{"id":21890,"date":"2018-03-19T12:07:44","date_gmt":"2018-03-19T16:07:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?p=21890"},"modified":"2018-03-19T12:15:42","modified_gmt":"2018-03-19T16:15:42","slug":"for-sale-awd-astro-van-with-a-v8","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?p=21890","title":{"rendered":"For Sale: AWD Astro Van with a V8"},"content":{"rendered":"

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This second generation Chevrolet Astro Van is for sale in Colorado Springs, Colorado with an asking price of $9,995. A previous owner replaced the factory 4.3 L V6 with a 5.7 L LT1 (Gen2) V8. The van also has an AWD drivetrain and towing package. <\/p>\n

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Source: Craigslist<\/a> (click here<\/a> if ad disappears) via BangShift<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

This second generation Chevrolet Astro Van is for sale in Colorado Springs, Colorado with an asking price of $9,995. A previous owner replaced the factory 4.3 L V6 with a 5.7 L LT1 (Gen2) V8. The van also has an AWD drivetrain and towing package. Source: Craigslist (click here if ad disappears) via BangShift<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":21892,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"neve_meta_sidebar":"","neve_meta_container":"","neve_meta_enable_content_width":"","neve_meta_content_width":0,"neve_meta_title_alignment":"","neve_meta_author_avatar":"","neve_post_elements_order":"","neve_meta_disable_header":"","neve_meta_disable_footer":"","neve_meta_disable_title":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[737],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-21890","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-astro-chevrolet"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/Chevy-Astro-Van-with-a-SBC-V8-01.jpg?fit=1200%2C900&ssl=1","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":102846,"url":"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?p=102846","url_meta":{"origin":21890,"position":0},"title":"Tony Angelo Builds a Cheap Syclone From a Chevy S-10 and Astro Van","author":"swaptastic","date":"July 18, 2023","format":false,"excerpt":"Tony Angelo wanted a GMC Syclone but could not justify the high price. 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