project ratstro

[LaGrasta]

looking forward to updates...

[mattconrad]

Havent been on in a while, any progress?

[jeff hosford]

Maybe I missed this somewhere in your post. I see you put the new style front clip om your astro. I have a 1993 gmc safari I want to put a new style front end on it. Did the front end just bolt on or was there some modifications. All info will be appreciated. By the way awesome build. Thanks for all the pics.

[Rebel]

have wondered about this project many times,,where you be,,,,what's happening ?

[phr1$k37]

Anyone got his contact? Cant wait to see this finished!

[SoCalli V8]

I would love to see an update on this build.

[astrosafari]

agreeed! ^

[astrozam]

I've sent Danny an email and hopefully we will hear back from him.

[astrozam]

Heard back from Danny Today, he says his van is at the paint shop and will hopefully get some colour in the next couple weeks, when it does he'll have some pics and a progress report for us, he says hello to everyone.

[SoCalli V8]

Heard back from Danny Today, he says his van is at the paint shop and will hopefully get some colour in the next couple weeks, when it does he'll have some pics and a progress report for us, he says hello to everyone.

Did he say why there were no more updates?

[astrozam]

Danny didn't mention anything specific except to say that life's been busy and that there really hadn't been a lot done to the van as of late.

[phatmaxx87]

Danny's van is currently in the paint shop. Let me just say that body work is the most time and money consuming part of any build. Should be done at the end of this week. It probably wouldn't be much different now than it was a year ago. There will be updates soon. As far as mine goes, I might have some
pics up soon in v8 forum on mine. I removed the subframe again to do some engine stuff. Bigger cam, edl heads, marine intake, custom long tube tuned headers, ect. Ttyl.

-Vance

[SoCalli V8]

Danny's van is currently in the paint shop. Let me just say that body work is the most time and money consuming part of any build.
-Vance

Believe me I know how that goes, I have been working by myself on her bodywork to flat it down and prep for filler primer for months now. I can`t afford bodyshop hour rates, plus I am a perfectionist, so perfection takes time. I will paint the filler primer and block it down flat again, (because that takes major hours)

I have just finished a smoothe windshield cowl that I have never seen before, and hood struts with extra support bracing so that they don`t bend your hood. I have fitted the old-style steel lower fender panels replacing the plastic to the new-style fenders, and smoothed out all my door jambs, hinges and surrounds. Yeah, I am gonna be competing for trophies.

Chevy Silverado or Colorado "Cats-Eye" headlamps, which will need a custom made hood, and a custom made grill plus a custom made bumper from a Dodge to look the part are all in the future......

But there is No manual that explains how to modify these parts, so it is on an experimental path that I walk...... And Experimentation takes time.

[Astro-SS-V8]

SoCali............ I've been playing around with the idea off using the newer Tahoe headlights .......just my 2 cents.

However we bow to your undying contribution to the hobby we all adore so much....

[draggnastro]

i just read all 17 pages of this build. Whatever happened to it?