[BobM]

Hi! Some of you may remember this old one eyed fatman who bought a $100 Astro and drove it all over the place. Well, the wife and I just brought home a '97 Mark III conversion astro with only 73,XXX on the clock.

 

[Matrixx]

Hi BobM

Welcome to the Forum

Mark III? Could you enlighten me a bit on that conversion? Thanks.

 

[BobM]

Hi BobM

Welcome to the Forum

Mark III? Could you enlighten me a bit on that conversion? Thanks.

The Mark IIIs were made in Ocala, Fla. The company is now defunct. This van has the four captain's chairs and couch-bed. The body is in great shape. Thanks for the welcome back. :clap:

 

[rev_les]

i gotta ask.... how much ya get for the $100 van??? lol

 

[BobM]

i gotta ask.... how much ya get for the $100 van??? lol

I traded it for a newer full-size van and on PAPER they gave me about $4,ooo for it ( my memory is so bad that I can't remember the exact amount!). Not bad, eh? And we drove it out to the Little Bighorn Battlefield (as they are now calling the Custer site), and a coupla trips to Fla, some to Oshkosh, Wi and several to St Louis from our home in west-central Indiana before we traded it.

 

[Matrixx]

Thanks for the response BobM. $4,000 for a $100.00 van? Can't go wrong their that's for sure.

 

[Big_kid]

Welcome(back)!

 

[Leeann_93]

Welcome back!

 

[Mr_Bowtie]

Welcome back! Any pics of the new ride? Or the old $100 Van?

 

[BobM]

Welcome back! Any pics of the new ride? Or the old $100 Van?

Sorry to take so long to answer. They have us working overtime a coupla days a week and I've been trying to get this van in tip-top shape with tune up shocks front end alignment, tires windshield wipers, etc, etc. All the little t5hings you have with a new-to-you vehicle.
I haven't dug up any pics of the old $100 Astro yet. But here is one of the '97 while in the garage getting the Gibson cat-back put on it. I will get some outside shots as soon as possible.

 

[Mr_Bowtie]

Very nice! Just waiting on a sound clip of that exhaust now...... :rockon:

 

[BobM]

Very nice! Just waiting on a sound clip of that exhaust now...... :rockon:

I've never done a sound clip. Gonna have to learn something new, I guess.
Anyway here is a pic of the other side. Actually it is another time on the ramps, but....

 

[BobM]

Here's a coupla pics from today:

Gibson cat-back:

New bumper lights installed:

 

[Big_kid]

Nice van!

 

[SIGHTS AND SOUNDS]

welcome back!

 

[Mr_Bowtie]

Thanks for the extra pics. Your Van is really nice. I like the color combo too. I have to get me a nice Van here eventually. :lol:

 

[Infidel]

On the jacks already... can't wait to see how this comes out! I didn't know that Mark III went under- shame.

 

[BobM]

On the jacks already... can't wait to see how this comes out! I didn't know that Mark III went under- shame.

On and off, on and off.....Such are the days of my life! :banghead:
We put the new shocks on and did a tune up, then the Gibson cat-back came in 6 hrs after I had the old exhaust repaired, so back on the stands for the Gibson. Now I've gotta put new 02s in it since the bad exhaust fried the old ones. But we tried out the new drink holders on a trip to Ky on Sat.

 

[BobM]

To resurrect an old thread, I think that all the time the PO ran this van with the leaky exhaust may have fried the cat. :banghead:
But I almost hate to drive this thing! My head keeps brushing the cieling/headliner and I feel like I hafta scrunch down in the seat when I drive. I need to find someone who has an older van and see if the seat mounts are any lower. I mean the van is immaculate and just now has turned over 80,000 miles. :shrug:

 

[Leeann_93]

There's no way to cut and weld your existing mounts shorter?

I thought the conversion van mounts were different than the stock GM mounts anyway - or is that just for the back seats?