Howdy from Oklahoma

[Ebbertron]

Hey everyone, new guy here from Oklahoma, though I'm not new to the Astro and Safari. Growing up my parents had a fleet of short cargo astros and our family wagon was a safari.

I was given a 96 Astro about 2 years ago with 215,000 miles on it. It was on its last leg when I got it and its just about dead.

Then yesterday my brother gave me a 2000 AWD Astro with 150,000 miles on it that drives tons better.

So now I'm torn....I'm considering gutting the 96 of every useful or salvagable part and puting a mild lift on the 2000 and building a backroads rig, or slamming the 2000 and giving it some fresh paint!

Definately open to suggestions and look forward to your help!

[97cargocrawler]

Welcome!

I say slowly pimp the 2000 AWD with a lift, etc and totally rip the 96 apart and build it into a monster lifted rig with a V8. They both deserve to live, don't ya think?

[Mr_Bowtie]

Welcome! Pics?

Don't kill the old one.........its always good to have an extra vehicle if you can keep it running.

Oh ya LIFT IT!!!!!

[chevymaher]

Welcome

[94 Van Guy]

Welcome to the forum,

Keith

[Ebbertron]

thanks for the welcome. I'll try and get some pictures up sometime tomorrow.

IIn the meantime, I'm thinking I'll lift the AWD and may have a nice V8 motor in the near future I can drop into the 96....

....my wife will be most displeased.

[Big_kid]

Welcome aboard!

Most wives eventually get to the point where they just shake their heads and walk away muttering something like 'whatever' under their breath. This is a different 'whatever' than the 'whatever' you may encounter in an argument. This one can be interpreted as "It's not another woman, he's not at a bar, I guess I can live with it".

[alexalexanders]

Welcome to the forum!

[ProStreet_LS1]

Welcome