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    @OZ. I thought the price was a little high because its a replica Sandman. Wouldn't think twice about spending that much on a genuine one. I have to admit, it's a a great example of one, and someone wanting a replica Sandman in that condition, this would be a great buy. But still the price would stop me. If I we're to spend 28 on a replice, I might as well wait find a genuine one and fix up that. :Chin:

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    Oops. Did I say replica Sandman. Its more like a customized HJ Panel Van with Sandman stripes and bits and pieces. If it we're a replica, it would be a splitting image of a HJ Sandman, which it isn't...

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    Quote Originally Posted by rcknrlla View Post
    @OZ. I thought the price was a little high because its a replica Sandman. Wouldn't think twice about spending that much on a genuine one. I have to admit, it's a a great example of one, and someone wanting a replica Sandman in that condition, this would be a great buy. But still the price would stop me. If I we're to spend 28 on a replice, I might as well wait find a genuine one and fix up that. :Chin:

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    Oops. Did I say replica Sandman. Its more like a customized HJ Panel Van with Sandman stripes and bits and pieces. If it we're a replica, it would be a splitting image of a HJ Sandman, which it isn't...
    A lot of the custom vans in the 80's weren't Sandmans and that is a very nice 80's style custom van.

    Try buying a van and totally rebuilding it from the ground up, customize it and include the goodies he has and you'd be doing extremely well if you managed to do it for his asking price. It's worth the money if you were looking for a good customized van, if you were paying someone to do all the work for you and did little yourself you could easily blow through $40,000 for a ground up rebuild.
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    for a genuine by the time you bought it you would have gone thru to 60k for a resto...

    29k for a van that is a custom and if the quality is as good as it looks in the pics its right on the money....

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    I think the van would be worth that, think of how much would of been spent on building it and maintaing it in that condition. But the problem is with a van that custon finding someone that love it enough to hand that amount of cash over. there would only be a select few looking for 80s custom vans. but think of how many people would want a original sandman.

    I think that van is so hot if i had the money i'd consider it
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    I can understand the dude wanting to get a sound proportion back of what it cost him to restore the van. Looking at it from that perspective, you make a very legitimate point. I guess this shows my arrogance in relation to pristine custom vans from the 80's. Please forgive me :Tongue:

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    I dont know what its worth......... but I like it and I reckon there should be more black vans around. Cool. It really would be a Dads worst nightmare!

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    id pay that for it really like it. to spend that amount on it also probably means the next owner will look after it as well as they have. bit of peace of mind i guess?
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