just brought a 1959 franklin van

It looks like ours!!! Isn't it sweet? How long is it? Ours is a 12 footer. I am still in feet - can't get my head around metric!!! The pressed tin inside (from prev owner's pic's of yours) looks like the same as ours! We have it on the roof only. We have come to the conclusion after seeing your rear window - ours has been replaced (must have been broken) and they did this split window held in with strips of "H" gage plastic...UGLY! Doesn't leak so shall replace it to look like yours at some stage!!!! We have a bakelite lever for sink (bottom of sink is round & has the original plug - it's tiny) and a 3 way fridge that looks dodgy - haven't plugged it in yet! Ours is perfect on the outside and will be scrubbing interior also, then painting soon...Anyhow congratulations - it is only the 2nd Franklin I have seen (besides ours) on this site. If yours is dated 1959 - ours must be around this era also! Thanks for knowing the age of yours - we had no idea regarding age of ours!! We thought it was a Wayfarer 1965! Dave figured it out for us!!....Regards Jennie

g,day there. the van is only 12ft. long 6.8ft. wide. inside the van it is in excellent condition only needed a good scub and came up like new. it has a only a electric frigde in it and a little two burner electric stove that i,ll be replacing with a gas stove and a three way frigde. i ripped up the tiled flooring as it was to old . i,ll replace it with new lino soon.the outside just needs a bit of work on the bottom edges and then it,ll get a new paint job with a nice flash that i,m still working out the design

Nice badge! Ours has absolutely nothing to indicate what it is...but not a wayfarer that's for sure. In my heart I think it is a Franklin...my head wants it to be a wayfarer. Have started to scrub out interior ready for painting. Years of grime, food & grease around the windows etc had me pulling out every cleaner I could lay my hands on. Discovered an extractor fan above stove - now that's not original! The fridge doesn't work but kinda thought that may be the case. The toaster thingy looks like it's gonna have to stay. To pull it out will leave a cut out big enough to fit a hydro plant. They have cut into the overhead cupb'ds/surrounds etc and I am not a carpenter to tackle that. The only bonus is, it works! Hate the sliding cupbd's & am thinking of redoing these so they open up or down...can't be that hard to change....well may be. I did have a chuckle as I unscrewed the 12th brass cup hooks. They were everywhere so I have a few holes to fill. Discovered the original col scheme...yellow, cream, green & light grey. Stuck fluffy carpet over very pretty lino of yellow greys blue so now red that I had in mind is out the door! How on earth do you pull up carpet that has been stuck with what seems like super glue? Can't budge it. Thinking of a blow torch...mmmm...van not insured yet, better not! Can't wait to see pic's of your wayfarer interior. Keeps the incentive there for the rest of us...I love your van so keep us posted...Jennie

hope this works this time

Hello there Ray - it is lovely inside...much nicer than ours!!! But exactly the same layout. Cupbd's have a slightly different layout. We have overheads over the table. Our little thing has had alterations over time inside and no doubt outside. Don't want to go there (outside) by peeling back aluminium urrrgh....bad enough on the inside but I am not that fanatical as some on originality...it has to be comfortable and functional as she will be used frequently!!! It is in excellent cond on the outside with no sign of rot - thank goodness. Will do a paint makeover on inside and turf a few mod fittings. One has to stay (a toaster/oven) as they have cut a great hole in the cupbd area. Not a carpenter to fix that problem! Need a new fridge first. Original 3 way a no goer we found out today. Oh the dilemma of paintwork! Ours has had several paint jobs on the inside. The last one being grey and pink urrgh...and when they painted, they went over everything! So no nice wood anywhere. Have started scrubbing inside and have used everything I could lay my hands on. Alum windows suck! Have spent the majority of my time jexing them with Bright Lite, Autosol, silvo & a paste metal cleaner. Will never be perfect as they were so pitted and crusty! But look 200% to what they were. They even have a shine to them. Fly screens fit over them so I was wondering why I was being so fussy!!!! At least the cabbage smell has disappeared. Yours looks in fantastic cond on inside. Keep the photos up with yr resto. Love that tow car! Cheers Jennie