Chevy & GMC Vans

My bad, haven't moved the van in months, which means I haven't found anything to bug you guys with that needs fixing, I am sure the list is growing regardless.

dunedog wrote:hhmmm seems the body mounts have rusted away...imagine that !

lol same here man i pulled the front bumper off and was horrified, I found the answer to why the handling suddenly changed one day ](*,)

T.Low wrote:Edit: Just noticed I joined a week before Cobra.

it took me a little while to get over here when shit hit the fan way back when.....

doyoulikeithere wrote:

T.Low wrote:Wow, Mike, living the life, man!

Uh, yup, Thanks Tom. its an adventure.
If you ever get the chance, there is a really great road that goes past Whistler and Pemberton and comes out at Harrison Lake.
If you look for it there is a natural hot spring nestled high in the wilderness along the way. Beauty !
Livin the life , but I havent been to Sloquet Hot Springs in a heckuva long time. T'would be an easy ride on the KLR.

We're actually thinking about doing that, including Blow Down Pass and Molybdenite.

http://www.izaicinajums.com/search?q=blowdown+pass


Dunedog, i want to thank you again for stripping and shipping the cargo fender trim, I finally decladded and installed them!

I'm usually on several times in a week. I usually don't have much to contribute, I'm sorry to say.

I am merely the grasshopper, I am always looking to Master Po to guide me.

Fortunately for me, Master Po is frequently on this forum using one alias or another.

And no, kids, that wasn't a reference to Kung Fu Panda.

I wasn't even aware there were Facebook pages dedicated to the Astro/Safari lifestyle, prior to reading it here.

Yeah, I do recall a few names that don't appear on here anymore. Logan, FireCakes, Peter, Rebel, Trybe, DumbLady...sheesh...what happened to everyone?

doyoulikeithere wrote:

T.Low wrote:Wow, Mike, living the life, man!

Uh, yup, Thanks Tom. its an adventure.
If you ever get the chance, there is a really great road that goes past Whistler and Pemberton and comes out at Harrison Lake.
If you look for it there is a natural hot spring nestled high in the wilderness along the way. Beauty !
Livin the life , but I havent been to Sloquet Hot Springs in a heckuva long time. T'would be an easy ride on the KLR.

You have to clarify a heckuva long time ago. I took my wife in there a couple years ago after telling her how great it was" I used to go up there in the mid nineties ". Well you can drive a smart car in there now at least from the Pemberton end and it is usually quite busy. The first time I went there you had to drive through the creek to get to the springs and that kept a lot folks away. Now the only time you might get it to yourself is during the snowy season.

Slicky wrote:

doyoulikeithere wrote:

T.Low wrote:Wow, Mike, living the life, man!

Uh, yup, Thanks Tom. its an adventure.
If you ever get the chance, there is a really great road that goes past Whistler and Pemberton and comes out at Harrison Lake.
If you look for it there is a natural hot spring nestled high in the wilderness along the way. Beauty !
Livin the life , but I havent been to Sloquet Hot Springs in a heckuva long time. T'would be an easy ride on the KLR.

You have to clarify a heckuva long time ago. I took my wife in there a couple years ago after telling her how great it was" I used to go up there in the mid nineties ". Well you can drive a smart car in there now at least from the Pemberton end and it is usually quite busy. The first time I went there you had to drive through the creek to get to the springs and that kept a lot folks away. Now the only time you might get it to yourself is during the snowy season.

Back in about 93. Needed a jeep to get there. I had a CJ7.

Yup it was a tough go back then. That said the west Harrison FSR is still a nice drive and I enjoy doing it every few years.

I too fall into the category of lurker moreso than poster. Still check in a couple times a week. My van just keeps rolling along. I have a rust bubble coming up under the paint just behind the sliding door that's going to be addressed before winter and the cap+rotor on my desk at work for over a year
I gotta say though for and 11 year old vehicle with 220 thousand kms + she still gets the job done with confidence. 2 summers now pulling a 19' boat every weekend and launching at the gravel launch instead of the concrete one has made the AWD very handy to have !

I got a snow bear plow today for the 93 astro I got off bill 3 or 4 years ago. I haven't really driven it for over a year. Thought I would stop in and see what was going on here. I was surprised to see the home page so small. Ever since I wrecked my 02 work astro, I went bigger with an AWD express. And now I've remarried, we have six kids so we really went bigger with a 15 passenger Express. Every once and awhile i check Craigslist for some safastros. I still dream of building a 454 astro, but I've taken on so many other projects; Cindy would be mad if I brought home another van. I think this place also brings up some "not so fond memories " from my ex. I pretty much lived in my astro for 7 or 8 months. I remember posting pictures on here from when my daughter was born- she just turned eleven. Amazing how things change. Except for Gary.

Logan wrote:Amazing how things change. Except for Gary.

I'll drink to that ! Cheers Gary !

Had a really bad day today.Turned 67 yrs old.Make it stop,make it stop......... #-o #-o

Happy birthday Gary!

I have been away all summer...camping mostly. Firecakes and I have been busier than hell with life. Ben graduated high school and we celebrated yesterday. He will be heading off to the Air Force when the call comes. Jess is engaged to be married in summer 2015 so we have been busy planning and setting up stuff. We did a bunch of insulating and air sealing on the house in June and the garden is providing lots of veggies we have been processing. Seems the tomatoes never stop growing!

LiftedAWDAstro wrote:Happy birthday Gary!

I have been away all summer...camping mostly. Firecakes and I have been busier than hell with life. Ben graduated high school and we celebrated yesterday. He will be heading off to the Air Force when the call comes. Jess is engaged to be married in summer 2015 so we have been busy planning and setting up stuff. We did a bunch of insulating and air sealing on the house in June and the garden is providing lots of veggies we have been processing. Seems the tomatoes never stop growing!

First off Happy birthday Gary...


2nd off.... Congrats Dean on all the stuff going on, Ben to the Air Force, Jess getting married soon Holy smokes but that happens when they grow up.

Say hello to everyone for me, take er easy

1Gary wrote:Had a really bad day today.Turned 67 yrs old.Make it stop,make it stop......... #-o #-o

You dont want it to really stop ! I hope.
My Nana passed away this just this summer.
Peacefully in her sleep. She was 111 years old.

I hope you Have many many more very happy birthdays Gary !!

yeah seriously Gary you've got quite a ways to go before you get to the finish line

damn LiftedAWDAstro/Firecakes congrats, I remember when I first meet them none of this was in our sights.