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freebeard · 05-03-2021, 03:53 PM

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I don't have a picture of it, and it's gone from my life; but my 1960 Type II panel van weighed as much as a Beetle but [no glass/heavier suspension] so the the CG is as low. It had [later] 3/4 ton axles and would carry 2/3 cord of firewood. It could back up uphill on wet leaves and drive right over parking lot bump stops.

With a fresh 1600 (dual Solex 40s, single extractor exhaust, Pertronix Ignitor) it got 30 MPG at 55 MPH, over the Coast Range. (Never went 55 again, it could top the Coast Range at 70)

I've still got an engine I built for it, a 1776 stroker. It's the VW Mileage Motor build that would probably get 35 MPG in a Type II.

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freebeard Master EcoModder Join Date: Aug 2012 Location: northwest of normal Posts: 28,702 Thanks: 8,147 Thanked 8,925 Times in 7,368 Posts	www.youtube.com/results?search_query=OCTO+february www.thesamba.com/vw/classifieds/newads.php I don't have a picture of it, and it's gone from my life; but my 1960 Type II panel van weighed as much as a Beetle but [no glass/heavier suspension] so the the CG is as low. It had [later] 3/4 ton axles and would carry 2/3 cord of firewood. It could back up uphill on wet leaves and drive right over parking lot bump stops. With a fresh 1600 (dual Solex 40s, single extractor exhaust, Pertronix Ignitor) it got 30 MPG at 55 MPH, over the Coast Range. (Never went 55 again, it could top the Coast Range at 70) I've still got an engine I built for it, a 1776 stroker. It's the VW Mileage Motor build that would probably get 35 MPG in a Type II. __________________ . .Without freedom of speech we wouldn't know who all the idiots are. -- anonymous poster ____________________ . .Three conspiracy theorists walk into a bar --You can't say that is a coincidence.