Includes an assortment of personal items left in the van by the great singer-songwriter!
Last September, the man Kelly Slater referred to as his surrogate daddy, travelling minstrel Jimmy Buffet, died, not surprisingly given a life braised in the Caribbean sun, of skin cancer.
Jimmy was a well-cooked seventy-six.
Slater said he eventually met Jimmy Buffet in France in 2010 and ‘cause ol Jim reminded Slater of his daddy, “from that moment on he kind of became a surrogate for me. I’m having a tough time accepting his passing but I do feel blessed to have some incredible memories every single time I hung out with him.
“It is 5 o’clock somewhere, Jimmy and I know you’d be smoking a joint with a drink in your hand and a huge smile on your face like any good pirate would.”
Real sad, he had some good songs, Pirate at 40, Margie-ville, and was once arrested in France for carrying one hundred ecstasy tablets aboard his private jet, a sexy Dassault Falcon 900, which he piloted himself. Cops fined him three hundred bucks and Jimmy released a statement saying they were his Vitamin B supplements.
Anyway…
A slice of history is up for sale, Jimmy Buffet’s 2004 Ford E-350 Sportsmobile 6.0L Power Stroke 4×4, a go-anywhere travelling home that Jimmy owned until 2020 when it was sold to its current owner.
Selling deets.
It is powered by a 6.0-liter Power Stroke turbodiesel V8 linked with a five-speed automatic transmission and a dual-range transfer case,” writes the seller. “Features include an extended-height roof, an awning, roof-access ladders, 16″ American Racing wheels, a kitchenette, sleeping surfaces, a fold-down entertainment screen, and an Alpine touchscreen head unit. This Sportsmobile has 69k miles and is offered with service records, spare parts, a clean Carfax report, and a clean Colorado title in the seller’s name.
The van is finished in white and is fitted with an extended-height roof. Additional exterior details include a Fiamma awning, hood louvers, Aluminess bumpers, side ladders, Yakima roof bars, an ARB air compressor, a rear shower, and AMP Research retractable running boards.
But that ain’t all!
“An assortment of personal belongings including a belt, hats, DVDs, and a hand blender that are said to have been left in the vehicle by Jimmy Buffett are included in the sale.”
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Obviously never offroaded. Those ladders would be ripped off immediately.
Hand blender indeed
That van definitely needs an airbrush painting of a bald eagle with an oversized American flag in its talons. Or a naked lady on a flying dragon. Dealer’s choice.
dat ‘5 o’clock somewhere motto nearly killed me. alcohol should only be consumed begining at 5 or 6 or 7 in our own time zone. some friends never did dat and are gone. did hit up margie’s, The Bar in the keys attempting the Duval Crawl: number 5 on the list. then took a break to find a bed. then drove like wild turkeys back towards Homestead and onward to Miami as there was no place to stay…in da keys. Fear&Loathing PS. dat van woulda come in handy
There are two sides of it!
It’s up to 75k. Do you get respect driving a van like that unlike a sprinter? Asking for a friend.
Is it electric?
I don’t drive fossil fuel environment destroying dinosaurs!
Jimmy bought it because he could run it on used veggie oil. Which he did. Had a supplier in Dana Point who collected it from restaurants like Harpoon Henrys.
This van was something. I oversaw the build out for it. It ran on veggie oil and spent many days posted up at SanO. It may or may not have carried cannabis-derived items from time to time. It brought mikes of smiles.
I was once arrested with 100 vitamin c tablets in Utah. Cops thought it was ecstasy. I was held for 24 hours and let go.
I’ll give him 80 bucks for the bullbar as long as he pays the shipping and doesn’t sing to me on the phone
You know he had a cousin. Really big chap. Probably 350 pounds.
Died in Papua New Guinea; cannibals. Whoooo they had a feast.
Oddly enough, was named Jimmy Buffet.
The tribesmen called him “All-you-can-eat”.
looked at the 600 photos !!!!! fucking hell if that was carsales in oz prob cost you more to upload the photos than the car worth
Never heard cum stains described as “An assortment of personal belongings” gonna have to use that one.
https://youtu.be/kWz75MYteX…
Could be worse
I would rather listen to his “hand blender” than his terrible music and fuck the Dead also, rambling hippie shit all of it
Jesus, that’d be a good investment, actually. “Hey, why don’t we go back to my van and get drunk and screw?”
Turns out ole Jimmy B was a 2 percenter … https://uploads.disquscdn.c…
#VanAfterLife
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a child was delivered there? hoooooyyya