Believe it or not, this custom Dodge Ram Van has been hidden away for three decades until just recently emerging with its custom interior and other touches still intact. The seller notes low mileage of just 66,000 and lots of other undisclosed custom touches from when the van was originally built. These things will never not be cool, and it’s a treat when they’re as clean as this one is on the inside. Find it here on eBay with bids to $3,450 and no reserve.

The Ram Van has a cool in-period paint job, with side graphics and airbrushed artwork on the spare tire cover. Other artistic details are interlaced throughout, clearly a lens into the vision of the first builder of this conversion van. The artwork always strikes me as telling in terms of what was happening in society that prompted the original designer to take this particular path of vehicular customization. There’s no way designs like these were concocted by accident.

Inside, the cabin is better than you’d expect for a conversion van, at least in terms of condition. I cannot speak for personal taste, but the interior is a fairly authentic replica of most suburban living rooms in the 1960s. While I tend to personally shudder at all the potential grossness carpets can absorb and hide, there’s no denying this interior is at least still in good order and not falling apart. The captain’s chairs are a nice setup, and there’s plenty of room to walk around.

Check this out: here’s a big clue into this van’s history. Search the name Art Grindle and you’ll find articles from the Orlando Sentinel talking about a family of salesmen, the last in the line starting a van conversion business called Tropic Traveler Vans. Here’s a commercial of the man himself hawking his “Sporty Shorty” conversion van. In addition to the high state of preservation on display here, there’s also a fair amount of history involved. A win-win for the next owner.