OUCH!!!!!!!
Didn't really mind passing of the Plymouth but to loose the van would be
horrible! Our good vehicle has been a full sized van since 1983.
Currently have 98 with the new styling and love it. Just used it this week
to take 55 Convert in for media blasting! Its comfortable, has space,
gets good mileage, and can pull my car trailer anywhere I want to go!
The things are everywhere right now. Doing conversion vans like mad it
seems. Very hard to find straight window unit though.
Could get by with pickup but why do that when the van serves so many
additional functions so well! Have to add topper and cut out rear of the
cab to make it as useful! and then you still don't have seats and bed!
Darn!!!!
-----Original Message-----
From: Philip Patterson <bintakin@EARTHLINK.NET>
To: L-FORWARDLOOK@lists1.cac.psu.edu <L-FORWARDLOOK@lists1.cac.psu.edu>
Date: Saturday, December 11, 1999 8:17 AM
Subject: [FWDLK] First Plymouth, now the Full Size Dodge Van.
>Ack! I think I am starting to get a headache. First, Daimler kills
Plymouth, now
>the full sized Dodge van is to be toast. For details, check this link:
>http://www.car-truck.com/chryed/buzz/b120999.htm
>The story is much the same though, after making the same basic vehicle
since the
>1971 model year, Daimler is discontinueing the full size Dodge van. Since
the van
>has been hardly changed in over 20 years, other then trim and various other
things,
>it's not like they have pumped a lot of effort into this one anyway.
Granted, the
>market has changed, and most folks buy minivans. Still, it is worrisome.
The police
>market was given away some time ago in basically the same fashion. It
wouldn't
>bother me much, except I look out in my driveway at my two newest Mopars,
my 96
>Plymouth and 92 Dodge van, and think, what am I going to replace these
with? This
>doesn't bother me near as much as the end of Plymouth did, but when is it
going to
>stop? I think Daimler just wanted the Jeep brand name and the Chrysler
factories
>and it looks like everything else is going to get tossed in the dust bin.
I'll
>always have my Saratoga, and who knows what other finned beauty will
eventually
>grace my driveway. But I can't help but think when is it going to be
Chrysler's and
>Dodge's turn? They already call the Viper a Chrysler in Europe, think they
will cut
>the horns off of the Ram? Or just call it a Chrysler? Oh well, check out
the link,
>thought some of you might like to know.
>
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