Yeah Dave, We all want one of these to replace a syncro westy...

not!

http://www.motorhoming.com/de_mountables.htm

look for "sunraider"

I will go out on a limb and guess they would not be as able off-road as a
syncro westy.

Alistair

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'82 Westy -> diesel converted to gas in '94
albell@uvic.ca
http://members.shaw.ca/albell

on 21/2/03 9:18 pm, David Brodbeck wrote:

> On Fri, 21 Feb 2003, SyncroWesty wrote:
>
>> Out of curiosity what would you recommend as a replacement for my 1991
>> Syncro Westfalia?  I need it to be able to haul 5 people, go offroad, be
>> unaffected by snow, sleep 4, make ommletts, allow me to stand up straight
>> (6'3") while making said ommletts, move a laundry machine, and  park in a
>> standard parking space.
>
> A Toyota Sunraider would do it.  They did a 4WD version.  Make sure you
> get one with a 1-ton full-floating axle.  They originally came with 3/4
> ton axles that had an unfortunate tendancy to snap, causing the motorhome
> and one of the rear wheels to go seperate ways.  They're reasonably
> powerful if you get a V-6 model.  The 4 is every bit as underpowered as a
> Vanagon.
>