[mhall02]

This thread is a tad old but I'll chime in. I bought 2 years ago a 2003 Express 3500 15 passenger and really like it. We took the back seat out so we would have more room for stuff, so it will in theory seat 11. We arrived at child number 5 last year and it is great for hauling all the little people (4 still in car/booster seats), their friends, and in-laws on trips. I just started working on our church van last month, it is a '95 G30 15 passenger and there are some initial differences I see. The hood on the 2003 is longer and access to the water pump, shield, hoses and other odds and ends under the hood seems easier to get to than the G30. Our 6.0 V-8 seems peppier than the 5.7, but then again I haven't taken the '95 on the interstate (yet!). Our 3500 gets around 11-12 in town and 15-16 highway, not sure what the 5.7 gets but people don't get these for the MPG. The 2003 is OBD II so it might be able to trouble shoot problems down the road, we will see. The 6.0 does not have a cap and rotor, it has 1 coil per plug so I don't know if that is a plus or minus yet. I think the last year of the G vans it was OBD II ('96). To take the doghouse off the '03 you do have to remove the passenger seat (easy enough, only 4 nuts), and it looks the same way for the '95, I'll find out soon enough. I'll be doing some more work on the '95 later in the month so I might have some more input.