Post by winterwood on May 21, 2008 1:10:31 GMT 10
Hi all,
A couple of months ago, I purchased through this V V site, this 1 owner van. The gentleman (aged 76) I bought it from, was the son of the original owner who obtained it new back in 1964.
I understand it's been around Australia at least twice and for the past 8 years, it has been stored under cover and on blocks. The interior is in very good order and the exterior needs a bit of elbow grease to restore its aluminum to original condition (see my post under "technical" in March this year).
It came with an original Tregg coupling (which I thought would have been a bit of a rarity for a caravan 44 years old??) plus 2 full 9 kilo gas bottles and 2 spare wheels & tyres in good condition. I removed the gas bottles and had it weighed and it came in at 940 kilo.
The over ride brakes are not working 100% but hopefully this will be achieved in the next week.
A friend in Adelaide checked the bearings and gave it the thumbs up and it towed like a dream at 90-95 kph on the way back to Melbourne 2 weeks ago.
I intend to have it at Coledale in October.
Winterwood
A couple of months ago, I purchased through this V V site, this 1 owner van. The gentleman (aged 76) I bought it from, was the son of the original owner who obtained it new back in 1964.
I understand it's been around Australia at least twice and for the past 8 years, it has been stored under cover and on blocks. The interior is in very good order and the exterior needs a bit of elbow grease to restore its aluminum to original condition (see my post under "technical" in March this year).
It came with an original Tregg coupling (which I thought would have been a bit of a rarity for a caravan 44 years old??) plus 2 full 9 kilo gas bottles and 2 spare wheels & tyres in good condition. I removed the gas bottles and had it weighed and it came in at 940 kilo.
The over ride brakes are not working 100% but hopefully this will be achieved in the next week.
A friend in Adelaide checked the bearings and gave it the thumbs up and it towed like a dream at 90-95 kph on the way back to Melbourne 2 weeks ago.
I intend to have it at Coledale in October.
Winterwood
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Great to see another Globetrotter ,looks like an easy tidy up good luck and welcome to mad mad world of VV: