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Post by shesgotthelook on May 17, 2013 12:03:28 GMT 10
PLEEEEEEASE take some pics. Imageshack is easy peasy. just copy the link in the big box ;D
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Post by Don Ricardo on May 17, 2013 22:53:30 GMT 10
I don't do signing up, so hoping there's an alternative! Hi Isambard, I understand where you're coming from. Do you use any online photo management system for your photos? Probably not, because I think you have to sign up for all of them. However, if you happened to use Flickr or something you could post your photos from there. If you're not comfortable using any of the online systems, then an alternative is to email your photos to another forum member and they can post them for you. I'd be happy to do that for you if you like, but I'm sure other forum members would probably be willing to do so as well. I notice that you've previously posted photos as an attachment. You can still do that, BUT (and it's a reasonable size 'but' I reckon) I understand that when we have to convert the forum to the new version of Proboards later this year, all the photos that have been posted as an attachment will disappear, which will be a pity. Anyway, if I can help out let me know. Beside, we all want to see the pics of your new van! ;D ;D ;D Don Ricardo
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Post by Deleted on May 18, 2013 13:01:03 GMT 10
Hi isambard, Most of the old Bondwood vans were built using the "single skin method" which means they were cut from one or more pieces of ply with only a framework around windows,doors and cupboards. That's why the oldies are so light! Sometimes they had insulation and interior ply around the beds that ran along exterior walls,to give an extra bit of warmth. Later vans were sometimes covered in aly which was just screwed onto the ply.Later again when bondies were being phased out they were framed so the aly could be attached in a more regimented fashion And the interior could be insulated and lined. Hope this is helpful. Cheers Hughdeani
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Post by greedy53 on May 18, 2013 16:20:30 GMT 10
geday,if photobucket if treating you bad give picca a go i think that it has an upload from ya phone to it so all you need to do copy and paste the image you need
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Post by cobber on May 18, 2013 16:42:45 GMT 10
G'day Issy, Just for you, and anybody else I've just posted in the Globe thread in DHL a patent application by Globe Pruducts Limited for how to construct caravans without any frame work. Nor real sure but... I think people were doing it before 1957... at least they were doing it soon after (my Carapark/Newcastle van built in 1960 has no frame as such) so I think it would have been a hard copyright to enforce Cobber.
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Post by cobber on May 18, 2013 17:24:15 GMT 10
Issy, Ya gotta post photos..... Photobucket works is all I can say .... sometimes takes a bit of fiddling..... foul language helps I find Without photos we're flying blind trying to identify vans. Cobber.
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Post by seeshell on May 19, 2013 23:17:56 GMT 10
To Isambard and family
Respectful nods and slow golf claps - very impressed with the progress.
Happy to post your pictures if you email me - PM sent.
Cheers Seeshell
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Post by seeshell on May 20, 2013 16:08:00 GMT 10
On behalf of Isambard: A couple taken on the day we bought her, so they’re before ‘before’, if you will. Apologies for the pink and green in the second shot – was fiddling with corrections and couldn’t remove the darned thing once done. Speaking of that shot, you can see the lifted edge mould on the off side. Thankfully Globe’s edge seal underneath is so impressively impermeable that you could probably leave the strip off forever and not spring a leak! You might also see that some banana decided to support the rear towel by bolting a steel pad to the middle of the beautiful globe part of the logo . Not sure yet how to tackle that little faux pas. She’s now in a jury rigged carport we hastily slapped up last week, and very difficult to photograph whole. There you go! Seeshell
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Post by Miss Molly on May 20, 2013 16:27:09 GMT 10
Looking good Izzy! Thanks for posting Seeshell... MMx
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Post by suz on May 20, 2013 18:30:57 GMT 10
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Post by suz on May 20, 2013 18:43:27 GMT 10
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Post by cobber on May 20, 2013 19:27:58 GMT 10
Good photos, thanks seeshell....suz............and Issy Somebody will be along to help with more info re the van but......... I would appreciate a photo of the tow coupling and over-ride brake taken from the near side.... first example we've seen of a Globe coupling fitted to an over-ride brake First time we've seen a Globe jockey wheel too Good stuff Cobber.
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Post by shesgotthelook on May 20, 2013 21:12:48 GMT 10
Good get. What is it with teenage retreats being done out in dark blue? blerk Looking forward to the resto
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Post by Don Ricardo on May 20, 2013 21:27:37 GMT 10
Hi Isambard, Great van - lots of work, but lots of potential. As you've pointed on the DHL Globe Trotter thread, I think this might be the first Gold Coaster model we've seen which is fully clad in aluminium, so that makes it very interesting. There's a pic on the DHL thread of an earlier model with the same side cladding, but Globe appear to have stuck to plywood side cladding longer than most manufacturers. I rather like the photo with all the cherry blossom. Very Japanese! Must have cost you an arm and a leg to transport the van over there just for the photoshoot, but blow the expense - a great result! (Yes, I did read your post about how the pic ended up that way.) And Shesgotthelook: Isn't the rule for teenage retreats - the darker the better? ;D ;D ;D Don Ricardo
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Post by seeshell on May 20, 2013 22:08:07 GMT 10
Hey Don and SGTL Yes - the darker the better for teen retreats. One can feel the full weight of the world on one's shoulders in a deep indigo cave-like room. Perfect for lamenting the state of the world, or writing poetry to the object of your unrequited love (preferably a rich eternally young and psychotically devoted vampire). Enhances the ability to wallow in the misery that only you (and noone else) has ever felt... Someone break out the Smiths and Cure albums, and let's retire to the fainting couch... Yours in irony, Seeshell
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Post by suz on May 21, 2013 7:50:26 GMT 10
No offense taken with the cleaning comment Issy - Tony posted the photo's for you all and he was commenting on 'cleaning' of graffiti off the outside of the van - no pictures, you will never see how bad it was! We went inside, removed a rotting futon (new, as in probably 5 years old - not a vintage futon) Found a white tail spider in it, came screaming out. Kids wouldn't set foot inside it! So it was not cleaned inside! And SAVED from ever being meddled with by us. The story I can tell you so far - I found the van in our local Canberra neighbourhood O'Connor. I loved the shape and knew it was special the moment I set eyes on it. I left a note under the owners door saying I would love to buy it from them if they wanted to sell it. The owner loved the van but his wife didn't so they were happy to sell it. He had owned it for 10 years and had bought it from the Mitchell Caravan people (second hand Caravan dealers). He bought it from a man that was towing the van into the caravan yard before it got purchased by Mitchell. That's everything I know. My husband, Tony, and his friend felt the jockey wheel was the best they had ever seen - so smooth and such an amazing design. The coupling was smaller than a standard 50mm. We have a couple of extra photo's from that area that we can post later, might show more detail. Tony agrees the company that came to collect and transport the van were really outstanding. I'll keep my eyes peeled for any more special little Canberra caravans for you all now that we know they can escape so easily I'm enjoying my dabble in Caravan buying and re-homing. I have a very cute little 1972 11 foot York Caravan that I found which is a much easier project than the Gold Coaster for us. Apart from all that we are super excited that the Globe has gone to a wonderful new home with people that are so excited about restoring her. We really appreciate that. Go Issy. So exciting to have a small part in it all. Suzie and Tony.
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Post by suz on May 21, 2013 9:42:56 GMT 10
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Post by cobber on May 22, 2013 12:58:55 GMT 10
G'day Tony & Izzy, Thanks for those U beaut photos of the tow coupling, I'll put 'em in the U beaut old tow coupling thread soon. Cobber.
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Post by akeepsake on May 24, 2013 18:11:49 GMT 10
Pics? ;D
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Post by jenniewren on Jul 8, 2013 21:01:31 GMT 10
Awww...I was just getting use to that electric blue colour. Adore the shape....kinda like a space van.
BUT I understand about pbucket.....hadn't done it for awhile so forgot a lot & far out it took me 3 hrs to figure it out....who knows where I sent pics too...out into cyberspace I guess.
Soooo looking forward to seeing some more pic's, can't wait to see transformation Hey......Seesheeeellll Coooooeeee.....
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