Purdon .....Jailbarjuice's New Baby

G'Day Jailbarjuice

The van looks good. Shouldn't take a lot to get it back on the road. Inside only needs a spit and polish , but if you like you can use warm soapy water instead ;D ;D ;D.

I can see that Sunliner being turned into a chook pen once the ply jobbie hits the road.

Congratulations mate ;D.

Gotta go now. A stray cattledog bitch has just wandered into the backyard and I have to go and give our blue dog "Bill " some sex education lessons.
NO I WONT BE GIVING HIM ANY PRACTICAL DEMONSTRATIONS .

Reddo

WHAT A FIND
Just goes to show that these great little vans still exsist. People out there in vintage caravan land this goes to show if you wait you will find an old bondy van.
The windows on the side are the same as my Convair (must have been an of the shelf item)

Cheers Retro1

PS Sorry I didn't catach up at Wintersun but as I was a virgin got to busy but have booked for 2006 so I will see ya I hope ;D

Onya JBJ

Sounds like your having fun. Paint stripper , as you will have found by now will only take the layer of paint off that you have coated. . It wont eat through several layers at a time. therefore it can be a slow process.

Sometimes it pays to experiment with a few different techniques for removing old paint. I have had success in the past with using a propane bottle with a duck bill burner hwich gives a broad flame. a gentle lick with the flame followed up with a 3" spatchella usually shifts enamel paint quite easily. Just dont snort the fumes. it will give ya bigger headache than that hooch you brew.

Be carefull not to disturb any of the original putty and remember if ya find any nails that are coming loose do what my sex therapist told to do..... cant remember the exact words but i think it was something like " a good screw will fix things"

have been looking at the photos and your van looks very similar to mine. I am beginning to wander if old Gramps Purdon might have knocked up my van a few years after yours. Ali windows and van shape looks the same. He might have gone over to fixed front windows with rubber section in the late fifties early sixties.

Keep the pichas coming mate.

Reddo



Keep the progress reports coming mate

Hopefully this will be my first successful crapbucket posting. I am still not confident it will work, but what the hell, I’ve got to give it a last good try.

As we recently sold our millard van, I decided to move the Purdon next to the Sunliner, in front of my workshed.








I then thought, which would look the best as towcar. Fistly Sues EH


Or my rod?



This is a shot of Horrie on the trailer when we picked it up in Maitland recently.. We are calling it Horrie after the guy that built it, Horace Hamson.


And a shot of Horrie with Sue.



And lastly a shot of the primed side ,rear, & roof as it sits today. Hopefully registered by Christmas (this year)


Jailbarjuice

Lookin Good JBJ
My vote goes to the EH as towcar. You probably couldn't afford the juice to get to Morgan in the HOTROD!!!
That Gripset stuff has given me some ideas about what to do with the Propert before I repaint - Thanks
Cheers
Ray

Hi Sugarshack,

I got the original Campbell accessory lenses with the van. Some were inside & perfect, & the ones that were left on had faded & crazed terribly, so I sent them to dale at Classic Plastic to reproduce. Unfortunately he's taking much longer than normal to get them back to me, but he promises them soon. I have all of the retaining rings, etc. Jailbarjuice

Onya Juicy

Finally cracked the p-bucket puzzle.

Hey Maurie .
i wander whats gunna happen when "horace meets Doris???" woo woo .

Reddo

Hey JBJ
The Purdon looks great.
Question: How come the aluminium "shin pads" are on the back of your van as well as the front???
As i understand it they are there on the front as stone gaurds.
Old Horace hamson might have had a bit of a "Seniors Moment" and forgot what end of the van he was workin' on.

Or is it because Horrie has put his pants on back the front ;D

Annexe will be a bonus , especially in that cyclone they are tipping to hit Fingal saturday arvo

Reddo - beaur....bauro...beuaer...beauro of Meetior.... meati...metreea....metrol........ Ummmm..... Weather Forecaster!!!

Hi all Fingallers,

Just got Horrie registered today. 21 years & 11 months since last rego. I'm getting so much attention towing it around for rego with our Dodge, I've decided (Sue found the key to the shotgun cupboard) that Sue & I will go to Fingal in the comfort of a quiet classy car with windows.

I'm amazed how easy it was to register once I got of my arse & got into it. Within a week of getting back from Melbourne in our rod, I regreased the bearings, fitted a set of tyres I had in the shed, replaced the faded lenses, got all the lights working, welded on rear legs & new jockey wheel, & went through all the crap with various peoples.

It was easier than I thought it would be. Dont be deterred by thinking renewing expired rego will be difficult in NSW. It took 15 minutes to get a chassis number, & in less than 45 minutes I was off to the RTA.

I walked into Lismore RTA at 12.45, Was amazed to have my number come up before I could find a seat, & at 12.57 I walked out with Plates & label.. Bloody amazing.

Hi all,

Spent a bit of time trying to put final coat on with a brush. Any ideas how to brush acrylic water based gloss without it drying too quickly out in the open, and leaving major brush marks. I want to brush finish cause all the vans I travelled in 40 odd years ago were brushed by my mother, & she didnt have the $30 brush I have, but she did a neater job than me. The paint I have used (Accent Solaguard I think) doesnt have thinning instructions on the can.

Jailbarjuice

Dennis, I bet your mum didn't try to brush acrylic........she would have been using enamel............min turps for thinners..watch out for dust and flying ants!!!

Thanks trodler, humpty & earlee,

It was the middle of the day by the time I was putting the paint on, & the paint was forming a skin in the tub I was painting from. I'll try both painting a bit earlier, & try to get the product you mentioned Earlee.


I've painted the top a light grey, almost the same colour as the primer. We tried to paint it silver, but thats a disaster with a brush, so colour was changed. I bought a stack of timber D mould to mark out a stripe, & am now trying to work out how to get it to work with the door opening. I think I've sorted it out in my mind, just got to put it on the panels.


On a more serious note, maybe my mother painting vans using turps was a contributing factor to my love of turps ;D ;D ;D

Jailbarjuice