Thanks for the AC conversion suggestions.

And thanks Bill for the useful post and sharing your thoughts. Good points about advantages of a minivan over a pickup for some uses. And you are right: there is a benefit of having a spare vehicle. Up here in the rust belt, if one wants to preserve a favourite car, it's almost essential to have a second car, winter-beater to sacrifice to the salt gods. That's what the Cressida was going to be for my Benz, but it's proven a solid reliable car and I've been able to keep the rust at bay. A third vehicle (the truck) was just too much for me, it's more comfortable with just 2.

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1983 300TD 240K - 1982 240D 215K - 1996 Dodge Cummins 70K