That could be awesome to put Astro Safari van body on Truck chassis.
I have sometimes considered getting a used Chevy Avalanche 4x4 with its fold down midgare .
Then putting a nice color matched high roof fiberglass camper shell on the back to make it into a pseudo van where i could get to back of vehicle from inside.
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Lifted Van Pics...
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Re: Lifted Van Pics...
S-10 rear springs on Journeys rear shackles and front spring hangers. 2" body lift and torsion bars cranked up. 255/70 16 BFG KO 2's on fuel 16x8 Revolver rims.
O3 Astro 4X4
Dropped front IFS axle
Journeys rear spring hangers and shackles, S-10 leaf springs, 2" body lift
255/70-16 BFG KO2's on 16x8 Fuel Revolvers
Dropped front IFS axle
Journeys rear spring hangers and shackles, S-10 leaf springs, 2" body lift
255/70-16 BFG KO2's on 16x8 Fuel Revolvers
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Re: Lifted Van Pics...
racrx7 wrote:
S-10 rear springs on Journeys rear shackles and front spring hangers. 2" body lift and torsion bars cranked up. 255/70 16 BFG KO 2's on fuel 16x8 Revolver rims.
Sooooooooooooooooo sweet!
05 Safari AWD
85 Vanagon tin top 1.8T with Westy interior (stealth)
14 Lancer AWC
07 Tango (Home)
85 Vanagon tin top 1.8T with Westy interior (stealth)
14 Lancer AWC
07 Tango (Home)
Re: Lifted Van Pics...
I have been lurking here, and well, I finally did it.. I have had van obsession since the 70s and now I love Astro awd ... I had an Astro passenger van but it didn't satisfy my “Vannin” longings.. plus its awd was always broken. so I found a solid 1997 cargo (for the non electric awd) and just had a friend put on a lift from Journey's offroad. My mechanic said it was the nicest kit hes used for something like this. I have rebuilt difs with 3.73 gears (stock were 3.42) and I got super swamper Trxus tires on there.. black rock viper wheels.. all worked out perfectly! (the tires suck though.. they are NOT round , I should have listened to the nay sayers, but I wanted the extra width and aggressive look.. as they are 1.5 inches wider than the BFG’s I would have bought… they look great though. I want to say thank you to all you guys for sharing your knowledge here!
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Re: Lifted Van Pics...
Shame about those tires Dreamer. They look great! I too was considering those same tires, but got talked out of them for the reason you stated.
O3 Astro 4X4
Dropped front IFS axle
Journeys rear spring hangers and shackles, S-10 leaf springs, 2" body lift
255/70-16 BFG KO2's on 16x8 Fuel Revolvers
Dropped front IFS axle
Journeys rear spring hangers and shackles, S-10 leaf springs, 2" body lift
255/70-16 BFG KO2's on 16x8 Fuel Revolvers