The perfect tow vehicle

"MasterMario - Keeper of the V8s" (mastermario) 10/29/2018 at 13:19 • Filed to: None

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Well, it could probably use a diesel swap...but it’s pretty good as is.

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Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo > MasterMario - Keeper of the V8s 10/29/2018 at 13:28

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My concern would be whether the frame is up to the task because van and not 1-ton truck.

benjrblant > MasterMario - Keeper of the V8s 10/29/2018 at 13:29

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Needs more:

brown

shag carpet

manual

Needs less: ball joints on a solid axle?

jimz > MasterMario - Keeper of the V8s 10/29/2018 at 13:31

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only easy diesel swap would be the 6.2, which was- to put it mildly- a dog. 

MasterMario - Keeper of the V8s > Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo 10/29/2018 at 14:25

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Nah...these are body on frame vans and they made a 1-ton version which probably means the frame is the same just different drivetrains and suspension . The G30 was a 1 ton van and GM switched to IFS starting in 1990 I believe so it wouldn’t have a solid front axle.

MasterMario - Keeper of the V8s > benjrblant 10/29/2018 at 14:25

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The G30 was a 1 ton van and GM switched to IFS starting in 1990 I believe so it wouldn’t have a solid front axle.

gogmorgo - rowing gears in a Grand Cherokee > MasterMario - Keeper of the V8s 10/29/2018 at 15:18

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No, the GM full-size vans we re unibody. There is a fairly substantial frame element underneath them, but it’s a welded-in component.

I know there were 4x4 variants (but they’re rare) which may have had a solid axle,  I just don't know, b ut the 2wd vans were all IFS.

MasterMario - Keeper of the V8s > gogmorgo - rowing gears in a Grand Cherokee 10/29/2018 at 15:30

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Wait really? I thought all the full size vans even today were body on frame? Huh. TIL

Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo > MasterMario - Keeper of the V8s 10/29/2018 at 15:36

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So, what I was saying? Heavy axles and stuff on the same frame?

MasterMario - Keeper of the V8s > Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo 10/29/2018 at 15:40

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Yea, as far as I know it would be the same frame, just heavy axles/suspension. At least that’s usually how they do these things.

leicester > benjrblant 10/29/2018 at 15:55

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And airbrushed wizard.

shop-teacher > MasterMario - Keeper of the V8s 10/29/2018 at 16:03

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The current ones are body on frame, but those old ones were unibody.  I learned that a couple years ago, and it kinda blew my mind.

gogmorgo - rowing gears in a Grand Cherokee > MasterMario - Keeper of the V8s 10/29/2018 at 16:05

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When they redesigned in the mid ‘90's , they went to a body-on-frame chassis. I'm pretty sure only the third-gen G-series was unibody, although I'm fuzzier on the first two generations. 

nermal > MasterMario - Keeper of the V8s 10/29/2018 at 17:14

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Alternatively, you could take that $$$ down to your friendly neighborhood truck dealer and use it as a down payment on a new truck w/ a 96 month loan.

Most any modern full-size truck will pull better than a 30 yr old van, even the base V6 engines will put out more powahhh than that thing.

MasterMario - Keeper of the V8s > nermal 10/29/2018 at 19:15

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I know...but dually van

Also no monthly  payments sounds nice