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Hawaiian punch
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Aloha, recently moved to San Antonio from Hawaii.

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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!

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Nice bit o' kit you got there. Your friend Tom obviously knows how to build.

Welcome to the site.
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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
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ihatemybike wrote:Nice bit o' kit you got there. Your friend Tom obviously knows how to build.

Welcome to the site.
Mahalo, not sure what "Bit o kit" means but never the less, Mahalo.

I'll pick up on the lingo here on the mainland some day.
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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

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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
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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
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Nice van EH!
Image 98 Safari RWD. Stock.
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8-[ 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!
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phr1$k37 wrote:
8-[ 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!
sure give me a few days though, I gotta get my camera back from my buddy! lol.
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Beautiful van and setup! You are spoiled :D See I'm even green with envy! lol
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Mahalo guys for the nice words, is this the only forum around for people who own vans/suv's?
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Gotta love that party seat in there!
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Re: Aloha, recently moved to San Antonio from Hawaii.

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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?
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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
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Re: Aloha, recently moved to San Antonio from Hawaii.

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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?
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.


so how long has this forum been running for?
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Re: Aloha, recently moved to San Antonio from Hawaii.

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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
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Hawaiian punch wrote: so how long has this forum been running for?


A little over a yr (fall of 06)
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