Hey all this is the absolute most recent pictures of my cargo van!
Specs: 93 Astro with 310,000 miles on the body. 98 Safari front clip. Remanufactured 350 pulled from a 94 G20 Conversion van. 95 4L60e with modified wire harness all running off a 95 Tahoe computer. 88 GMC Truck rally wheels. Custom cat back duel exhaust. LT option front seats. Modified stock cruise control. And my favorite, a starcraft conversion van roof wing. :-)
Some of the older members may remember what it looked like when I bought it 2 years ago. It's been a big improvement!!
1988 Astro Shorty full cargo - 350 TBI - 5 speed
1993 Passenger 4X4 Astro 305 TBI V8 -2 speed transfer case 5" custom lift - Built by Lockdoc
2015 Ram Promaster City - work car
2004 AWD Express 5.3
2005 Express 15 passenger 6.0
1984 Beauville Full Size Sport Van- built TBI 355-electric fans- 4L60e 95,000 original miles
2001 International School Bus
So is this your daily driver? What kind of muffler did you go with? Oh and I of course love the new front end on the shorty! What else you got planned?
1993 Astro, 1973 Austin Mini Clubman Estate, 1980 Trabant, 1961 Morris Minor
Vans owned:
1986 Safari 2.5L 4 speed manual - scrapped
1995 Astro 2WD conversion 4.11 posi, shift kit, DHC rock rails - sold to Skippy
1998 Astro 4x4 D44, D60, NP231, full hydraulic system with 9k# Milemarker winch and snow plow - sold to Lockdoc
2003 Astro AWD all stock - traded for a 3/4 ton truck
2005 AWD, 4.10's - sold to skippy
Thanks for the compliments! This used to be my daily driver but I purchased an 02 AWD Astro a year ago in february that I've been using for work instead of this beast. Now I mainly use it for advertising at local car shows and tearing up the street. I have to be careful cause of our business name on the side. Last month someone got the number and called the office to complain about me drifting it on a corner while merging on the highway. lol Opps!! I love that there's no weight in the back.
The muffler is an off brand flowmaster design. We traded some oven parts for the labor and stuff. Only cost about $240.00 to have the pipes bent and installed! It's a real nice LOW rumble. I'm not big on "cackling."
My next plan is to put an interior in it. No seats- but I would like to install inner panels and a headliner to dampen noise. Maybe a little carpet too. I have a donor astro (my first V8) that was an LT that I'm going to steal the inside from.
1988 Astro Shorty full cargo - 350 TBI - 5 speed
1993 Passenger 4X4 Astro 305 TBI V8 -2 speed transfer case 5" custom lift - Built by Lockdoc
2015 Ram Promaster City - work car
2004 AWD Express 5.3
2005 Express 15 passenger 6.0
1984 Beauville Full Size Sport Van- built TBI 355-electric fans- 4L60e 95,000 original miles
2001 International School Bus
BTW that safari grill is from Petey's ZZ from NECO 07! It has a crack in the passenger side chrome area. lol
1988 Astro Shorty full cargo - 350 TBI - 5 speed
1993 Passenger 4X4 Astro 305 TBI V8 -2 speed transfer case 5" custom lift - Built by Lockdoc
2015 Ram Promaster City - work car
2004 AWD Express 5.3
2005 Express 15 passenger 6.0
1984 Beauville Full Size Sport Van- built TBI 355-electric fans- 4L60e 95,000 original miles
2001 International School Bus
dude i love the front end grill and lights on that thing. Did you just go to the junk yard and pick it up and did everything pretty much line up or did you have to do alot of fabricating?
I was going through some pictures. I can't believe at one point the van looked like this!
Here is my Other Van. My 2002 AWD which by the way, I just hit 360,000 miles on!!!
1988 Astro Shorty full cargo - 350 TBI - 5 speed
1993 Passenger 4X4 Astro 305 TBI V8 -2 speed transfer case 5" custom lift - Built by Lockdoc
2015 Ram Promaster City - work car
2004 AWD Express 5.3
2005 Express 15 passenger 6.0
1984 Beauville Full Size Sport Van- built TBI 355-electric fans- 4L60e 95,000 original miles
2001 International School Bus