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Curbside Classic Outtake: The Un-Econoline Illegal Alien Van
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Paul Niedermeyer
(IC: employee)
Published: September 26th, 2010
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You’re driving along, and from a distance it looks like just another one of a million white Econoline vans with ladders on top parked in front of the job site. But wait a minute…
The silhouette alone is all wrong: it sits way too low. That load floor is just a small step from the road.
A VW Transporter; FWD, with a little TDI four cylinder and a stick shift. Where did that come from? It certainly was never sold here legally. I’m guessing Canada, given the tell-tale rust streaks. Well, if Ford isn’t going to build a modern FWD Transit van, one has to take matter into one’s own hands.
The “r” must have fallen off a long time ago, or?
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Published September 26th, 2010 1:43 PM
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