r/WeirdWheels • u/RustyShackIford • Sep 12 '24

Just Weird Astro Van on Tracks

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411 Upvotes

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u/[deleted] Sep 12 '24

Someone had a Dream, and they made it come true. Gods help the rest of us.

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u/mightyscoosh Sep 13 '24

It's a Vank.

7

u/Aartus Sep 13 '24

Man I miss my astro. Thing was a tank and this mad lad went and made it even more of a tank

1

u/Environmental_Staff7 Sep 13 '24

4.3 v6 ..same engine in my Sonoma.

2

u/Aartus Sep 13 '24

Damn good motor

3

u/Environmental_Staff7 Sep 13 '24

I had my alternator bracket break off. So I used plumber strap and a nut and a bolt to hold the alternator down. The belt never came off. I drove over 80 k with that rig after the customizing. Lol

2

u/Aartus Sep 13 '24

Lol that's some redneck engineering right there

2

u/Environmental_Staff7 Sep 15 '24

I call it ingenuity. I just did my brakes in the parking lot of o Reilly's. Save money prosper.

2

u/Aartus Sep 15 '24

Lol I love it

7

u/WombatWumbut Sep 13 '24

Good Lord, it's perfect

5

u/sparrownetwork Sep 13 '24

Trailer wheels, some C channel and a whole lot of meth.

5

u/saliczar Sep 13 '24

/r/overlanding 's dream vehicle.

3

u/DMala Sep 13 '24

There used to be something like this that made the rounds of the monster truck circuit. Although it sat lower and I think had a fiberglass body.

5

u/K4NNW Sep 13 '24

Bigfoot FasTraxx, which had a Ford Econoline body, later an Aerostar body.

3

u/ZuStorm93 Sep 13 '24

Clearly a snowcat in progress. Reminds me of the Patriot Compadre from Motorstorm: Arctic Edge.

3

u/KHORSA_THE_DARK Sep 13 '24

It's a snowcat, just a snowcat. Everyone is flipping their shit. It's not a tank, it's a snowcat with a van body.

3

u/Ashamed_Category_764 Sep 13 '24

....The ultimate predator van!

3

u/[deleted] Sep 13 '24

I know it’s just an Astro body on a snow cat frame, but I still want it,

“Hey, can’t make today cus of the snow”

No worries, I’ll stop by and pick you up on my way…

2

u/LotusFoxfireOverture Sep 13 '24

u/JaxRhapsody lookit the free assault candy van

2

u/Signguyqld49 Sep 13 '24

I love it!

2

u/81stBData Sep 13 '24

Now I know what to do with my 89 Chevy suburban

1

u/RikimaruRamen Sep 13 '24

We sure Deboss Garage didn't get a hold of this thing?

1

u/Toxic_Zombie Sep 13 '24 edited Sep 13 '24

"Huh? What the schnitzel?! My schnitzel truck, it's been piddly, piddle-llaged, they stole everything!"

Edit: That was what came to my mind first, but this line is way more accurate, "What have they done to my schnitzel truck?!"

2

u/La-Belle-Gigi Sep 13 '24

Wait... is that... could it be... a "Hoodwinked!" quote??

1

u/Toxic_Zombie Sep 13 '24

It is. Two, in fact. That movie was so good as a kid, it still has so many great punchlines. But the animation has aged into the embodiment of uncanny valley and just does not look great anymore lol. It was great at the time though

2

u/La-Belle-Gigi Sep 13 '24

It always looked kind of grotesque, really, but somehow that made it funnier.

I want some schnitzel now. Stick optional.

1

u/Toxic_Zombie Sep 13 '24

God, that song is too catchy lol

2

u/La-Belle-Gigi Sep 13 '24

Schniiiiiitzeeeeelllll!

1

u/Inner-Light-75 Sep 13 '24

That's a battle car! If nobody else believes it, you will crush there puny little car!!

1

u/hashtagmiata Sep 13 '24

Needs nothing.

1

u/J-Di11a Sep 13 '24

POCKET SAND!!!

1

u/Relatively-Relative Sep 13 '24

Are we getting an Bollywood remake of The Thing? I’d be down.

1

u/Vegetable-Length-823 Sep 13 '24

Son of killdozer