Step one. Bought the van.
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Back in October I had Sportsmobile of Huntington Indiana install a Penthouse Top on the van.
Here's the shop.
The front door reminded me of something you might see in a movie about the St Valentines Day Massacre. Really old style.
Sportsmobile does full conversions. There were a couple other vans there being worked on.
Outside there are new vans (and tops) ready for conversion.
Here is my top upside down pre install:
The cost is $5195.
If you pay in cash there is no sales tax in Indiana.
At least that's what they told me and I wasn't going to argue with them. Sportsmobile also provided a hotel room and a rental car at no charge.
I'd never make it as a gangster. Carrying that much cash around made me REAL nervous.
I dropped the van off at 7:00am and they were done by noon. My install went faster than normal since the van is mostly empty.
What I saved in sales tax paid for a new window on the driver's side.
If you're killing time in Huntington be sure to stop by the Dan Quayle Center.
I just missed the Tea Party.
I had to stop on the way home and admire my new top at a rest stop in Ohio. My but it's awfully flat out there (wrote the West Virginia native).
I've since gone camping with with the new top a couple of times just to try it out. Expensive but worth every penny.
Here's the shop.
The front door reminded me of something you might see in a movie about the St Valentines Day Massacre. Really old style.
Sportsmobile does full conversions. There were a couple other vans there being worked on.
Outside there are new vans (and tops) ready for conversion.
Here is my top upside down pre install:
The cost is $5195.
If you pay in cash there is no sales tax in Indiana.
At least that's what they told me and I wasn't going to argue with them. Sportsmobile also provided a hotel room and a rental car at no charge.
I'd never make it as a gangster. Carrying that much cash around made me REAL nervous.
I dropped the van off at 7:00am and they were done by noon. My install went faster than normal since the van is mostly empty.
What I saved in sales tax paid for a new window on the driver's side.
If you're killing time in Huntington be sure to stop by the Dan Quayle Center.
I just missed the Tea Party.
I had to stop on the way home and admire my new top at a rest stop in Ohio. My but it's awfully flat out there (wrote the West Virginia native).
I've since gone camping with with the new top a couple of times just to try it out. Expensive but worth every penny.
