh, maybe $60 or so.
New deep-cycle battery for cabin power: another $60-something.
GPS dongle and software for the old laptop that magically fits perfectly in the dash center console (fits much better with the metal bracket I made for free at the Cal Poly machine shop): about $80
I know there was plenty more, but that's all I'm thinking of right now.
At this point, I list in San Francisco, which means there's nowhere good to put the van. Right now it's in storage down in the valley along with the other stuff that won't fit into my smaller-than-my-last-place apartment in San Francisco. I'm already paying for one parking space up here, and the big storage unit costs less than the parking space up here, so down there the van stays... for now.
Once I have two parking spaces and can start using the damn thing again: fuel injection kit: $1400 (screw carburetors and their crappy fuel dumping ways)
By the time I have some vacation time saved up and do some more stuff to it, I'll likely have spent more than you have. Amazing how much money a $1000 van can burn up. Just shows me I might have been better off with a newer van that cost a little more. But this one had that amazingly wonderful pop-up top.
It's really love/hate with the van. I can't wait to take another trip in it, though. That's the best.