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"LJ909" (lj909) 05/30/2017 at 15:25 • Filed to: None

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Possibly the cleanest and best condition Astro Van I have ever seen, and one of the few Astro RS I have encountered.

shop-teacher > LJ909 05/30/2017 at 15:39

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Nice! I had a neighbor for years who had a dark red Astro RS. I always dug the look of that van.

LJ909 > shop-teacher 05/30/2017 at 15:42

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Its pretty cool. I dont know why I’ve always had a soft spot for the Astro and seeing this RS was cool. I got a peek inside and it looks to have been well maintained by the old man that got out of it.

shop-teacher > LJ909 05/30/2017 at 15:53

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The Astro is great because it’s big enough to haul lots of stuff, while being small enough to park nearly anywhere. They also look pretty good IMO. I particularly love the later dutch door ones.

LJ909 > shop-teacher 05/30/2017 at 15:55

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And being tough as hell. It was one of the few vans that was truck based.

shop-teacher > LJ909 05/30/2017 at 16:03

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Yep. S-series platform FTW!

Logansteno: Bought a VW? > shop-teacher 05/30/2017 at 17:27

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Theres little to no S/T chassis under these actually. Unibody with front and rear subframes and a front suspension mostly pulled from the B-Bodies. Driveline has lots of S/T DNA though.

Logansteno: Bought a VW? > LJ909 05/30/2017 at 17:29

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Fuck early M-vans so much. 96+ with a half acceptable interior and not horribly underpowered 4.3 are good though.

Source: suffered through a 94 Safari EXT with low output 4.3.

Stapleface > Logansteno: Bought a VW? 06/01/2017 at 15:27

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I had an 88 S10 with the no... err... low output 4.3. Even with a throttle body spacer, headers and performance exhaust it really didn’t matter. It sounded nice at least.