Faults:

Leaking freeze plug in aluminum head, possibly water pump leaking now.

Extremely, extremely, extremely rough riding.

Otherwise been very reliable.

General Comments:

I was never a Ford fan until I owned a Chevy...

Pros: Reliable, a little more powerful than what the Ford Econoline offers.

Cons: Everything else. Horrible build quality and materials. Poor MPG, even driving like a pro with an MPG computer. Around 12-13mpg very lightly loaded.

Extremely stiff, bone jarring, harsh and noisy ride. Stressful to drive as you're constantly trying to avoid every crack and pebble on the road. Just crossing the lane dots makes me cringe and grimace.

Even spending 1200.00 on the most expensive and highest rated Michelins didn't help. Installing Sulastic spring isolation helped, but it still sucks badly compared to any used Ford Econoline from 1975 and up.

Lots of wind noise, and it buffets itself in its own wake. On a dead calm day I'm looking at the trees wondering why it's blowing the van around.

Noisy, creaky, crunchy plastic junk interior. Horrible ergonomics.

Uncomfortable as hell. Poor seats. Creaky door panels if you even touch them. Everything you touch feels cheap and like it's about to crumble. Hard, scratchy feeling door panel bulges protrude right into your knees.

Flimsy poor body and sheet metal. I had to stuff the cargo doors with insulation because the reverberation of the thin, cheap metal. It's ironic, such a flimsy, cheap, effeminate body on such an antique, WWI military chassis that must have been made from old shovels.

Faults:

I bought this car from a used car dealer in 2006. The car was two years old, and had approx 60,000 miles on it which is kinda excessive for a two year vehicle. yet the Express Van was very clean inside, which sold me.

Besides doing all the standard maintenance items on my own when I first bought it, I have had relatively few problems with it.

The door handles for some reason was not working, maybe it had been pulled to hard. I reconnected a loose rod, and have had no problems since.

The accelerator cable broke while I was on a highway. Causing the throttle to remain in the open position as one of the steel lines that make up the cable broke inside. Looks like the vehicle had been serviced and the cable was bent in a tight position causing the steel cable to have excessive friction until the one of the steel cable lines eventually broke. Nobody got hurt. The cable cost me $40.00 and fixed it with my cousin in 2 hours.

Spare tire carrier was broken, got used one from junk yard for $40.00, and put it in in 1 hour.

The seat cushions are not as resilient as they were.

General Comments:

The van is very powerful, and I have put in a lot of stuff in it as I am a contractor, and the van is barely weighed down, and the engine pulls as if it is barely loaded.

As far as ride goes, its pretty good for a van, and has decent acceleration.

The car has not let me down rain or shine.

I do a lot of my own repair work, but if an owner does their recommended service, and oil changes, this thing could easily last 200,000 miles with no problems.