Ford Transit connect camper van

2011 Ford Transit Connect

192,000 miles

Been living in this for the last 3 summers and it has been an amazing home! It is a perfect compromise between having a livable space and having a good daily driver as well. It's nimble enough to negotiate

with ease and parallel parks like a champ. Averages 30 mpg
on the highway. Since these vans are often work vehicles it is very
incognito when it comes to camping in the city. Does not have rear
windows which I really like actually because of the increased privacy
and security.

The build out:

Shelf above the front seats
Bamboo tiled flooring
Couch running lengthwise which folds down for the bed
-Bed is 6' in length
Cabinet/countertop(also bamboo)/top cabinet unit
sliding drawer under bed.

The car:
Mechanically sound
Has roof rack cross bars
New Muffler installed this spring
Replaced both front wheel bearings and ball joints last winter
New tires last November- %95 tread
Throttle body, coils, spark plugs were replaced 2 years ago
Regular oil changes
Windows and doors are manual, so less things to break

Cons:
Horn does not work
Interior lights don't work
Small corner on the bumper is missing
Superficial blemishes in paint above windshield, on front of the hood,
and below the sliding doors.

Located in Leavenworth, Wa.  Willing to drive to Seattle to show.  Could possibly deliver this fall to locations between Washington and Colorado.

$8,500 obo

Is it made out of gold?

Vic Davalos wrote:

Is it made out of gold?

Nope. Mostly metal, plastic, and wood for the build. You find my price too high? Several similar transits (in year and mileage and build) in the area are priced slightly higher than mine even.  Make me a lower offer if you’re inclined.

kyle.hornor Hornor wrote:

Nope. Mostly metal, plastic, and wood for the build. You find my price too high? Several similar transits (in year and mileage and build) in the area are priced slightly higher than mine even.  Make me a lower offer if you’re inclined.

Lol, fair enough, I was just poking fun.  Corona must being doing crazy things to the market because KBB lists the trade-in value for this year, model, and mileage as $700-1200, and lists private sale as between $2000 and $4000, obviously without the build out

Bump for a good guy selling his sweet rig.

Vic Davalos wrote:

Lol, fair enough, I was just poking fun.  Corona must being doing crazy things to the market because KBB lists the trade-in value for this year, model, and mileage as $700-1200, and lists private sale as between $2000 and $4000, obviously without the build out

The kbb blue book, same year and mileage and condition in my area for private party sale is $4800-$8200. Figure I put close to 2k into the build. 

https://www.kbb.com/ford/transit-connect-cargo/2011/xl-van-4d/?category=van-minivan&condition=good&intent=buy-used&mileage=115979&pricetype=private-party&vehicleid=352505

Lol i sold my 2012 with 180k for $8,000. With a  pretty similar build. 

kyle.hornor Hornor wrote:

The kbb blue book, same year and mileage and condition in my area for private party sale is $4800-$8200. Figure I put close to 2k into the build. 

https://www.kbb.com/ford/transit-connect-cargo/2011/xl-van-4d/?category=van-minivan&condition=good&intent=buy-used&mileage=115979&pricetype=private-party&vehicleid=352505

That's for the typical mileage for that year (115k). If you change it to 190k, the price goes to $2385-$5780.

Schuyler Baer wrote:

That's for the typical mileage for that year (115k). If you change it to 190k, the price goes to $2385-$5780.

Yup. $4112 PPV in “good” condition. So tires, brakes, etc should all be at least 60%. Add $2000 for the build out and it’s likely worth about $6000. 

Of course it’s worth what someone is willing to pay for it. 

Ok, price dropped.  I do want to say though that kbb is ballpark and often lags the market.  I challenge people to find this van, without the build with less than 200k miles for less that $7k

kyle.hornor Hornor wrote:

Ok, price dropped.  I do want to say though that kbb is ballpark and often lags the market.  I challenge people to find this van, without the build with less than 200k miles for less that $7k

Just for the sake of conversation, here it is:

2010 with 138k miles for less than 4 grand, plus the seller speaks spanish

I've never been to Washington, so I don't know how much the cars rust out there, but I would imagine the rust situation is comparable to RI.

https://providence.craigslist.org/ctd/d/lincoln-2010-ford-transit-connected/7194756861.html

Vic Davalos wrote:

Just for the sake of conversation, here it is:

2010 with 138k miles for less than 4 grand, plus the seller speaks spanish

I've never been to Washington, so I don't know how much the cars rust out there, but I would imagine the rust situation is comparable to RI.

https://providence.craigslist.org/ctd/d/lincoln-2010-ford-transit-connected/7194756861.html

Sure enough. Find any one the west coast that cheap? I couldn’t find one cheaper than $6,900 w/ 217k miles on Seattle, Bellingham, Portland, Spokane or Denver CL.

https://seattle.craigslist.org/see/ctd/d/portland-2011-ford-transit-connect-1146/7195191180.html

kyle.hornor Hornor wrote:

Sure enough. Find any one the west coast that cheap? I couldn’t find one cheaper than $6,900 w/ 217k miles on Seattle, Bellingham, Portland, Spokane or Denver CL.

https://seattle.craigslist.org/see/ctd/d/portland-2011-ford-transit-connect-1146/7195191180.html

GD!!

I guess this is a primo example of what they mean when they say it's expensive to live out west.  I swear I'm not trying to bust your chops, I just like talking about this sort of stuff

Bump

free bump

also check this out:

https://cars.ksl.com/search/make/Ford/model/Transit+Connect/priceFrom//priceTo/10000/page/0

or maybe this one in particular. 

https://cars.ksl.com/listing/6696817

Another free bump to say if I had the space for a second vehicle I would pay 8k for this rig... That build looks solid, assuming maintenance is up to date and handles and drives fine it seems a fair price to me.

Good luck!

Curious to see what you get for this. I've got a 2010 with 144,000 miles that I've "built out" to a lesser degree than yours.

Vic Davalos wrote:

Just for the sake of conversation, here it is:

2010 with 138k miles for less than 4 grand, plus the seller speaks spanish

I've never been to Washington, so I don't know how much the cars rust out there, but I would imagine the rust situation is comparable to RI.

https://providence.craigslist.org/ctd/d/lincoln-2010-ford-transit-connected/7194756861.html

Not likely. Leavenworth isn't coastal and nowhere out here salts as much as back east in general.

Bump

I see a market for buying $1000 transit vans and doing a cheap build out and then driving them to Seattle and selling them for $8500.