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Well I'll be...
It looks quite similar, especially the highway and parking lot at the bottom.

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When all it takes is a glance from the corner of your eye, and you realize...

It is Perfect.
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...when the budgets for all your other mechanical projects get diverted to the van!
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At the age of 6 years old you hug the front end of your parent's 86 astro and say "I'm gonna own you some day" then 16 years later you own that van :D
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you're will to not drive it for 3 weeks while you get better then stock parts and the tools to install them :supz:
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badassastro....that is SO funny....oh did i Laugh out loud...

when you are under if for the 50th time in one month (so it seems).... resting your head on the ground below you cause your neck is killing you, worn out and will not support your head any longer and allow you to get the view you need.....all the time talking to your "girl" as blood drips from your latest "skin-off" happening....telling her its all gonna be ok, even after you have gotten far more dirty and taken far more sh@t than you ever would tolerate with ANY woman.

some great comments guys!....keep 'em comin... :guitar:
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You know you love your Astro when, after not being able to drive it for a few weeks because you can't afford insurance, you sit out in it and just imagine driving it again. :cry:

I miss my van.. :cry:
One or two more weeks and I might be able to drive it again!
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JTalley wrote: you sit out in it and just imagine driving it again. :cry:

I miss my van.. :cry:

I'm getting there..... ](*,)
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Post by 97CargoCrawler »

...you continue to wash it weekly and Armor-All the tires even though it's just been sitting for over three months broken down waiting for repairs. :(

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You know you love your AstroFari when seven of your friends have bought them after seeing yours!

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When you put brand new $800 tires on it after sitting for 6 months and drove 3 times since, just cause you felt it had been a while since you did something nice for it?
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You know you love your Astro when you point out to your friends that if they look closely, there is a really cool AC Cobra in the foreground of this Astro van video.
And that, even though it''s not an Astro, the Cobra is still kinda cool in it's own way. O:)


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mdmead wrote:...you van has been sitting on jackstands and off the road for more than 4 years and you still wouldn't even consider selling it!

In Sickness and in Health, till death do us part! :partyman:
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T.Low wrote:
mdmead wrote:...you van has been sitting on jackstands and off the road for more than 4 years and you still wouldn't even consider selling it!

In Sickness and in Health, till death do us part! :partyman:
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You know you love your Astro when you can't walk in your house and you have no coats to wear because you had to remove your seats and put them inside covered with coats to keep the cat off them!
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