Side by side here they reside

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Side by side here they reside

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Quick pic of the Jeep and the Astro side by side...enjoying the warm spring day :D

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is blue your favorite color? jeep looks nice all you need now is some rugged extras and a new stro and your set :muhaha:
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Cobra wrote:is blue your favorite color? jeep looks nice all you need now is some rugged extras and a new stro and your set :muhaha:
It would seem that way, but it was just the luck of the draw. Figured I'd grab a pic of them side by side before the van gets hauled off to the scrappers.
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One of my buddies sent me this Jeep video because this is a place where we are gonna go off-roading and camping with our buggies, dirtbikes and quads. You now being a Jeep guy I thought that you would enjoy, funnily enough there is an Astro in it also.

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man those look so clean! I'd wash mine but the paint comes off.
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SoCalli V8 wrote:One of my buddies sent me this Jeep video because this is a place where we are gonna go off-roading and camping with our buggies, dirtbikes and quads. You now being a Jeep guy I thought that you would enjoy, funnily enough there is an Astro in it also.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OHX0gB-s ... ture=email
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man.. i wish i had the time/money/skill/space to do a front end swap on my 93 .. your van would make a decent donor zam lol
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Nice Liberty Zam. Are you pulling any parts off the Astro? What about the powertrax and 4.11 gears?
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wish I had the cash to come up and take it for parts off of ya zam, could use a few. :cry: :cry:
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Because parking is pretty limited, I can't keep the van around much longer. I was hoping to have it gone by now but have been so busy on my days off that all I've had a chance to yank out of it is my beloved stereo. As to the powertrax and 4.11's it kills me to think that they may end up at the scrappers Dean but I have no time or place to really try to work on it to save those. If I had the property it would sit out back and whoever needed anything could come by and scavenge but I don't have that option here unfortunately. Havn't even had time to yank that new EGR valve off yet ](*,) even the rad /alt and waterpump are only around 2 yrs old.

With it being a 95, it would have been the perfect parts van for you Bob. :canuk: :usa:

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lockdoc wrote:
SoCalli V8 wrote:One of my buddies sent me this Jeep video because this is a place where we are gonna go off-roading and camping with our buggies, dirtbikes and quads. You now being a Jeep guy I thought that you would enjoy, funnily enough there is an Astro in it also.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OHX0gB-s ... ture=email
Sorry but that has to be the most lame ass four wheeling I have ever seen.
You're just a grumpy old mountain man...LOL

Sure would be cool to explore up in an area like that scenery looked great, thanks for the vid link Darren.

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What's it take to get it across the border? Hmmmm, might be time for a road trip! :-k It could sit out back here until parts are scavenged. I really hate to see all the good parts go to a scrap yard. Seems like somebody up there has to have some storage room.
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hate to hear the van is going to be moving on. Kind of like a member of the family after all these years.
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That rear end interests me, but I am both cash and time sort. 4.11s are a little more than I need, but I'm sure they would haul better than what I have in it right now.
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Post by Smiliesafari »

Ya know...........if a few people were willing to cough up a few bucks for gas it might help Dean go get that van. There's a lot of good parts there. Dean, what would it take? \:D/
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