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Post by tucky48 on Jan 15, 2015 22:52:36 GMT 10
hi everyone,
I hope to pick up a caravan on saturday. it looks like someone took a mould off a sunliner 13.5 ft caravan and cut it in half, hadded 2 to 3 ft in the middle. its in terrible condition but a possible resto. i cant show photos because I still cant get p/b to work on my new computer .
tucky
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Post by Don Ricardo on Jan 19, 2015 21:50:20 GMT 10
hi everyone, I hope to pick up a caravan on saturday. it looks like someone took a mould off a sunliner 13.5 ft caravan and cut it in half, hadded 2 to 3 ft in the middle. its in terrible condition but a possible resto. i cant show photos because I still cant get p/b to work on my new computer . tucky  Tucky48 has commented on the shape of his new van. It is intriguing to note that this van has quite a different side profile to the regular 16 ft Sunliner shown below next to a regular 13 ft van. In particular it does not have the sloped rear:  Nor does Tucky48's van have the overhanging bulkhead over the front window normally seen on a 16 ft van, such as this one:  There must be an interesting story behind Tucky48's van, I reckon... Don Ricardo |
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Post by tucky48 on Jan 19, 2015 23:32:49 GMT 10
Thanks Don Richardo for putting this photo up for me. please notice the shape above the front windows and the side windows are recessed. the spear shape is under the front side windows and part of the spear off the original guard opening under the rear side windows. this van was found about 200km south of Perth. we found two spare wheels inside the van so we replaced the wheels with flat tyres and set off. with in 30km we lost both tyres, we had pumped the original tyres up ( flat for 20 years) before leaving so refitted them and got all the back to Perth. by the way the van was still licenced after sitting in a paddock for over 20 year. my son and I really enjoyed the recovery.
Tucky
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Post by tucky48 on Apr 20, 2015 11:42:55 GMT 10
hi everyone , my rare sunliner is now for sale. if you are interested please send me a pm with your email address so I can send photos or ring me on 0402573506. I just want $400. to cover the recovery cost.
thanks tucky
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Post by willow5075 on Apr 20, 2015 15:38:53 GMT 10
I know some-one else who has one with the extra bit in it - Sh'e probably in this board and hopefully she's see this - can't think what he "handle" is but first name is Di ....
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Post by humpty2 on Apr 20, 2015 19:29:19 GMT 10
Real 'cut & shut' job there Tucky When you moving to the East Coast?  ....bring the van for me then will you  |
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Post by tucky48 on Apr 21, 2015 19:18:31 GMT 10
hi willow do you think you could get Di to give me call or send me a photo of her van ,thanks. humpty2 I wish I could find a short cut ,to the east as I have mist out on some interesting vans over the last few years
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Post by Don Ricardo on Apr 21, 2015 23:29:54 GMT 10
Hi Tucky48, It has occurred to me that your van is not unlike the Walden Sunliner in that it appears to be a 13 ft Sunliner with a couple of feet added in the middle. The way that the extra section has been added into the two vans differs, and they also differ in that the Walden Sunliner is based on a type 3 Sunliner body, whereas yours is based on a type 2 Sunliner body, but similar concept...sort of... I was playing with the idea that your van may have been an early Walden conversion, but - as you'll see from the Walden thread - the grandson/daughter of Denis Walden is quite insistent that the Walden we know about was definitely a one-off, and as we understand it was built from scratch with its own distinctive layout and internal fittings. In contrast your van appears to have been 'expanded' after market if the placement of the spear moulding following the wheelarch is any indication. So your van is still a mystery, but it is clear that people did modify Sunliners in various ways. Don Ricardo |
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Post by tucky48 on Apr 22, 2015 0:08:44 GMT 10
Hi Don Richardo, I know of one other walden sunliner that was for sale in qld. check out the windows on my van and they are totally different on the side windows
tucky
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Post by Don Ricardo on Apr 22, 2015 9:14:33 GMT 10
Hi Tucky,
Yes, I quickly realised that your van isn't a Walden, but I was just interested in the similar-ish approach to 'growing' a Sunliner.
Intriguing to think there's another Walden out there somewhere.
Don Ricardo
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Post by tucky48 on May 4, 2015 14:18:32 GMT 10
hi ,my rare sunliner has sold
tucky
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....bring the van for me then will you 