9 Ford Windstar lots for sale across 9+ Copart locations – model years 1999–2003, avg. mileage 121,000 mi. 11% clean title, 78% salvage; Front End is the top damage (44%). Bids start at $250, and these old front-drive minivans sell cheap – most are bought as family haulers or parts donors.
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The Windstar is a leftover from Ford's minivan years – built 1995 to 2003 and dropped for the Freestar after that – so the count in Ford's auction pool stays thin and comes and goes. Almost none have sold here in the last two years, far too few to quote a median, so treat any single result as its own deal rather than a market rate. What is steady is the price band: a twenty-plus-year-old front-drive van with a common accident brings very little, and clean, low-mileage ones aren't much dearer. These are cheap-to-buy vehicles, and most stay in the US as a rebuild for a family or a parts donor.
Before you bid, the one thing to check on any rust-belt Windstar is the rear axle. Ford recalled these for cracked, corroded rear axles that can fail outright – a real safety issue, and on a northern van you want proof the recall work was done or the axle is sound. After that, the engine: the 3.8 Essex V6 is the one to watch, with a long head-gasket history, so look for coolant loss and overheating; the smaller 3.0 Vulcan is less powerful but the calmer motor. It's a unibody, not a framed truck, so a hard front-end hit can tweak the structure – check that the front rails and radiator support line up. General rust matters too, since these rot through rockers, subframes and brake lines up north. If it's too far gone, a Windstar is worth more as clean-title running gear and interior parts than as a driver – the parts sell, even if the van doesn't.
Buying is quick: register free – no dealer license – set a maximum bid and the system bids for you up to that cap, or take a lot at its Buy Now price. Win it, pay the invoice plus fees, then pick up, ship or export.
Note: ACV and damage data come from the original auction listing. Always check the condition and title yourself before you bid.
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