> This seems much closer to the spirit of the Vanagon Syncro Westy than > either the Sprinter or the Revcon. > > Pop-top and all! > > http://www.sportsmobile.com/4_4x4spirit.html > > These things should go just about anywhere! > Looking at those though, I can't help but think of my boss's trials and tribulations with both ford and chevy vans. Transmissions that last 30K, brakes that last 3K, plastic radiator parts that last 20K, miscelaneous plastic parts that crumble and crack all throughout the cockpit...then there's the ominous little mention from GoWesty's recent trip to baja where a Ford 4WD van went along: "The road to Scorpion Bay was 2 hours of nasty washboard. It shook this $95k 4x4 Ford apart." (see pic of ford grill w/hella lights, 7th row down, on the left) < http://www.gowesty.com/Baja_2005.html> My boss now has a Sprinter. You can tell just by looking at it that it's not going to fall apart like his chevy did.
-- John Bange '90 Vanagon - "Geldsauger" |
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