neonrog
Active member
Hey ya'll... As the title says, I've been a mini junkie. I used to own a 87 Grand Caravan, modded the 3 liter motor in it somewhat, did a little offroading in it... Four years ago I let the beastie go and I have regretted it off and on. I know, the minivans aren't special like a Charger or a Challenger, or a Newport or other classic Mopar.
I currently own a 2003 Neon SE, a 95 Grand Cherokee Laredo, a 2002 FOrd F150 Supercrew and a 1990 Ranger 4x4 2.3...
If all goes well this summer, I might even add a couple of Jeep Comanche pickups, an 86 with issues likely to be parted out, and an 87 4x2 that will likely receive the 86s parts. Both are 2.5s but one is 4 speed the other 5 speed. I'd also like to see about running the 87 on 89 or 90 turbo minivan ECM and adding a turbo to the old AMC 4... I know I need more than that but we'll see...
Though, evertime I seem to gather parts or project vehicles, I get laid off or have a job change. For instance, I bought a 88 Daytona I was going to cleanup. A year later, I was laid off. Found a job the day after I got my notice, but the project became a hassle and I parted the car out. Kept the 2.2 T2 and the A555 and ECM and such, decided I was going to build a rockcrawler, gathered a couple Toyota truck IFS setups and a bunch of other parts, and was going to get a sandrail chassis to modify. Yup, got laid off. 10 weeks. Sold off everything but the motor and such. Decided to build a MINIVAN desert truck... Gathered a Cherokee 2wd front axle, springs and control arms. Located a 86 Caravan with blown up 2.6, and a 88 or 89 Dakota 4 banger for the transmission and rear axle... I was going to use the 88 2.2 Turbo2 motor and ECM, the Dak trans and rear axle, go with a radius arm style long arm setup for the Cherokee front axle and match the lift in the rear. Basically had everything else on hand but the van and truck. Offered a job in another state... This time, I sold everything. At least the motor and trans from the Daytona went to a good home, that guy has three 88 Daytonas...
So sure, I'm thinking the little Jeep trucks would be fun, but I'm back to thinking about minivans too. In fact, I signed up on this forum because of rumors about V8 powered minivans brought me here.Would love to see some pics as I searched and there isn't anything worth looking at that I could find...
And I am thinking the desert styled truck is the way to go, especially if I trash the 86 and use that front axle for the 87 truck, I can use that 2wd axle for a van, as well as the Dana 35 from the 86...
So, my name is Roger and I'm a minivan addict... Interesting place here...
I currently own a 2003 Neon SE, a 95 Grand Cherokee Laredo, a 2002 FOrd F150 Supercrew and a 1990 Ranger 4x4 2.3...
If all goes well this summer, I might even add a couple of Jeep Comanche pickups, an 86 with issues likely to be parted out, and an 87 4x2 that will likely receive the 86s parts. Both are 2.5s but one is 4 speed the other 5 speed. I'd also like to see about running the 87 on 89 or 90 turbo minivan ECM and adding a turbo to the old AMC 4... I know I need more than that but we'll see...
Though, evertime I seem to gather parts or project vehicles, I get laid off or have a job change. For instance, I bought a 88 Daytona I was going to cleanup. A year later, I was laid off. Found a job the day after I got my notice, but the project became a hassle and I parted the car out. Kept the 2.2 T2 and the A555 and ECM and such, decided I was going to build a rockcrawler, gathered a couple Toyota truck IFS setups and a bunch of other parts, and was going to get a sandrail chassis to modify. Yup, got laid off. 10 weeks. Sold off everything but the motor and such. Decided to build a MINIVAN desert truck... Gathered a Cherokee 2wd front axle, springs and control arms. Located a 86 Caravan with blown up 2.6, and a 88 or 89 Dakota 4 banger for the transmission and rear axle... I was going to use the 88 2.2 Turbo2 motor and ECM, the Dak trans and rear axle, go with a radius arm style long arm setup for the Cherokee front axle and match the lift in the rear. Basically had everything else on hand but the van and truck. Offered a job in another state... This time, I sold everything. At least the motor and trans from the Daytona went to a good home, that guy has three 88 Daytonas...
So sure, I'm thinking the little Jeep trucks would be fun, but I'm back to thinking about minivans too. In fact, I signed up on this forum because of rumors about V8 powered minivans brought me here.Would love to see some pics as I searched and there isn't anything worth looking at that I could find...
And I am thinking the desert styled truck is the way to go, especially if I trash the 86 and use that front axle for the 87 truck, I can use that 2wd axle for a van, as well as the Dana 35 from the 86...
So, my name is Roger and I'm a minivan addict... Interesting place here...
as far as being a newbie stirring up trouble....nah you fit right in! :giggedy::bravo: Welcome to the Nut House bro!:dance:
