ihritch
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Woody - the house wagon
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Post by ihritch on May 14, 2012 17:54:00 GMT 10
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John
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Post by John on May 14, 2012 23:35:17 GMT 10
Welcome ihritch!
Congrats on your purchase. Look forward to seeing your progress and having you and your van along to one of our get togethers.
Regards,
John
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ihritch
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Woody - the house wagon
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Post by ihritch on May 15, 2012 20:06:57 GMT 10
Hey John, thanks for the welcome. May be a while before we hit the road, look forward to attending a get together to drool over other VV's.
Cheers Iain
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ihritch
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Woody - the house wagon
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Post by ihritch on Aug 4, 2013 13:06:37 GMT 10
Updated Pics of Woody - the House Wagon November 2012 Getting a new drawbar and electric brakes fitted. Drawbar built and installed by Andrew Horne, Hornby Engineering, Caravan & Camper trailers repairs & servicing. 11 Beach Street Mordialloc VIC (03) 9588 2394. Andrew is a wealth of information and did an amazing job on the van, installed the electric brakes. He is also a really nice bloke who knows his stuff. His father had built the original axle for the van which he recognised when it was removed, amazing...   |
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ihritch
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Post by ihritch on Aug 4, 2013 13:14:10 GMT 10
More restoration pics March 2013 The roof prior to restoration/waterproofing.  Original Chimney  |
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ihritch
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Post by ihritch on Aug 4, 2013 13:21:57 GMT 10
Beginning the roof restoration March 2103 <a href="http://s1249.photobucket.com/user/Ihritch/media/IMG_0070.jpg.html" target="_blank"><img src="http://i1249.photobucket.com/albums/hh507/Ihritch/IMG_0070.jpg" border="0" alt=" photo IMG_0070.jpg"/></a>  Waterproofing x 2 coats needed   Almost there...  Finaly onto the paint...  |
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ihritch
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Post by ihritch on Aug 4, 2013 13:29:02 GMT 10
Starting on the external walls, 6 coats of paint/unercoat to sand off!  Weekends of work to get to this point...  Finished sanding, woo hoo  Unercoated May 2013  Painting begins...  |
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ihritch
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Woody - the house wagon
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Post by ihritch on Aug 4, 2013 13:37:13 GMT 10
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Post by 56effy on Aug 4, 2013 15:04:06 GMT 10
Good on y'a mate, It takes a lot of determination to keep at it. You should be enjoying your efforts real soon.
Effy.
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ihritch
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Woody - the house wagon
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Post by ihritch on Aug 5, 2013 18:56:41 GMT 10
Hey Effy, thanks matey, trying to go to the Canberra long weekend event, will have to get my skates on!
Cheers Iain
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Post by JBJ on Aug 5, 2013 19:12:01 GMT 10
Hi
You've done a great job on this.
as you well know, rebuilding a van takes heaps of effort, & a considerable amount of cost.
Generally much more than expected in both areas.
But isnt it a great feeling when you start to see all the effort come to fruition??
Congratulations on having the ability to stick at it & save another one.
Hope to catch up one day
JBJ
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Post by Deleted on Aug 5, 2013 20:20:47 GMT 10
Hi ihritch Good to see your van coming back together after a lot of sweat and toil.  Should tow nicely with that new drawbar too... not to mention being much easier to reverse than it was with the short drawbar. Keep at it mate.... would be nice to have it all done ready for the warmer weather and weekends away .  Cheers Reddo |
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Post by penny61 on Aug 5, 2013 21:12:28 GMT 10
I love that van.... and it's not eve finished yet!
Looking forward to seeing it when it is!
Very nice!
Vanessa
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Post by shellk78 on Aug 8, 2013 22:03:20 GMT 10
Very interested- Can you please inbox me details.
Thankyou
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ihritch
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Woody - the house wagon
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Post by ihritch on Aug 9, 2013 12:46:03 GMT 10
Hi there, thanks for the encouragement, i'm really enjoying the restoration process, each bit completed is another step closer to getting it on the road. Cant wait to get out and about in Woody - The House Wagon. Its amazing to learn new skills as you go, first time restoring such a big project but its worthwhile! I will get to meet you all somewhere along the road, plan to hitch woody up and get along to some meets, will be good to see your vans and hear your restoration stories.
Cheers Iain
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ihritch
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Post by ihritch on Sept 4, 2013 21:19:10 GMT 10
Making curtains, lot trickier than i thought, no two windows the same size. Bought some vintage barkcloth which was only 600mm wide, so needed to chop it up the middle and add material to the sides to make the width.  |
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ihritch
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Post by ihritch on Sept 4, 2013 21:26:08 GMT 10
Had new dinette seating made by Beachside Motor Trimmers, factory 19 Cumberland Drive Seaford VIC (03) 9782 4004. Excellent work completed, happy to recommend to others.  Original 12v Lights and shades restored to original and rewired, works beautifully  |
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Post by shesgotthelook on Sept 4, 2013 21:35:24 GMT 10
You are doing a terrific job there. Love the colours & especially that barkcloth. Don't you hate it when you find the perfect material but there isn't enough of it?  With your cushions, are they all vinyl or material on one side? |
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ihritch
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Post by ihritch on Sept 4, 2013 21:42:20 GMT 10
Hey shesgotthelook, thanks for the feedback, pretty pleased with the colours. I had vinyl top and sides and a heavy duty wool underneath so the cushions can breathe when upturned when used as a bed. Cheers Iain
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ihritch
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Woody - the house wagon
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Post by ihritch on Sept 4, 2013 21:51:26 GMT 10
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ihritch
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Post by ihritch on Sept 4, 2013 21:59:13 GMT 10
Finished the lino tiles and finally able to install the table. Bought an old laminex table and stripped the laminex off and fitted to the tabletop. The original table top was the lino the was used on the floor and had perished over the years. Very happy with the table.  |
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ihritch
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Post by ihritch on Sept 4, 2013 22:01:23 GMT 10
Curtains all done and hung, woo-hoo...  |
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ihritch
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Post by ihritch on Sept 4, 2013 22:04:27 GMT 10
Ahhhhh, its looking almost livable, getting close to being comfortable  |
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ihritch
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Post by ihritch on Sept 4, 2013 22:10:38 GMT 10
Kitchen cupboard doors hung.  |
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Post by Surf Tragic on Sept 5, 2013 9:14:19 GMT 10
G'day ihritch. It is good to see what you have done, am especially interested in exactly what you did to make the new lamp shades, as that is something all Don owners would be interested in. Another thing you mentioned is stripping off old laminex from a table & reusing it. Can you give us some insight into the process as far as the stripping goes ? any comments would be appreciated. Well done.  ST |
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