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Nothing like a couple of good van vids to spark a guy at 3:30 in the afternoon. Yeah!

excellent start :lurk::beer:

My wife keeps looking over my shoulder as I read this thread. She said she can't imagine getting rid of the AstroLander, but that TIger sure looks appealing. Keep the reports and pics coming.:ylsmoke:

Yeah, it's hard to tell. I watched the vids and didn't see any real telltale signs of incapability. (OK, I didn't watch the entire thrasher video of the 2wd:ylsmoke:) Of course, ole stock Grumpy is only going to be as capable as it's ground clearence allows it to be. ANd the suspension is...

I love the Canadian spirit. You bought it because you knew you needed it; even though you didn't know exactly what you needed it for. And I am one Yank that hopes Winnepeg get's their Jets back...but thats for a different forum. (Go Wings!) Maybe look into combining your two options of...

Good luck with the project, Phil. SOunds great. 4" needs springs and shackle in rear. Personally, I haven't been any further east than hiking the Dales and Gordale Scar. Luv it up there.

If I ever really wear mine out, or if I ever want to go incrementally bigger, my hope would be that I can afford one like this when they are readily available in the US. Of course, I like the shorter wheelbase and would want a pop top with sleeper bunk. I've seen the diesels go flying by...

Cool idea. More and better pics please.:exclaim:

My eyes swelled up reading that post. My wife and I just had our first child, a baby girl all healthy and gorgeous. She's 10 days old, tonite . I was able to be the first to dress her, the first to diaper her. I love my wife dearly, I love my parents with all my heart, but I never knew it...

ALso in the hiking boot business years ago (did the Phil Oren boot fit clinics multiple times). SOme good info in this thread so far. One thing I've not heard so far is to change into fresh dry socks at lunch break. That was always a recomendation when I was in the industry. Air out the dogs...

Apparently Bellingham hadn't used any of it's snow removal equipment for many years, so it sold it all. I grew up in Wisconsin and Michigan. SO i learned to drive in the snow as a 3rd grader on my Honda ATC 90, then racing on the frozen ponds as a 15 year in a 74 Plymouth Duster I bought for...

Go to http://astrosafarivans.org/bb2/index.php for the best answers to this question. There seem to be guys that really like the first gen over the 2nd. It's smaller and lighter, sounds to me like it tends to get a little better MPG, it's super easy to swap a v8 into (basically plug and...

By the looks of the front passenger top corner, Lil Katie should have stayed with a pop top too.:ylsmoke: Don't ya just want to take the poor thing home, slap a v8 in 'er, shove some axles and a Tcase under her, a winch and bumpers on the ends, "buff all that out" , mount a small dual sport on...

I'm very happy with the size of the Astro and the outback capabilities of a stock awd Astro, and even more so with a lifted 2spd tcase conversion. The IFS is very smooth on FS roads, and while I do take my slightly modified Astro up trails rated "Easy 4x4", I feel I have not stressed it and...

Cool project. I did a certain amount of research on the Yotavans when i first began hunting for a van. Had a few beers with Roy, commonly know as the Yotavan Guru. The guy knows 'em inside and out. I'm sure he could restore one blind folded. He's got the infamous white 4x4 cargo called...

Of course our van class will come with a different completion time, since our class will include sleeping in the van overnight, before racing off again the next morning.

No doubt about it! Hows about a picture of the whole truck, you know, like a macro shot. Looks like ya got 'er stored between a few others and didn't want to pull it out for a photo. Sorry i'm such high maintenence, but it's cool rig.:sombrero: Is it 2wd? (did I miss that part of the thread?)...

I married a Summa Cum Laude Recreation Major, Spanish Minor (boy, do I love travelling thru Mexico!). We met paddling the San Juan Islands and soon began white water slalom racing, racing tandem sea kayaks, mountain biking, and solidified our relationship as a defensive pairing in the local...

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Sounds like a good answer, Nely. Otherwise, it's a question for http://astrosafarivans.org/bb2/search.php?search_id=active_topics