Chevy & GMC Vans

I gotta paint my body cladding

9dawgs wrote:





Here's a couple of updated pics of my van.

i love your van! is there a write up on your spare tire carrier/ladder? did you have to beef up the doors?

heres my ride,

In full winter dress!

Heres my baby, yet to be cleaned...

Oldie but Goodie!

Thanks for the pics

dilly wrote:

9dawgs wrote:i love your van! is there a write up on your spare tire carrier/ladder? did you have to beef up the doors?

Hey Dilly, I did have a write up on the old astrosafari.com ikon board but it crashed and I don't think what they have recovered goes back that far. It wasn't too bad an install though. The only "beefing up" I did was for the spare tire rack. It came with a solid piece of steel plate backing that I put inside the door for the inside upper and lower mount points. Petey has a much beefier setup for his spare tire carrier. His took a lot of fab work but I know it won't go anywhere if he ever jumps a sand dune! Mine has been installed for about a year now and I see no signs of play on the ladder mount or the tire mount.

More pics of my current and past Astros..
LED tailight install
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Billet Grille
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Our very first Astro- 1985
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Our Last LT
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LOVE the GMC grille! Always thought it was better looking than the Astro grille! What seats are those? Use your stock seat base to mount them?

here's a couple of my 2000 RWD.

Figured out how to shrink pics!

here's mine


-Vance