1997 Ford Econoline E-150 Sherrod Van

1997 Ford E-Series Van Description

This 1997 FordEconoline E-150 Sherrod Edition was the family vacation vehicle until it fell victim to Hurricane Sandy. A tree next to it on the driveway came down, bashing the driver side front endending its use. On the up side, for us, the van nudged the tree off just enough to cause it to just miss the house. A lot of good memories were made in this vehicle. We had plans to getting it back up and running but we just never seemed to get aroundto it.

As you can see from some of the pictures, there is some water damage to the interior. It is not due to the tree. This vehicle has always had leaking problem with its raised roof. Unfortunately, when my parents bought the vehicle from the Ford company, they never informed them that the fiberglass raised roof needed to be waxed every two months or hairline cracks would form, hence the water damage. But the damage is pretty much limited to the head lining and thesome parts of thewalls. In the pictures, you can see that rest of the interior is in excellent condition.

The V-8 Tritonengine only has 89,531 original miles!!The engine and transmission never needed any work, just standard maintenance. Before the tree, the engine and transmission were inperfect workingorder. I actually was considering putting itinto my F-250, but I just don't have the time at this point in my life.

Again, this was used ONLY as a vacation vehicle. So its interior is in good condition for its age. The exterior needsgoodamount of work. All the added extra exterior fiberglass trim and accent pieces need work.

But weather you want to fix up a halfway decent vacation vehicle, need some parts for your Econoline or looking to sell it off for parts, then this is the vehicle for you. The interior still smells as it did the day we got it.

The front two seats are power captains chairs with two more manual middle captains chairs. In the rear, is apowerbench seat thatwith the push of a button, turnsinto a queen sizedbed.

I know that theTV and VHS player doesn't work, but who uses a tube television and a VHS player anymore anyway... ha,ha,ha.

I am putting a reserve on this vehicle, but its a low one. I need to get rid of it because with all of usthe children grown, my parents are downsizing.If I had the time and spaceto piece it out over time, I know that the seats alone are worth twice what my reserve is. That coupled along withALL the still usable parts, (interior trims, carpeting, engine, trans, rims,etc.)makes iteasily worth more.

This van is not currently drivable due to sitting for the last few years. I have not opened the hood since it happened so I haven't put a battery in it.With no power you will need to arrange pickup withsome typeflatbedvehicle. I don't eventhink that theradiatorwas damaged in the tree fall because I never noticed radiator coolant on the ground, but again I could be wrong. I'm sorry about the unknowns but I am trying to be as upfront as possible on the van so that you know what is good and what is bad because it is an as is sale.