Another vanner (not insta vanlife) on jalopnik?  Hello!

People take me for a “car guy”, but in reality I’m only a “3 specific models of horrible 80s van” guy. I know those inside and out, but show me almost any other well-regarded classic sports car or race car and I just go “Yeah, that’s car shaped alright. It’s a nice one.”

Because they risk the ire of Cancel Culture if they don’t condemn it. Actually, I think GM had an appropriate response - they didn’t approve or disapprove, just stood behind their product. 

Heck yes, thank you Huibert for this excellent input!

Good point about U-joints not being constant-velocity. I didn’t think this was a huge advantage for the Ford, since only the Jeep’s part-time 4x4 system comes with U-Joints, and I figure sinusoidal-ish axle rotation is the least of your concerns when turning…

David, The deal with an independent front suspension (or independent rear suspension for that matter) vs. a solid axle is all about roll center heights and roll stiffness. Stop me if you already know this but the roll center of a suspension is effectively the pivot point that the body rolls around when you go around a…

Well, I hope it works out.

Somewhere in storage I have a promotional package from Mazda for the debut of the RX-8. It was a mini CD, but it was shaped like a rotor. The later press kits had fully round CDs, but this early one was the actual triangular shape that was completely unusable in slot drives.

Do we have to flip through a slide show to see other pictures of it?

They may be killing the Grand Caravan after this year, but what about the Hellcat Caravan? Huh?!

Has this site always been hoarder-centric or has there been a significant uptick in this sort of post?

Looks like I’m not the only one who can’t let things go.

Uh, wrong room.  Jezebel’s down the hall.

Be careful with Calvin pissing references.  There’s snowflakes on here clutching their pearls and getting their panties in a wad about that shit.

Relevant mention, the UAZ Buhanka which dates back to the 1950's and can still be bought new today. They even offer all the same variants as the Type 2 (Bus, Combi, single cab, double cab.

If I recall correctly VW responded to the front end crash issue back in the day and while the vehicle was still not your best friend in a wreck, the improvements they made to the Type 2 significantly improved your chances. According to the reports the 1973 Type 2 met passenger car crash standards, even though such…

Yep never was a noose lets keep pushing that it was. 

A resounding “yes” then

So, you’re riding this all the way into oblivion eh?

But that doesnt fit into the narrative....SO WE EXCLUDE IT!!!!! 

6th Gear: Mystery of the Nefarious Garage Pull Solved
Awesome job Jalop