On Sat, 17 Dec 2011 14:01:31 -0500, wrote:

On Sat, 17 Dec 2011 08:02:18 -0800, George Plimpton
wrote:

On 12/17/2011 1:05 AM, Gunner Asch wrote:
On Wed, 14 Dec 2011 22:17:00 -0600, Benny Fishhole
wrote:

On Wed, 14 Dec 2011 11:23:42 -0800, George
wrote:

On 12/14/2011 11:19 AM, Gunner Asch wrote:
On Wed, 14 Dec 2011 09:24:37 -0800, Gunner
wrote:

On Wed, 14 Dec 2011 07:21:55 -0500,
wrote:

On Tue, 13 Dec 2011 20:59:31 -0500, Tom Gardnermars@tacks wrote:

On 12/13/2011 4:49 PM, Pinstripe Sniper wrote:
I may be in the market for a utility van (the traditional rectangular
style) and I am curious what opinions RCMers may have on Ford vs
Chevy. If any have a diesel powered, I would be very interested in
reading how it has been. (I'm also looking at the tall Sprinter
(diesel) and the smaller Ford Transit - looks like no diesel in the
US)

I figure they are pretty close so for the big fleet operators it's
more what you have used traditionally rather than one being
drastically better in price/performance/reliability?


I have a Ford 350 1-ton 15 passenger van. It's the best vehicle I've
EVER owned! Maintenance has been less than budgeted, it's been
perfectly reliable and has never stranded me.

I have the same unit (93) in a delievery truck. It passes everything
but a gas station.

Very reliable unit

Karl

Ive an '89 E350 thats been very reliable..but as Karl says....passes
everything but a gas station 341 Cleveland, 15mpg at 55 mph...10mpg at
65

sigh..correction...351

Don't you want to correct the name of the engine family, too, you bitchy
little douchebag?



plimp

Why would I correct the name of the engine..when thats exactly what it
is?

It's not. Your rust-bucket is an 89, but the Cleveland engine was
discontinued in 85.

If you have a 351, it's a Windsor, not a Cleveland. More likely, your
rust-bucket has some ****ty 6 cylinder engine.


Actually the "C" or "Cleveland" engine was only built from 1969 to
1974, when it become the "M" or "Modified". which was used in light
trucks from 1977 to 1982.

A V8 Ford van in 1989 would be a 351 Windsor, or more likely, a 460
(AKA 385 series big block)

Here is my "bucket of rust"

https://picasaweb.google.com/gunnera...eat=directlink

All I know is its a 351 and was made in 1989, and has less than 14,000
actual miles on it. Fourteen Thousand miles.

Gunner

One could not be a successful Leftwinger without realizing that,
in contrast to the popular conception supported by newspapers
and mothers of Leftwingers, a goodly number of Leftwingers are
not only narrow-minded and dull, but also just stupid.
Gunner Asch