Thread: Bad Ast Astro Van Build

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Here are some teaser shots of the van at approximate ride hgt. The front is too high as the van is level on the hoist and the actual stanch will have a bit of rake built into it.
http://images115.fotki.com/v607/phot...MVC005F-vi.jpg
http://images59.fotki.com/v255/photo...MVC006F-vi.jpg
http://images115.fotki.com/v607/phot...MVC004F-vi.jpg
What do you think? Look okay?
Mark

looks good. ever get your engine built ?

Hi Pat,
Man, I'm sorry I never got back to you. Right after I started talking to you I got a line on a motor from a co-worker. It took about a month of talking and researching but I ended up buying a complete BBC, which was exactly what I wanted, for a KICKAST deal. Included EVERYTHING but the intake manifold and flexplate... I just couldn't turn my back on it.
I should have gotten back to you but you know how time flys... Once I had the engine in my shop I just couldn't let the project lanquish any longer. A buddy got me committed to getting it started and we've been hitting it hard ever since.
I do need a rear end narrowed. Do you do that kind of work? Nine inch ford out of a '75 pick up.
Thanks Pat

i still have setup to narrow the ford 9.

What kind of cost? Can you work up a price for a package deal? Detroit TrueTrac, 3.90 gears and axles? Thanks
Mark

On my Astro build I found a shop the will build a Ford 9" exactly to the one of a kind Astro offset and copy the mounting.It is a alloy axle with a nodular center where you add your gears and posi with any bolt pattern you want.The shop's name is Spraker Racing in Schenectady,NY.Oh you have a choice of a 28 or 31 spline.Just got to provide them with a copy of stock Astro rear end.PM me if you want their phone number.I do think the price was in the range of $1,200 bucks which is a pretty good deal.

Originally Posted by 1gary

On my Astro build I found a shop the will build a Ford 9" exactly to the one of a kind Astro offset and copy the mounting.It is a alloy axle with a nodular center where you add your gears and posi with any bolt pattern you want.The shop's name is Spraker Racing in Schenectady,NY.Oh you have a choice of a 28 or 31 spline.Just got to provide them with a copy of stock Astro rear end.PM me if you want their phone number.I do think the price was in the range of $1,200 bucks which is a pretty good deal.

Stock Astro doesn't apply. I have centered the engine in the chassis and moved the springs inboard about 10 inches per side. Also, I am looking for a local shop to do the work so I don't have to spend a couple hundred or more on shipping...

If you look at a Currie or Mosier,I do think you would spend more for them.In fact spend more with almost anyone else.Might worth a call just to shop it.These guys have been in the business in circle track deals for a long,long,time.Real quality product done right at a decent price.

BTW-have you done a search for Astro sites??.A good one is Astrosafrivans.

well i see guys like to talk you right out of talking to me ? to cut a ford housing down is $120 . and $20 to hot tank the housing out

You got two??.How about the axles??.Flange any one you want??.

thats to cut down a 75 pickup rear end he has that is all

Van does look somewhat like one that was on the Astro sites with a user name of Nitropro.Been awhile since I had seen it,but the last time it was in color.

Got the rear end housing cleaned up and ready to narrow. I am taking the housing to a certain gentleman in Bay City to narrow and rebuild it. New bearings, yoke, True-Trac, nodular 3rd member w/ 3.90's and new axles from Moser. Assembled and ready for lube and paint.
I cut off all of the old brackets and ground everything smooth.
http://images107.fotki.com/v780/phot...MVC006F-vi.jpg
I sprayed it down with Simple Green, inside and out, let it sit for a few minutes then hit it with the pressure washer. Cleaned up nice.
http://images112.fotki.com/v355/phot...jpg?1314580364
I'll call you today Pat to set up a drop-off time.
Mark

The chassis is on the rotisserie as of Sunday morning. Had to reconfigure the brackets I made last year to hang the '49 F1 frame.
http://images108.fotki.com/v191/phot...MVC001F-vi.jpg
http://images58.fotki.com/v511/photo...MVC005F-vi.jpg
http://images15.fotki.com/v245/photo...MVC017F-vi.jpg
http://images114.fotki.com/v74/photo...MVC018F-vi.jpg
This will work great for final welding, clean up and paint...
Thanks for looking
Mark

Pat do you respline??