Just checking in.... From the Days of the Purple Haze....

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Just checking in.... From the Days of the Purple Haze....

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Hey Y'all,
Old school just checking in to see how you are all doing. Some big changes since I was around last... Good seeing you all.

For the newer peeps, I am one of the originals from the purple boards,, with Astronut, ZZ3Astro, HPbyStan and others....
I have sold my 350 astro van last year, but my wife's 96 is still in the family(sold to her dad who lives with us). I am now and have been into RX7's. We have two, an 85 GS coupe, and an 88 covertable. Plans are to v8 one of them one of these day's. Well here's to ya.

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Later,
Bill
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Post by GEJ »

Hey Bill,
Good to see some of the old guard around.I think you where just selling when I first come on the old board.Most of the old timers are here now.Hang out and if you got the time,help out where you can.Welcome back. =D> =D>

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Post by Rebel »

Good to see you hanging around Bill. Stop in more often. We need all the sane folks we can get.
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.

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Post by dumb lady »

Hi again Bill, glad my link worked! Welcome to ASV!! Yes, I make useless space-wasting posts in here too. :dunce:
Peter, SoCalli, LocDoc & Rockwerz & all the others are here.
Mr Rev Trybe is correct, you need to get Calvin & Hobbs avatar back! Everybody remembers that. :yawinkle:
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Post by LiftedAWDAstro »

Glad to see you stop by! I remember you from when I first got on and it was .net.
Current rides:
2013 Toyota Tundra DC 4x4
2008 Dodge Nitro 4x4
2005 Nissan Sentra 1.8S Special Edition

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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
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Post by SoCalli V8 »

Hi 'OG' cool to see you again......
`86 V8 Lowered Cargo, extensively modified, shaved bald, wearing the shortest, sluttyest white primer dress....

A British Wanker living in So KarlyFornia.
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Post by peter »

\:D/ \:D/

Yo!!!
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Post by Jim in Indy »

Hey!! He's been around since the V-Mag days...
Indy, all the horsepower you could ever imagine in one place...
Indianapolis 500, MotoGP, 400 at the Brickyard, NHRA US Nationals.

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Post by Astro350SS »

Hey Y'all 'n's!
I wish I could remember the phrase I had in my quote on the old boards, makes me laugh just thinking about it. I know I posted it when I posted pics of mine and Peter's vans on the boards... I'll see if I can find it.


Yeah the old V-mag boards.... I remember cruising those boards for hours on end. There were only a few V8 Astro's on line back then - I think about 5 when I joined in. How time's have changed. I'll tell you, I still miss my van. It was one of the best highway cruisers that I have owned. At speeds upwards of 100mph, it was smooth as silk and handled great. ANd it got good gas mileage. My Silverado gets an astounding 13mpg. 350SS got about 25mpg on the hwy and 18-20 around town... depending on how I drove ;). Only problem it had when I sold it was I messed up the transmission when I rebuilt it (put a sprag roller clutch in backward) and never got around to fixing it. I'll tell ya, for the $460/month I'm paying on my Silverado, I could have had a custom pro built tranny done, new paintjob and all sorts of things done, but alas, the poor thing just wont pull a 5th wheel trailer.
Couldn't get on the old boards to see my old posts. Say's I don't have permission.[voice of Billy from Grim Adventures of Billy and Mandy-my kids watch it all the time, what can I say? :D ]



Oh well, good seeing you all again. I'll stop by once in a while to check on things here.
Later,
Bill


If I didn't already have so many cars, I would get that van back and bring it back to it's glory. My freind who I sold it too is using it for basic transportation, so it is looking kind of sad...
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