Chevy & GMC Vans

How many Astro and/or Safari Vans were Made ?

Anyone ?

I do know that the plant closed before noon on Friday the 13th in May of 2005.


The last van produced on that day along with three others were raffled off to employees.

I have seen various numbers as to the total made being about 3,200,000. I still would like to find the exact number.

I have never heard the official number. I've owned 5 different ones!

LiftedAWDAstro wrote:I have never heard the official number. I've owned 5 different ones!

Me neither.
I've owned 4 and a half different ones!

I owned 3 different ones....



so lets see, so far we've accounted for 13 all together
only ~3.2 million left to account for until we find out how many were really made

safari kev wrote:I owned 3 different ones....



so lets see, so far we've accounted for 13 all together
only ~3.2 million left to account for until we find out how many were really made

Ok did you count mine ? If it is 3.2 Mil and we add say two a day to our counting it will take 1.6 Mil days to reach an answer. That is over 4,300 years. I doubt that I can wait that long.

I have read "Astro and Safari production peaked in 1988, when the plant's 3,800 workers built 219,547 vehicles."

I own 2 had 3

Not enough...............

One and a half of the 4 and a half vans I've owned, came with a five speed 4.3, from the factory.

How many 4.3 - 5 speed vans were made?

doyoulikeithere wrote:One and a half of the 4 and a half vans I've owned, came with a five speed 4.3, from the factory.

How many 4.3 - 5 speed vans were made?

I has a '89 with a 4.3 & 5spd, does that help the count?

From Memory, what's left of it.
..............................swapped engine
'88 Burgendy Panel bought new... L31 crate V8
'89 Red pass 5spd.....305 V8 / 350 Automatic
'89 Black pass..........1/2 ton truck 350
'91 Black pass.........350 V8
'98 Copper LS AWD
'98 white panel
'98 Green panel........LS1 V8
'98 Blue LT AWD
'98 Blue LS
'00 Black panel
'00 Teal LT "El Camino"
'04 White panel AWD

MrJames wrote:How many Astro and/or Safari Vans were Made ?

Anyone ?

According to http://www.compnin.com ;which gives info on yearly numbers; by entered vin. There were 83,532 Astros built in 1998. I may enter the vin for my 91 and 94 just to see what useful info may come up. hope that 83,532 puts a dent in your 4,300 year deadline.....