>I have this sneaking suspicion that http://www.2weddle.com/
>has a five speed vanagon tranny but I could be wrong.
>
>Realisticly the main advantage to the syncro tranny would be
>to get one with a rear locking differential... for all but
>the hardcore off roader I am sure it would turn make a
>standard 2WD van perform 90% as well as the syncro.

Don't bet on it. I got stuck on a sloping loose gravel shoulder with
a Mitsubishi Delica 4WD van, which has a good LSD. I had to engage
the front wheels to get it onto the road.

Admittedly the delica's diff isn't fully locking, but slip is little
enough that you can feel the rear wheels fight one another in U-turns.

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Andrew Grebneff
165 Evans St, Dunedin 9001, New Zealand
<andrew.grebneff@stonebow.otago.ac.nz>
Seashell, Macintosh, VW/Toyota van nut