Ford_News
01-11-2011, 03:10 PM
Filed under: Minivan/Van (http://www.autoblog.com/category/minivans/), Etc. (http://www.autoblog.com/category/etc/), Dodge (http://www.autoblog.com/category/dodge/), Ford (http://www.autoblog.com/category/ford/), Off-Road (http://www.autoblog.com/category/off-road/)
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The Vancat - Click above for high-res image gallery
Traversing snow-covered terrain can be tricky and if you need carry a dozen passengers, your options become quite limited quite quickly. Peak Snow Adventures of Northern Idaho has come up with a solution and it's called the Vancat.
A hybrid we can get excited about, the Vancat has a whole lot of everything going on. Starting with a full-size Dodge (http://www.autoblog.com/make/dodge/) Ram van body mounted on a Thiokol chassis, the Vancat is propelled by a 391 Ford (http://www.autoblog.com/make/ford/) V8 engine and power is routedto a set of German-made Hans Hall aluminum tracks.
The Vancat can seat 16 passengers along with everyone's snow gear, and if that wasn't enough, the roof has been chopped up and turned into a canopy so your snowbunny passengers can enjoy the scenery. The Vancat is currently for sale with a reduced (and apparently negotiable) asking price of $30,000.
Gallery: The Vancat (http://www.autoblog.com/photos/the-vancat)
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[Source: Peak Snow Cats (http://web.me.com/peaksnowcats/Peak_Snowcat_Liquidation/Vancat.html) via Bring-A-Trailer (http://bringatrailer.com/2011/01/09/snow-ram-16-person-dodge-vankat/)]16-Person Dodge VanKat is a blizzard of awesome (http://www.autoblog.com/2011/01/11/16-person-dodge-vankat-is-a-blizzard-of-awesome/) originally appeared on Autoblog (http://www.autoblog.com) on Tue, 11 Jan 2011 17:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds (http://www.weblogsinc.com/feed-terms/).
Read (http://web.me.com/peaksnowcats/Peak_Snowcat_Liquidation/Vancat.html) | Read (http://bringatrailer.com/2011/01/09/snow-ram-16-person-dodge-vankat/) | Permalink (http://www.autoblog.com/2011/01/11/16-person-dodge-vankat-is-a-blizzard-of-awesome/) | Email this (http://www.autoblog.com/forward/19796343/) | Comments (http://www.autoblog.com/2011/01/11/16-person-dodge-vankat-is-a-blizzard-of-awesome/#comments)
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http://www.blogcdn.com/www.autoblog.com/media/2011/01/vancat-6-1294765191.jpg (http://www.autoblog.com/photos/the-vancat/)
The Vancat - Click above for high-res image gallery
Traversing snow-covered terrain can be tricky and if you need carry a dozen passengers, your options become quite limited quite quickly. Peak Snow Adventures of Northern Idaho has come up with a solution and it's called the Vancat.
A hybrid we can get excited about, the Vancat has a whole lot of everything going on. Starting with a full-size Dodge (http://www.autoblog.com/make/dodge/) Ram van body mounted on a Thiokol chassis, the Vancat is propelled by a 391 Ford (http://www.autoblog.com/make/ford/) V8 engine and power is routedto a set of German-made Hans Hall aluminum tracks.
The Vancat can seat 16 passengers along with everyone's snow gear, and if that wasn't enough, the roof has been chopped up and turned into a canopy so your snowbunny passengers can enjoy the scenery. The Vancat is currently for sale with a reduced (and apparently negotiable) asking price of $30,000.
Gallery: The Vancat (http://www.autoblog.com/photos/the-vancat)
http://www.blogcdn.com/www.autoblog.com/media/2011/01/vancat-6_thumbnail.jpg (http://www.autoblog.com/photos/the-vancat/)http://www.blogcdn.com/www.autoblog.com/media/2011/01/vancat-10_thumbnail.jpg (http://www.autoblog.com/photos/the-vancat/)http://www.blogcdn.com/www.autoblog.com/media/2011/01/vancat-13_thumbnail.jpg (http://www.autoblog.com/photos/the-vancat/)http://www.blogcdn.com/www.autoblog.com/media/2011/01/vancat-12_thumbnail.jpg (http://www.autoblog.com/photos/the-vancat/)http://www.blogcdn.com/www.autoblog.com/media/2011/01/vancat-8_thumbnail.jpg (http://www.autoblog.com/photos/the-vancat/)
[Source: Peak Snow Cats (http://web.me.com/peaksnowcats/Peak_Snowcat_Liquidation/Vancat.html) via Bring-A-Trailer (http://bringatrailer.com/2011/01/09/snow-ram-16-person-dodge-vankat/)]16-Person Dodge VanKat is a blizzard of awesome (http://www.autoblog.com/2011/01/11/16-person-dodge-vankat-is-a-blizzard-of-awesome/) originally appeared on Autoblog (http://www.autoblog.com) on Tue, 11 Jan 2011 17:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds (http://www.weblogsinc.com/feed-terms/).
Read (http://web.me.com/peaksnowcats/Peak_Snowcat_Liquidation/Vancat.html) | Read (http://bringatrailer.com/2011/01/09/snow-ram-16-person-dodge-vankat/) | Permalink (http://www.autoblog.com/2011/01/11/16-person-dodge-vankat-is-a-blizzard-of-awesome/) | Email this (http://www.autoblog.com/forward/19796343/) | Comments (http://www.autoblog.com/2011/01/11/16-person-dodge-vankat-is-a-blizzard-of-awesome/#comments)
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