On Tue, 25 May 2004, Tim Schneider wrote:

> gas milage?  with a ford triton v10 or 6.0l diesel
> fuggedaboutit!  :-)    the diesel version would be
> cool though, lots of towing capacity,  16.5" of
> ground clearance as well!

I agree, though the smaller Ford engines aren't bad.  THe full-sized Ford
van I used to drive got around 19 mpg highway new, and 16 by the time I
sold it.  Those numbers are competative with what most people report from
gasoline Vanagons.  It had a 302 V-8, which still gives you quite a bit of
towing capacity.  I imagine fuel economy with the 4.9L V-8 they use now is
even better.

David Brodbeck, N8SRE
'86 Volvo 240DL wagon
'82 VW Vanagon Westfalia Diesel