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[King Fisher]

I crated this as a spot to post any photos of any interesting vans that you spot on your travels or in your day to day life.

I will start by posting this little cutie that appeared in the car park at work yesterday, don't know who owns it yet?

[Wodnas]

That van is owned by Michael and Charlene, ex The Block contestants.
cedarandsuede.com.au/vintage-van-renovation-2-0-meet-vonnie/
Probably there for a promotion.
Cheers Rob

[King Fisher]

That is cool Rob.
Well I do work for a paint company so it is possible.

[King Fisher]

Vonnie has now been moved around to the back car park.

[willow5075]

Spotted in Saddleworth SA

Untitled by Caroline Lloyd, on Flickr

[King Fisher]

*** Warning a non vintage photo in this post

AS I said before poor Vonnie has been shunted to the back car park



And she has been replaced with this tiny house (not vintage I know but still cute)

[willow5075]

Spotted this gem in Clayton Bay




Black and White on Flickr

[Don Ricardo]

Hi all,

Donna Ricardo and I settled down to watch the first episode of "Ms Fisher's Modern Murder Mysteries" on Channel 7 last week, and were delighted to see Sandra and Dennis' 1957 Phoenix starring in one scene. Here's a glimpse of the van from the TV trailer:



The series is set in the early 60's, and the Phoenix played the role of the young heroine's home in a caravan park.  There was some good footage of the full van in the actual episode, and the makeup artist had applied some dirt to make the van look a bit down at heel for the story.  Here's a photo of the van without makeup, and with Sandra and Dennis sharing the limelight, taken at the 2018 Bridgewater event:



You can probably watch the film on 'catch-up'. I'm sure everyone will want to watch a couple of hours TV for 2 minutes sighting of a beautiful van...

Always good to see a vintage van starring on the small (or big) screen.  Well done Sandra and Dennis. 

Don Ricardo

[Roehm3108]

Was having lunch at Maroochydore yesterday and spotted this Olympic Stardust taking up a couple of parking bays! Photographing plastic caravans for the sake of this forum!!! WHat next? It looks like the owner may be living in it, but I think s/he was catching waves!

[willow5075]

Don Ricardo, I wanted to watch that show anyway now I definitely will!

[willow5075]

Roehm3108 that van looks roomy!

[willow5075]

This is a brand I haven't noticed very often - Avondale

Untitled, on Flickr

[Don Ricardo]

Hi Willow5075,

Avondale vans started to be built in the 1970's. No doubt Hughdeany will be able to tell us more.

Being built in the 70's makes them classic vans rather than vintage. (That's not intended in any way to be disparaging or a negative, just a statement of fact. There are lots of classic vans that are really interesting, and of course many caravan makers and models which straddled the two eras. )

Don Ricardo

[willow5075]

Mar 3, 2019 15:38:52 GMT 10 Don Ricardo said:

Hi Willow5075,

Avondale vans started to be built in the 1970's. No doubt Hughdeany will be able to tell us more.

Being built in the 70's makes them classic vans rather than vintage. (That's not intended in any way to be disparaging or a negative, just a statement of fact. There are lots of classic vans that are really interesting, and of course many caravan makers and models which straddled the two eras. )

Don Ricardo

I wondered - given the style I suspected it might have been on the cusp!

[hughdeany]

Hi all,
Avondale weren’t around for long,late 70s to early 80s from memory,they were a nice van that had a few more bits and bobs than other vans of the time.
They also put Hilandale stickers on their last models,as I said previously,but that wasn’t for very long,and I have never seen one other than in pictures.
Hope this helps
Cheers
hughdeany

[Roehm3108]

Came across another one of those plastic Olympic caravans yesterday!



Pulled over after finding the caravan being towed by a very throaty sounding Zephyr 6.

[Don Ricardo]

Well spotted Mr R3108. I think there’s an Olympic get together on this weekend up your way, so maybe that’s where the van was heading.

For what it’s worth, I think the tow vehicle is a Zodiac rather than a Zephyr, based on the polished chrome strip along the rear, below the boot.

Don Ricardo

[LinPet]

Correct - that is us! Mk 3 Zodiac (with extractors and new throaty exhaust and Holley Sniper fuel injection) towing our Micro Olympic. Would have been on the way to Chrome and Clutter in Laidley. Did 650 klm that weekend, and got 21.4 miles per gallon. 2 Weekends later, we did 450klm in the same rig going to the Samford Show. PS: The Zodiac is for sale, due to him buying another Zephyr Mk 3 wagon - even rarer than the Zodiac, and the new wagon is getting an even throatier V8, so will be able to tow our 16', meaning we will be selling the Micro too.

[Roehm3108]

Took a neighbour for a ride to Booyal to pick up a lounge she had bought. Stopped off in Biggenden and spotted this baby gypsy in the town's free parking. Had a great chat with the owner who built this 7 years ago. He also did the artwork.

[Roehm3108]

Here's a rather unusual "spotto" occasion! It happened on this site and I wonder if anybody other than myself noticed it?

New member "reobug" recently told us about his inherited Rambler Caravan and sent me some photo's to upload. This photo had me curious:



"What's that teardrop curvey thing beside the Rambler?", I asked reobug. He directed me to this link:

froute.com.au/froute-gallery/

If you carefully scroll through the pics gallery, you will find several pics of the same van in varying poses. Yes, yes, it's a food van, but you can't knock the creativity and workmanship that's gone into it.

And I reckon reobug has been checking out my model rig collection to come up with his handle - my VW Beetle Cabriolet towing a Reo baby caravan!