1964 Franklin - earlee's | Vintage Caravans

earlee
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1964 Franklin - earlee's Apr 9, 2009 10:52:47 GMT 10

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Post by earlee on Apr 9, 2009 10:52:47 GMT 10

I have owned this Franklin since late 2006 and finally decided to tart it up a bit.

Firstly - polish the badge...

the badge looks good - why not try the tail light casings..

then.. why not take off some of the moldings and get rid of the ugly silastic the previous owner used over the first 42 years of his ownership...

well may as well take out some of the windows as well...

may as well do all the windows and repaint the van while I'm at it..

Was pleased to see why the roof never leaked - it has a quadruple fold and swage

maybe replace the perspex windows using a RED DOG...

not real keen on pink caravans so maybe i should copy reddo, and use my Fleet Colours ... same as L'il Bondy.

earlee ;D

( still looking for a newspaper in a cupboard )

Last Edit: Apr 9, 2009 11:00:02 GMT 10 by earlee

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Franklin1
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1964 Franklin - earlee's Apr 9, 2009 11:21:47 GMT 10

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Post by Franklin1 on Apr 9, 2009 11:21:47 GMT 10

You know what earlee?...in the three years I've been studying Franklin caravans closely, yours is the only example of that badge I've seen. I'm amazed at how well it's come up with a bit of polish. I'd appreciate it if you could put the badge into a shopping bag, along with those tail lights, and place the bag next to your mailbox. I don't want to disturb you when I come up and STEAL IT!!

And what a top class design on the roof cladding, eh?? Are you sure your van wasn't a one-off job for someone special? (...apart from yourself, that is...

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I'm JEALOUS!!

Can't wait to see how it goes from here on (...actually, I can't wait to see what you use for a badge and lights after I've visited, nyuk nyuk! ;D ;D)

cheers,
Al.

Location: Warilla NSW.

Finished project: 1960 Walsh (Newcastle) 10ft 8ins project

earlee
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1964 Franklin - earlee's Apr 10, 2009 12:34:30 GMT 10

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Post by earlee on Apr 10, 2009 12:34:30 GMT 10

Hi Franklin.

Interesting that you havent seen any other badges around on other vans ... I didnt think this badge was anything special.

You can have it - call me on 1800 050004 to discuss it.

Now the van is painted in gloss enamel - it does show up the surface imperfections which weren't visible before, but I do like things to be shiny.

I even shined up the aluminium strips used around the perspex windows.

Mastic was used around the perspex windows in case I needed to replace them in the future, while Sikaflex was used most other places.

Also cleaned up the window frames - cleaned out the drain slot the decided the drain slots needed to be bigger - so out came the drill.

CAUTION. THE FOLLOWING IMAGE MAY DISTURB SOME VIEWERS.

How not to clean a window...

bugger - don't press too hard on the glass!

earlee

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