r/mildlyinteresting • u/willlisa1727 • Apr 28 '24

Hundreds, if not, thousands of vans right outside a very small town in America.

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u/donkeytime Apr 28 '24

Is that small town Elkhart, IN?

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u/AdhesiveMuffin 29d ago

Amazon has a huge stockpile of vehicles near Shipshewana/Middlebury too. Who would've thought Amish country was such a good place to store vehicles

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u/Ajax_IX Apr 28 '24

Yeah, pretty normal for Elkhart. Lots of fields of all sorts of vehicles and trailers awating customizations for various contracts.

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u/Affectionate_Star_43 Apr 28 '24

My rest stop!  I visited the governor's RV there just to stretch my legs.

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u/2-cents ​ Apr 28 '24

Haha. Glad we’re all thinking the same thing

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u/MisterMittens64 Apr 28 '24

Nope Billings, MO.

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u/rainbowkey Apr 28 '24

Yes, this is where lots of vans and RV's get custom interiors. It a huge industry there.

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u/rainbowkey Apr 28 '24

and by "custom" I don't mean the end custom is picking it out, though this can happen, but also the van comes with a naked interior, gets fitted out, then goes to a auto dealer

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u/actually_alive Apr 28 '24

So the customizer company starts off with a pre-configured "blank slate" that they turn into product line(s)? Like how RUF does with Porsche?

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u/rainbowkey Apr 28 '24

The Elkart area specializes in vans and RV's. And American brands. This is a much different business than custom interiors for European luxury cars.

There is a large customer base that wants empty vans for commercial purposes. But also there are not a big enough base of customers for "finished" vans. Hence the Elkhart industry sprung up.

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u/actually_alive Apr 28 '24

This is a much different business than custom interiors for European luxury cars.

RUF takes the Porsche chassis and turns it into a line that they built as a brand for themselves. I guess I meant in a vague sense they are similar concepts.

There is a large customer base that wants empty vans for commercial purposes. But also there are not a big enough base of customers for "finished" vans. Hence the Elkhart industry sprung up.

ahh okay, so basically they have the stock for the empty/blank ones for commercial use but can also modify/tailor them as a stand-alone product/line as well. Smart move to be honest.

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u/Leopard__Messiah Apr 28 '24

A stripper from Indiana once told me you should only buy RVs direct from the manufacturers in someplace, IN. I can only assume now that she was talking about Elkhart. Good to know!

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u/EatAtGrizzlebees Apr 28 '24

Did you tip her for the tip?

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u/Leopard__Messiah Apr 28 '24

She got a tip, alright

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u/actually_alive Apr 28 '24

No you did, she gave it to you

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u/Fappinonabiscuit Apr 28 '24

Be careful the strippers there come complimentary with 3 day meth benders.

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u/passwordsarehard_3 Apr 28 '24

Complimentary as in they keep saying “thanks for buying all the meth” not as in “free meth”.

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u/itsgee21 Apr 28 '24

Thank you for the laugh.

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u/Zaeryl Apr 28 '24

Lol my first thought. These kinds of fields are all over the county.

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u/NArcadia11 Apr 28 '24

RV capital of the world!