Aloha, recently moved to San Antonio from Hawaii.
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Aloha, recently moved to San Antonio from Hawaii.
I've had many different types of vehicles in my life, from lowriders to hot rods from Corvettes to Mopeds LMAO, I've built them all, but this is my first van, its a 1998 Chevy Astro I just picked up from Spokane Washington from a buddy of mine named "Tom" a really good person, he did the work to the van and he did a great job, I usualy buy stock vehicles and fix them up but I just had to pick his one up already done, on top of the fact that we're still trying to seddle in our new place here in San Antonio and can't spend unessesary kala (money in hawaiian) on building up vehicles I just loved the way this van looked, Tom if your reading this, great job on this van man! Mahalo nui loa bradda Tom!
heres a few pics.
heres a few pics.
Last edited by Hawaiian punch on Mon Jan 21, 2008 5:05 am, edited 1 time in total.
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Re: Aloha, recently moved to San Antonio from Hawaii.
Nice bit o' kit you got there. Your friend Tom obviously knows how to build.
Welcome to the site.
Welcome to the site.
Aaron
2005 Astro (Gandalf) - AWD, 4.3L, 3.42, 130k+ miles
1997 Astro (Grumpy - $250 Rally Van) - AWD, 4.3L, 3.42, LSD, 2" lift, 31" tires, 335k+ orig engine, $30 eBay fuel pump
Prev Astros:99,97,00,94,87,86
2005 Astro (Gandalf) - AWD, 4.3L, 3.42, 130k+ miles
1997 Astro (Grumpy - $250 Rally Van) - AWD, 4.3L, 3.42, LSD, 2" lift, 31" tires, 335k+ orig engine, $30 eBay fuel pump
Prev Astros:99,97,00,94,87,86
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Re: Aloha, recently moved to San Antonio from Hawaii.
Mahalo, not sure what "Bit o kit" means but never the less, Mahalo.ihatemybike wrote:Nice bit o' kit you got there. Your friend Tom obviously knows how to build.
Welcome to the site.
I'll pick up on the lingo here on the mainland some day.
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Re: Aloha, recently moved to San Antonio from Hawaii.
Welcome to the forum! Nice Astro and it's the best color too!
Current rides:
2013 Toyota Tundra DC 4x4
2008 Dodge Nitro 4x4
2005 Nissan Sentra 1.8S Special Edition
Mileage spreadsheet
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
2013 Toyota Tundra DC 4x4
2008 Dodge Nitro 4x4
2005 Nissan Sentra 1.8S Special Edition
Mileage spreadsheet
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
Re: Aloha, recently moved to San Antonio from Hawaii.
Welcome to the site, just a reminder, when in Texas say "Howdy" not Aloha, and if you get an opportunity, to go farther to the Southeast, say "Hey Ya-All" LOL. WELCOME
1993 Safari
Lowered
Shaved
Building my 350 and 400 turbo
all old school
Lowered
Shaved
Building my 350 and 400 turbo
all old school
Re: Aloha, recently moved to San Antonio from Hawaii.
Nice van EH!
98 Safari RWD. Stock.
Do you smell what Barack is cookin ?!?!
Do you smell what Barack is cookin ?!?!
Re: Aloha, recently moved to San Antonio from Hawaii.
Kala and time went into that ride! Very nice! And Welcome!!! Do you think you can get some more photos of the love seats in the back!? They look awesome!
97' Safari AWD SLT - Nicknamed "Princess" cause of all the TLC she begs from me!
Location: West Coast, B.C., Canada eh?
Photos and Specs of "Princess"
Location: West Coast, B.C., Canada eh?
Photos and Specs of "Princess"
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Re: Aloha, recently moved to San Antonio from Hawaii.
sure give me a few days though, I gotta get my camera back from my buddy! lol.phr1$k37 wrote:
Kala and time went into that ride! Very nice! And Welcome!!! Do you think you can get some more photos of the love seats in the back!? They look awesome!
Re: Aloha, recently moved to San Antonio from Hawaii.
Beautiful van and setup! You are spoiled See I'm even green with envy! lol
03 "Pewter" Astro AWD stock
early 90s Astro currently under the knife
early 90s Astro currently under the knife
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Re: Aloha, recently moved to San Antonio from Hawaii.
Mahalo guys for the nice words, is this the only forum around for people who own vans/suv's?
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Re: Aloha, recently moved to San Antonio from Hawaii.
Gotta love that party seat in there!
Matt
Selah, WA
-96 GMC Safari AWD Hi-Top Conversion -->Stalled 5.3L swap & 5" lift
-74 Ford Bronco -->Far from perfect but mine!
-99 V-10 Ford Super Duty Super Cab 4x4 -->Stock with 285 Cooper ATs
-00 Ford Focus Wagon -->The Red Turd
-95 Ford 24' Class C Motorhome -->My big block sleeper
-07 Can-Am Outlander XT -->My yellow 4x4 quad for work & play
-04 Ski Doo REV Summit -->Still several chassis behind!
No new projects until the current ones are done!
Selah, WA
-96 GMC Safari AWD Hi-Top Conversion -->Stalled 5.3L swap & 5" lift
-74 Ford Bronco -->Far from perfect but mine!
-99 V-10 Ford Super Duty Super Cab 4x4 -->Stock with 285 Cooper ATs
-00 Ford Focus Wagon -->The Red Turd
-95 Ford 24' Class C Motorhome -->My big block sleeper
-07 Can-Am Outlander XT -->My yellow 4x4 quad for work & play
-04 Ski Doo REV Summit -->Still several chassis behind!
No new projects until the current ones are done!
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Re: Aloha, recently moved to San Antonio from Hawaii.
This forum is not the only one.
AstroSafari.com = Crashes a lot, site owner no longer owns an Astro and doesn't maintain the site. Members from there got together and created this site.
AstroSafari.co.uk = Our UK brothers
Astro-Van.de = Germany?
AstroSafari.com = Crashes a lot, site owner no longer owns an Astro and doesn't maintain the site. Members from there got together and created this site.
AstroSafari.co.uk = Our UK brothers
Astro-Van.de = Germany?
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Aaron
2005 Astro (Gandalf) - AWD, 4.3L, 3.42, 130k+ miles
1997 Astro (Grumpy - $250 Rally Van) - AWD, 4.3L, 3.42, LSD, 2" lift, 31" tires, 335k+ orig engine, $30 eBay fuel pump
Prev Astros:99,97,00,94,87,86
2005 Astro (Gandalf) - AWD, 4.3L, 3.42, 130k+ miles
1997 Astro (Grumpy - $250 Rally Van) - AWD, 4.3L, 3.42, LSD, 2" lift, 31" tires, 335k+ orig engine, $30 eBay fuel pump
Prev Astros:99,97,00,94,87,86
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Topic author - I am merely driving my van
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Re: Aloha, recently moved to San Antonio from Hawaii.
I see, thats to bad, but a great thing on the other hand it seemed to have brought lots of van owners closer together yea? so that in its self is a good thing.ihatemybike wrote:This forum is not the only one.
AstroSafari.com = Crashes a lot, site owner no longer owns an Astro and doesn't maintain the site. Members from here got together and created this site.
AstroSafari.co.uk = Our UK brothers
Astro-Van.de = Germany?
so how long has this forum been running for?
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Re: Aloha, recently moved to San Antonio from Hawaii.
AS still has a lot of good into, but it's best to recreate that stuff here.
Aaron
2005 Astro (Gandalf) - AWD, 4.3L, 3.42, 130k+ miles
1997 Astro (Grumpy - $250 Rally Van) - AWD, 4.3L, 3.42, LSD, 2" lift, 31" tires, 335k+ orig engine, $30 eBay fuel pump
Prev Astros:99,97,00,94,87,86
2005 Astro (Gandalf) - AWD, 4.3L, 3.42, 130k+ miles
1997 Astro (Grumpy - $250 Rally Van) - AWD, 4.3L, 3.42, LSD, 2" lift, 31" tires, 335k+ orig engine, $30 eBay fuel pump
Prev Astros:99,97,00,94,87,86