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I don't know about love affair with the E-series, but I wonder how those unibody transit vans will hold up on mine roads Will they be more or less prone to rattling and body tweaking? The baby diesel though I'm sure will be appealing as long as it can climb 12% grades fully loaded. We have six or seven 12 passenger E-250 vans onsite.Escaped on a technicality.
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I've been on a few robot trips in school Econolines. Boy, they're a blast to ride in....uncomfortable seats, kids yelling, etc.My fabulous web page
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I guessed they stayed the same as those that use them for real have quite a precise pile in the back..just swap into another one, get back to work.
the unibody vans, they are going to be like loadmasters on c130s...old timers are going away like the van I guess.
I drove around in a utility version, 1 ton. my seat was a recliner that sat back like a lazy boy among the lumbers and debris.
outrageous miles they can rack up. take the engine out, put it somewhere else? the engine dies.
alot of lesson in steel and how engines operate peacefully. my first awe in gas v8 with very high miles was indeed a van. One engine, 400k miles? no problem..even that crazy 400sbc went a freak one time build long run in a van.Last edited by Barry Donovan; September 2, 2012, 08:42 AM.Previously boxer3main
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Originally posted by TheSilverBuick View PostI don't know about love affair with the E-series, but I wonder how those unibody transit vans will hold up on mine roads Will they be more or less prone to rattling and body tweaking? The baby diesel though I'm sure will be appealing as long as it can climb 12% grades fully loaded. We have six or seven 12 passenger E-250 vans onsite.
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I heard on the radio that a lot of the 15 passenger vans meet their demise at the hands of unskilled drivers. Seems many have been bought by churches and Miss Qumquat hops in the van to pick up the kiddies (or a busload of old ladies) and promptly rolls the thing over as the biggest thing she ever drove was her Accord. Not sure how accurate that is but it does make sense.
Dan
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Originally posted by DanStokes View PostI heard on the radio that a lot of the 15 passenger vans meet their demise at the hands of unskilled drivers. Seems many have been bought by churches and Miss Qumquat hops in the van to pick up the kiddies (or a busload of old ladies) and promptly rolls the thing over as the biggest thing she ever drove was her Accord. Not sure how accurate that is but it does make sense.
Dan
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I've known of a couple of stories where a group of church "youth" set out on an outing where an inexperienced driver was put behind the wheel and it all ended in disaster...one where the driver apparently fell asleep and he and half the group were killed, another where the van and a nice new boat were wrecked when the teenage female driver couldn't handle trailer sway (at least no one was hurt). Get a real driver everybody, vans do not drive like cars do.
I was driving the family Econoline perhaps before I was ready. Man, the steering on that '74 was awful...a brand-new truck with a quarter-turn of play at the wheel, you were back-and-forth all the time....
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