Hi all,
May I say at last I have found a great sit,and I look forward to great things.
The first thing I must do is upload my pic of my 1996 Safari
graham
New member from the UK England
-
devonportuk
Topic author - I am merely driving my van
- Posts: 7
- Joined: Thu Apr 16, 2009 1:34 pm
- Location: Saltash Cornwall UK
-
LiftedAWDAstro
- I have my van tatooed on my cheeks
- Posts: 4379
- Joined: Sat Sep 09, 2006 3:35 pm
- Location: New Haven, NY
Re: New member from the UK England
Welcome Graham, post up some pics and look around. Lots of great info and folks here.
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
-
ihatemybike
- I plan to be buried in my van
- Posts: 2224
- Joined: Sun Jan 06, 2008 6:57 pm
- Location: Elgin, IL
Re: New member from the UK England
Welcome to the site, let the modifications begin.
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
-
Smiliesafari
- ASV Supporter
- Posts: 2667
- Joined: Sat Dec 02, 2006 12:34 pm
- Location: Orlando, FL
Re: New member from the UK England
Welcome Graham. You have indeed found the best Astro/Safari site on the web. As you will soon see, these are a bunch of really good people. Congradulations on the "Safari". We Safari owners know they are far superior to the lowly Astro. 
1996 Safari SLX Hotair balloon transport vehicle
Re: New member from the UK England
Welcome to the site Graham! 
ditto Smilies comment, except for the safari uber astro thing. My 'sto just turned 20. another year and it will be legal drinking age, he he he he
ditto Smilies comment, except for the safari uber astro thing. My 'sto just turned 20. another year and it will be legal drinking age, he he he he
'89 Astro, 4.3L, TBI. Minor intake and exhaust mods. Rebuilt 700R4 trans (by me). Corvette servo, 0.5" boost valve, police grade 1-2 accumulator spring (shifts fast and solid). B&M stacked plate trans cooler. Bilstein shocks. Belltech sway bars front and back. New head unit, speakers and subwoofer. Needs paint and a new headliner.
name's Steve
I can't remember all I've forgotten about that....
name's Steve
I can't remember all I've forgotten about that....
-
Rebel
- I plan to be buried in my van
- Posts: 2009
- Joined: Thu Sep 14, 2006 7:24 am
- Location: Evergreen, Al. 96 mile marker, where life is slow and there are no rules.
Re: New member from the UK England
Welcome to our little world of vans and some other very strange things that come from one 
of our northern members. Keep an eye out. You can't miss him,,he'll be wearing a dress riding a bike.
of our northern members. Keep an eye out. You can't miss him,,he'll be wearing a dress riding a bike.89 Astro, 350 V-8, Shaved doors, Filled Slider, Corvette IRS, 94 Mustang GT Rack & Pinion(Thanks to Skip), Cad Tail lights from SoCalliV8 ( RIP) Miss you my friend.
VIDEO
If you drive illegally, they take your driver's license. If you're here illegally, they want to give you one
If guns kill people, do pencils misspell words
VIDEO
If you drive illegally, they take your driver's license. If you're here illegally, they want to give you one
If guns kill people, do pencils misspell words
-
devonportuk
Topic author - I am merely driving my van
- Posts: 7
- Joined: Thu Apr 16, 2009 1:34 pm
- Location: Saltash Cornwall UK
Re: New member from the UK England
Thanks to one and all on your replys.
Can anyone tell me, if any one knows of a super chip to save on gas and better perfornance.
I have seen them on ebay, price from $8 - $25.
As gas in the UK is 2/3X the price of the US.
graham
Can anyone tell me, if any one knows of a super chip to save on gas and better perfornance.
I have seen them on ebay, price from $8 - $25.
As gas in the UK is 2/3X the price of the US.
graham
-
SoCalli V8
- Retired
- Posts: 1209
- Joined: Wed Sep 20, 2006 5:42 pm
- Location: Lost Angels, Sovern KarlyFornia.
Re: New member from the UK England
Welcome my fellow Brother.... We have all your answers here....
`86 V8 Lowered Cargo, extensively modified, shaved bald, wearing the shortest, sluttyest white primer dress....
A British Wanker living in So KarlyFornia.
My Astro tows my toys to Glamis sand dunes http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jp2pqjQtpso
First ever canal jump at Glamis http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oXZjM84x_Xc
A British Wanker living in So KarlyFornia.
My Astro tows my toys to Glamis sand dunes http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jp2pqjQtpso
First ever canal jump at Glamis http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oXZjM84x_Xc
Re: New member from the UK England
he'll have a rifle as well.....Rebel wrote:Welcome to our little world of vans and some other very strange things that come from one
post your question regarding the chip in the engines forum. I have an off the shelf chip. A number of the guys here have custom chips. You'll get multiple responses I'm sure
'89 Astro, 4.3L, TBI. Minor intake and exhaust mods. Rebuilt 700R4 trans (by me). Corvette servo, 0.5" boost valve, police grade 1-2 accumulator spring (shifts fast and solid). B&M stacked plate trans cooler. Bilstein shocks. Belltech sway bars front and back. New head unit, speakers and subwoofer. Needs paint and a new headliner.
name's Steve
I can't remember all I've forgotten about that....
name's Steve
I can't remember all I've forgotten about that....
-
the european
- I am merely driving my van
- Posts: 19
- Joined: Thu Jan 03, 2008 4:15 pm
- Location: near BONN/COLOGNE, Germany
- Contact:
Re: New member from the UK England
hi graham..!Smiliesafari wrote:...You have indeed found the best Astro/Safari site on the web...
as you can see in my signature there is another very nice astro-family on the web...but there we write in german language.
i've traveled through your country to find MY astro (it's the fifth now...), at least i found it in scotland...
here you will find all the news and informations you search for...and there are some nice people indeed!
greets from germany
derek
Astro Starcraft 4wd ext ° 2" lift ° 11/97 ° 255/55R18 ° 1GBEL19W4VB
Astro Aero 2wd ext ° 06/96 ° 235/60R15 ° 1GBDM19W2TB
Astro 2wd short ° stock ° 07/87 ° 1GNDM15Z9H
http://www.astro-van.de
Astro Aero 2wd ext ° 06/96 ° 235/60R15 ° 1GBDM19W2TB
Astro 2wd short ° stock ° 07/87 ° 1GNDM15Z9H
http://www.astro-van.de
-
devonportuk
Topic author - I am merely driving my van
- Posts: 7
- Joined: Thu Apr 16, 2009 1:34 pm
- Location: Saltash Cornwall UK
Re: New member from the UK England
Hi Derek thank you for your warm welcome from Germany.
my wife and I will one day visit your country and meet you and your family and other van owners.
If you are in the South West of England let us know.
Graham
my wife and I will one day visit your country and meet you and your family and other van owners.
If you are in the South West of England let us know.
Graham
-
T.Low
- I plan to be buried in my van
- Posts: 1768
- Joined: Wed Jun 06, 2007 7:11 pm
- Location: Bellingham, Wa
- Been thanked: 1 time
Re: New member from the UK England
Welcome aboard. Tastey van, mate. Any interior mods?
A British expat friend of mine used to skip school and go down to the Cornwall coast and surf his kayak all day.
My family, The Mathew Stawells, owned Cothelstone Manor of Somerset(in the Quantocks south of Bristol) from 1066 to the late 1700's (when a step daughter finally sold the place
). It barely survived The Cromwell Revolution (I got to hold an actual canonball that Cromwell's troops used on the Manor). (interesting tidbit about "Gun Control" methods of the period: The original drawings I saw of the Manor showed it with a flat, canon baring roof top with ramparts. After Cromwell's troops lobbed canonballs down on the Manor from the hilltops above, (and subsequently won the revolutuion) he would not allow them to rebuild the same way after the war. When I visited the Manor it was gable roofed, unable to defend herself from the hills behind her). The church on the Manor property had just celebrated 800 years of continuous worship just prior to my visit. Incredible history you have in the UK.(Yeah, I know, another frikin Yank rambling on about Great Britain!)
Thanks for the stroll down memory lane. I would think a Safari van would be perfect for the wonderfully tight single and dual carriage ways of the UK. Have you taken the van to the Lakes District or hiking up at Gordale Scare? This site loves to see pics of the vans on trips! (Hint hint).
OK. Time to get back to my remodel project. Welcome to ASV.
Cheers.
A British expat friend of mine used to skip school and go down to the Cornwall coast and surf his kayak all day.
My family, The Mathew Stawells, owned Cothelstone Manor of Somerset(in the Quantocks south of Bristol) from 1066 to the late 1700's (when a step daughter finally sold the place
). It barely survived The Cromwell Revolution (I got to hold an actual canonball that Cromwell's troops used on the Manor). (interesting tidbit about "Gun Control" methods of the period: The original drawings I saw of the Manor showed it with a flat, canon baring roof top with ramparts. After Cromwell's troops lobbed canonballs down on the Manor from the hilltops above, (and subsequently won the revolutuion) he would not allow them to rebuild the same way after the war. When I visited the Manor it was gable roofed, unable to defend herself from the hills behind her). The church on the Manor property had just celebrated 800 years of continuous worship just prior to my visit. Incredible history you have in the UK.(Yeah, I know, another frikin Yank rambling on about Great Britain!)Thanks for the stroll down memory lane. I would think a Safari van would be perfect for the wonderfully tight single and dual carriage ways of the UK. Have you taken the van to the Lakes District or hiking up at Gordale Scare? This site loves to see pics of the vans on trips! (Hint hint).
OK. Time to get back to my remodel project. Welcome to ASV.
Cheers.
-
the european
- I am merely driving my van
- Posts: 19
- Joined: Thu Jan 03, 2008 4:15 pm
- Location: near BONN/COLOGNE, Germany
- Contact:
Re: New member from the UK England
devonportuk wrote:Hi Derek thank you for your warm welcome from Germany.
my wife and I will one day visit your country and meet you and your family and other van owners.
If you are in the South West of England let us know.
Graham
hi graham...
to visit some other vans you are invited to visit germans biggest astro-meeting in the middle of germany.
it starts at 12 june and ends at 14 june...
there are usualy vans from germany, suisse and austria...
and when you look around you can explain, why your signature-picture is inverted... i know that you drive on the !wrong" side, i did not know that your pictures do the same "mistake"
greets
derek
Astro Starcraft 4wd ext ° 2" lift ° 11/97 ° 255/55R18 ° 1GBEL19W4VB
Astro Aero 2wd ext ° 06/96 ° 235/60R15 ° 1GBDM19W2TB
Astro 2wd short ° stock ° 07/87 ° 1GNDM15Z9H
http://www.astro-van.de
Astro Aero 2wd ext ° 06/96 ° 235/60R15 ° 1GBDM19W2TB
Astro 2wd short ° stock ° 07/87 ° 1GNDM15Z9H
http://www.astro-van.de
-
9dawgs
- I sleep in my van
- Posts: 278
- Joined: Mon Oct 16, 2006 4:27 pm
- Location: Tampa, FL on the beautiful Gulf of Mexico
- Contact:
Re: New member from the UK England
Welcome to the site Graham. I know you'll get all the info you need here! 
Jim<><
'99 Astro 4X2, (RIP) 4" Overland Lift, 31X10.50/15 BF Goodrich AT T/A KO,
Rancho RS5000 shocks, Rockford Fosgate RFX9000, Red Top Optima, K&N Filter
'98 Astro 4X2 (SOLD)
'99 Astro 4X2, (RIP) 4" Overland Lift, 31X10.50/15 BF Goodrich AT T/A KO,
Rancho RS5000 shocks, Rockford Fosgate RFX9000, Red Top Optima, K&N Filter
'98 Astro 4X2 (SOLD)
-
devonportuk
Topic author - I am merely driving my van
- Posts: 7
- Joined: Thu Apr 16, 2009 1:34 pm
- Location: Saltash Cornwall UK
Re: New member from the UK England
and when you look around you can explain, why your signature-picture is inverted... i know that you drive on the !wrong" side, i did not know that your pictures do the same "mistake.
Hi derek
Yes I have inverted signature photo, I just want to see how many would members would notices, so far only one -YOU will done
Graham
Hi derek
Yes I have inverted signature photo, I just want to see how many would members would notices, so far only one -YOU will done
Graham