Our Roma van and intro

[davep]

Hi, thought I better do a quick intro. My name is Dave, from Castlemaine Vic and am into Hotrods and Kustom cars. I run the Ozrodders Forum (www.ozrodders.com/board) but also have a vintage Roma Caravan which is currently under minor resto. Here is a pic of it below from a few years ago in Narranderra behind our 59 Caddy. I believe the van is also 1959 model. It is mostly original but has a more modern gas/electric fridge.

I will get some more photos and show some more once the resto is finished. I do need some original 50's curtain material if anyone knows of a source for material. We bought this van from a friend's parents who had owned it since 1962 and were the 2nd owners.

It replaced our old Sturdee Teardrop that we sold after the birth of our daughter (who is now 11) as we found the teardrop impractical with a baby. Sadly it was written off shortly after we sold it. We still have the 1940 Ford Coupe towing it and also have a 1940 Ford Convertible plus a few others cars and motorbikes.


Look forward to exploring your site a bit more and meeting up with a few with similar vans.

[krisbee]

Hiya Dave, welcome ;D
You will find quite a few Ozrodder's here,a couple of them have just purchased van 's, one after a long search, but I won't spill the beans, they will both post as soon as their new baby 's are home safely. ;D


Say Hi to Donna and Katie for me, see you all soon,Kris.

[firefighter]

Hi Dave

if you go to the techincal section page 2 .......4th from the bottom
curtin material by F/F...... we bought 60s new old stock curtin material for our 60s van
Web www.vintagefabric.com.au
very nice lady to deal with
F/F ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D

[classicrodderkaz]

Hi Dave

now where have I seen you before ?...... ;D ;D ooooh thats right!

Welcome to the VV Forum, looks like you have a nice little van there.

Kaz

[davep]

Hi Kaz and Kris, we have had our van for 11 years now and the teardrop before that so we have actually been into them for a little while. I have some nice vintage van pics from the last Geelong Nats I may have to dig out and post (ours was there too). Nice to see some familiar names here and there are a lot of Hotrodders now getting into Vintage Vans. We have a 50s fibreglass finned speedboat and a 50s BSA motorbike too! Talk about extreme! Oh and the 50s house with 50s kitchen and decor, memoriabilia etc.