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A100 For Sale |
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MoparNorm |
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Feb 16, 07 - 12:15 PM |
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71.104.147.157 |
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moparnorm@hotmail.com |
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Recieved this e-mail from Wm Hurrle:
Dear Norm,
I'm 66, retiring from crawling around on roofs installing solar collectors and wrestling water tanks into basements, and my loyal 1969 Model 19-A100 Tradesman van is for sale. I've maintained it, $3,800 worth of repair/parts slips plus what I didn't keep paper on, kept the fluids up, and all zerks take grease.
But its body is rusting along the bottom outside edges. It was undercoated and the bed and inside metal is okay. The seals on the 318 leak, the tail lights/turn signals need attention, much else, but it runs strong. Last job was to help us build a new house.
It started in a marina in Portland, OR. A friend with family there loaded it with household goods and on the way to central Wisconsin, he said it had top end engine trouble. Limped in on gear oil, then sat for a decade behind a country engine rebuilder, a home for chipmunks and red squirrels. The defroster still flips out acorn shells now and then. He finally rebuilt the top end. I bought it in '93 or '94, repainted and configured it to serve as moving tool bin, parts hauler, 6k-8k miles/yr, for my one-horse construction busisness. It has an automatic transmission (A727 3-speed automatic) with the shifter on the dash.
So, I'm told there is demand in southern California for the body type to customize into Bill Golden type 'little red wagons'. Can you help me find a good home/bright future for this old veteran? $2,500.
Regards,
Wm Hurrle
Great narative! I could not have written it better myself, anyone interested contant him @ 1wmh@centurytel.net
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