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Post by sweetascandy on Jun 25, 2014 13:07:05 GMT 10
Hi all I bought this beauty 2 weeks ago at what I thought was a steal of 500 dollars, the van was built in 1963 by a Fred Lang ? It had only had 2 owners came registered and had been undercover 30 years 
Everything works all lights , fridge , stove everything!! Yay! Also to my amazement it came with a 10 in 1 multi tool with instructions from 1950 and original memorabilia with dates for the fridge and lighting just wanted to know what this could be worth? Or if anyone knows anymore about Fred
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Post by smiles on Jun 25, 2014 15:53:08 GMT 10
Hi
Where did you get the van?
Google "Fred Lang, photographer, Gold Coast."
Fred took brilliant photos of all things Gold Coast during the 1950s onwards. Wonder if the van is related to Fred?
smiles
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Post by DC3Td on Jun 25, 2014 17:25:11 GMT 10
Gday & welcome.Sweet as looking van & no doubt has some history.One thing we dont discuss is a caravans worth.It comes down to what youre prepared to pay.However to all intent & purpose it looks & sounds like you got a great deal.Pity a couple of your pics are turned on their side.Gotta twist the neck around.Hope you can find out more on the owner/builder. cheers
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Post by sweetascandy on Jun 25, 2014 19:25:30 GMT 10
I bought the van from Gumtree and picked it up from a lovely old man named Bill he was from what I understand Fred's best mate and received the van before Fred passed away ...Fred Lang also built boats just thought I would see if anyone else had heard of him thanks a bunch guys I'm not worried about what it's worth it's already got me on cloud 9...now for her new paint job |
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Post by sweetascandy on Jun 25, 2014 19:36:53 GMT 10
And sorry about the pics I uploaded from my phone  |
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Post by DC3Td on Jun 25, 2014 20:42:55 GMT 10
Gday Sweetas.Now the following exerpt c/o Trove digital news 'could' be your Fred Lang.If so quite a character.The article can be read relatively clearly in the left hand column.I say 'relatively'as it contains specific (designed) spam typos which will be corrected if you sign up to Trove which is not a bad thing.Fellow forum guru Cobber regularly provides us info c/o same site.Alternatively you might ask your seller if he can provide any more background of Fred. cheers gordon trove.nla.gov.au/ndp/del/article/59386956 |
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Post by sweetascandy on Jun 26, 2014 11:33:51 GMT 10
Thanks DAD great read what a remarkable character , I will contact Bill and ask him a little more about Fred but he did say he was known to be a jack of all trades and he was in S.A so it just may be the same Fred |
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Post by DC3Td on Jun 26, 2014 21:08:25 GMT 10
Gday Sweetas. Been called a few names in my life but DAD wasnt one of them.BTW,hows MUM?. cheers gordon
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Post by Don Ricardo on Oct 5, 2014 22:06:49 GMT 10
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Post by DC3Td on Oct 6, 2014 0:19:07 GMT 10
Well they certainly went to town on the refurb.One heck of good looking van.
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Post by dracularox on Oct 22, 2014 0:47:42 GMT 10
I saw your ad and just had to ask have you got anymore info on this fred Lang guy and if he made any more caravans I have one extremely simlair to yours and was trying To find out about it |
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Post by DC3Td on Oct 22, 2014 16:11:29 GMT 10
Gday Draculrox.If you click on the Trove link (6th reply above)it will tell you about Fred Lang - caravan/boat builder/collector etc.
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Post by Don Ricardo on Oct 22, 2014 21:07:17 GMT 10
I saw your ad and just had to ask have you got anymore info on this fred Lang guy and if he made any more caravans I have one extremely simlair to yours and was trying To find out about it Hi Dracularox, Great to hear about your van and the similarity to Sweetascandy's van. It is intriguing to think that Fred Lang may have produced more than one van, and it would excellent to have some indication that's the case. I note that you posted about your van, looking for an ID, back in April, but didn't get an answer. Apologies for that. Perhaps we missed the post, or maybe nobody was able to work out what type your van is just from the details you provided. I see also that you weren't able to work out how to post photos. Don't be too concerned about that - a lot of people are in the same boat when they come onto the forum! If you can post some photos some of us might be able to identify your van for you or tell you whether we think it might have been built by Fred Lang. It would be exciting if it was. There are instructions on how to post photos using a photo storage website called Photobucket in the 'Forum Guidelines & Helpful Hints' section of the forum. Alternatively, if you'd like to email some photos to me I'll be pleased to post them for you. If you click on my forum name in blue in the panel to the left of this post, a new window will open up showing my email address. We'd love to see your van. Don Ricardo |
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