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freebeard · 09-19-2021, 02:55 AM

What you are asking for is exactly like the 1961 VW Type II panel van I drove in the 1980s and 90s.

With a fresh 1600 dual-port motor, dual 40mm Solexes and oversized rear tires it got 30 MPG traversing the Oregon Coast Range. Top speed of 85 and it would reach the summit at 75 when it was empty. 17 MPG at 72 on the Interstate. 3/4-ton axles and Quartz Halogen headlights in the 1980s when they were legal only in OR and WA states.

I [still] have a five-speed and stroker 1776 that was going to go in it, but the restoration work got out of hand and I cashed out about five years ago.

Not for everyone of course, but they hold their investment and you'd make lots of friends,

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freebeard Master EcoModder Join Date: Aug 2012 Location: northwest of normal Posts: 27,629 Thanks: 7,759 Thanked 8,572 Times in 7,058 Posts	What you are asking for is exactly like the 1961 VW Type II panel van I drove in the 1980s and 90s. With a fresh 1600 dual-port motor, dual 40mm Solexes and oversized rear tires it got 30 MPG traversing the Oregon Coast Range. Top speed of 85 and it would reach the summit at 75 when it was empty. 17 MPG at 72 on the Interstate. 3/4-ton axles and Quartz Halogen headlights in the 1980s when they were legal only in OR and WA states. I [still] have a five-speed and stroker 1776 that was going to go in it, but the restoration work got out of hand and I cashed out about five years ago. Not for everyone of course, but they hold their investment and you'd make lots of friends, __________________ . .Without freedom of speech we wouldn't know who all the idiots are. -- anonymous poster ____________________ . ."We're deeply sorry." -- Pfizer