I believe VW switched from a 3/4 ton rating to 1 ton in '62 or '63 IIRC. I've owned 6 vans/vanagons and can personally verify for their robust ability to haul a rather large sum of stuff anywhere the engine could conceivably push it.
On 10/24/05, David Brodbeck <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I think all VW vans from the 1969 "loaf" vans on through the Vanagon > were 1-ton vehicles. They just don't look it. I'm not sure about model > years before 1969, though VW did offer some really low gearing options > on the old split-windshield vans that suggest to me they were aiming for > serious hauling capability. Finding tires for these vans that can > handle their full weight capacity has gotten to be pretty tough; not > many trucks use 14 inch wheels anymore, and you find a lot of Buses > running around on passenger car tires. (They handle *much* better on > truck tires, though.) Casey Olympia, WA Biodiesel: '87 300TD intercooler (210k) '84 300D (205k) Gashuffer: '89 Vanagon Wolfsburg Edition (186K)
