Well, the 1993 Aerostar is no more as soon as Purple Heart tows it
off.  They will auction it off, probably for a few hundred bucks.
Darn good engine, tires with perhaps a 1k on them, Michelins.  New
battery, new exhaust...on and on.  Darn.  

I kept the thing too long without use and thus lost the opportunity to
make the observations one has when routinely driving the vehicle.  I
am confident the transmission wouldn't have gone out had I been using
vehicle.  Ironically, I was driving home from the inspection station
after receiving an approved annual certification when I burned it up
in heavy traffic. I was going to donate it the next week but it would
have been drivable.  

With that, I am leaving this group that I have monitored and even made
contributions now and then.  

Adios
_____________

Tippy