Mt name is Cory, I am the owner/Operator of Olson Customs located in the small town of Cottage Grove Oregon, We specialize in Mid 60's Mercury car and Trucks(yes they made mercury trucks) as well as t buckets and other Hot/Rat rod stuff. I came by my astro (Eythl) by chance as a friend of mine who o...

Thanks for the tips, had my wife 3/4 throttle the thing in drive with the brake on and came to the conclusion that its a slight the exaust leak on the pass manifold, guess im just used to listening to big block and stroker fords and chevys too...... man it sounds different in the driver seat :-k and...

Got this thing for a steal...0$ after three diferent shops could not get it to run... one spider unit later and shes my daily driver...... just something about driving a rig that you are only into for$250 that makes me smile.....

107k with 50psi cold, 20 warm and it jumps to 40 when driven, I will scope the thing out this is my first 4.3 thanks for the info....glad to hear the valve train is dependable, the last engine i built was my ford 427 FE for my 65 comet A/FX clone....... a big block ford in an astro???? MMMMMMM.

New to the forum, lots of great info here .... ive got a 95 astro with the 4.3 vin W and its starting to sound like the rockers on the pass side are clattering?? runs ok still and have not tore into her to investigate, any advice or similar issues that yall know of?? thanks for any help , part of me...