Scored !!1999 AWD Comcast Van Cheap !!!!!

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Scored !!1999 AWD Comcast Van Cheap !!!!!

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Well here my newest addition....but only for parts.It's a running 1999 AWD that I will be stripping mainly for the rear axle/diff and front diff etc. I picked it up about 25 miles from my house for $200.00 plus $130.00 to get it here.
I have the engine sold and maybe the tranny. Should look like a subframe and piles of parts by the end of the weekend if I'm lucky.Image
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Wow great deal jim !!!

can i get the drivers side switch panel & switches from you ???you know the one on the drivers door panel with the window switches & mirror switch . i'll pay what you want plus shipping from you . thats if your gonna part stuff like that out .
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You need the front wheel hub bearings?
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and this is 4 hours later....it had a cage and shelves that had to be unbolted along with the ladder rack.

Skip the doors are not electric ....this is a base model.

But I threw a battery at it and it started without even cranking ...the guy said it ran but I wasn't counting on it. :supz:
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Front fender trim?!! I'll pay, I'll pay! I haven't been able to find any around here but want to strip off my cladding!

Was just looking at the SPB FIrst Phase and realized how much better it looked without cladding.
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Wow dude :yikes: :yikes: You weren't kidding when you said you were stripping it !!!!!!
Skip the doors are not electric ....this is a base model.


Ahhhh that figures , just my luck . #-o #-o
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What pieces exactly, Tom?
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What gear ratios Jim? We still doing 4.11's?
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dunedog wrote:What pieces exactly, Tom?

The front fender trim


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that will fill in these gaps behind the front wheel when I take the cladding off.

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I'd pay and of course COD on shipping. It would save me a lot of running around and time that I don't have!
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Oh ya Dean.... \:D/ I'll be coming out!!
It had 3.42's ,but now I can remove the rear do new brakes,remove the ring&pinion clean it all up and bring it out ready for bench install of the gears etc.
I figured you were 'on' this week and will call over the weekend.

Tom,...I'll look today at those pieces and let you know condition etc.

Aaron,....haven't gotten to the frontend or thought of those parts yet .........
Also I discovered the van is a 1998 not a
'99......
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odd... mister firevan disappeared after I sent him those primered ones. said he never got them.

as for the van ... wicked find... what the heck are you doing with it exactly, other than cutting it into pieces? lol
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crash wrote:odd... mister firevan disappeared
He posted yesterday, stating he was out of town without net access.
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Well I'm...... :-k .........cutting it to pieces and sending some to Bellingham,Wa. :muhaha:
Tom,PM me your address and I'll get these sent to you.

Crash, I need to regear my van and Dean (after much bribery and armtwisting) said he would give me a hand.He had a front diff case and part of what I needed,so I bought that from him and he is going to rebuild it for me with 4.11's........but rather than doing the rear in the van, I wanted to find a whole rear axle etc......that way I could do the brakes,clean out the diff and be able to assemble on a bench at Dean's instead of under the van. All of this,I would like to get done before the weather gets too nice.
I wanted to just get the axle/rear from this guy, but he wanted to sell the whole van. He was origionally asking $4to500.00 in his ad.....,but I really didn't need a whole van... #-o
the day I went to look at the van he must have been ready to sell. I hit him with the "I don't want to piss you off" but this is what I would give you. He said yes..... :supz:
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Any chance of buying the AstroAWD emblems? Shipping to 92691
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I knew someone would want those..... not a problem.
Send me your address and I'll get them sent. No charge ,just pass it along. :heart:
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