>I have an extra set of steel wheels with studded tires on them,
        >just waiting for a SF-area syncro to give them purpose!

        >contact me off-list if interested.

        I should specify they are 14",
        with 205/70/R14 studded tires that are probably near the
        end of their useful life, and what's more I doubt they are load-rated for a vanagon.

        That said, I have driven around with them on my vanagon for quite some time with no problems.
        (Of course, that was before I was enlightened by http://www.vanagon.com/info/tires/index.html)