Polaraman, are you by chance still picking seat foam from your posterior? My best friend had a wheel bearing seize at @80mph on the autobahn in the '80s in a sleddy BMW 2002ti. He said the puckerfactor increased substantially! If you dare to be different, look into a '61-5 Corvair van. Windowed ones are Greenbriers and non are Corvan 95's. Contrary to popular belief, they handle well, especially with radials, gas shocks and stabilizer(sway) bars. I have pictures of a stock one in an Autocross cornering so hard it is lifting the inside rear tire, ala VW Rabbit fire hydrant salute except a Rabbit/Golf doesn`t have its' engine back there. Trying that in an A-100 or Econoline is inviting trouble. Also, a Vair has great balance when braking, due to the weight shift. A GM propaganda, excuse me, Advertising film from the day showed an Econoline being stood on it's nose under very hard braking. The driver did do his best to do it, though. Interestingly, the BMW buddy has a sharp '62 Corvair convert (I've got some Vairs, but NOT sharp), a 1970 BMW2800CS and a just finished '39 Packard 120 sedan. Straight 8, 3 speed O/D. ( factory tach & front and rear sway bars, 65 years ago!) Dare to live in the past, it's cheaper and you can afford to fix things!!