Turbo 616 powered Astro Van build
Turbo 616 powered Astro Van build
This weekend removed subframe, engine and tranny from recently sourced parts van.
Heres the van, subframe looked good, and it has a rebuilt tranny I can sell. Engine has about 380K on it, but apparently still runs. Ill try and sell that too
Removed a total of 4 out of 6 bolts, and body comes right off. (front two were rusted out)
The subframe looks in OK shape, will need rust repair in about 8 places, especially the front bolt points, neither of which are there any more
Engine and tranny on these vans is over on the passenger side quite a bit, no wonder shifter apparatus for manual is so far over to the driver side
rusted mount position up front, this is a problem, I have no idea what its supposed to look like. Just checked on the running van, and its got the same problem. Hopefully ill get some pics from some other astro owners not in a rusty area
Waiting on tranny to be done, local tranny shop and i are working on adapting a camaro gearbox to the astro bell housing and shifter apparatus. Original T5 was cooked big time