New member & '67 Viscount

[rovingoz]

G'day folks,
New members here. We're John & Kym from Brisbane and we've just bought a 1967 10ft Viscount sight unseen. It's been refurbished and has a whole new chassis and suspension under it with disc brakes.

It's the original hitch apparently, would this be a 50mm ball coupling?

Was hoping someone on here could advise any relevant info on the old Viscounts. Are they aluminium or timber frame and what would the floor be?

It has the original cooker and fridge which are both still working. Anyone know what they can be replaced with if they give up the ghost down the track.

Also did Viscount number their vans and if so where would it be marked.

These old vans really do have a character and personality all their own. Even though we haven't set foot in her yet we both feel like we'll treasure this little van for a long time to come.

Thanks in advance.

Here's some pics if it works.

[yellowuki]

G'day John and Kym, I have one of these vans, identical only a few years yonger. I purchased it for $300 and gave it to my grandparents who now have it registered and are going on their first trip this sunday There is a fair bet that it's got an alluminium frame as I had one the same a couple of years before hand (are you confused yet?) and both have not had timber frames. Hope this is of some help.
Cheers, yellowuki ;D

[bigkel]

rivets holding the cladding on generally mean it has an aluminum frame , & screws =timber frame,

[beetlesbailey]

Great looking van youv'e bought. It would originally had ply floor but maybe the modifyer changed that.
The towball would almost certanly be 50 mm
I guess you can buy a number of cookers to replace old on if it carks it. I have 2 old ones to offer the members after the locals in my club are aware of them.
Beetles

[Don Ricardo]

Hi John and Kym,

Welcome to the V V forum. Looks like a fantastic little van you've got yourselves there - and adapted for a bit of off-road work too!

Novel arrangement to have a bed above the kitchen cupboards - makes good use of space. Do you know if that is original or was it installed by a creative previous owner?

We look forward to hearing more about your van and your travels - your forum name 'rovingoz' suggests that you are currently traveling or plan to in the future.

Don Ricardo

[rovingoz]

Thks all

Yes we've kind of stumbled into the VV world by buying this van. We originally started travelling in a camper trailer and then moved to a Phoenix off road van.

We sold this and have been working for a while but got itchy feet again so needed to find something again.

We were looking for something that didn't cost the earth but would go down a dirt track without falling apart.

Didn't want to revert back to a camper trailer where you can't just stop and step inside for lunch or a cuppa, so we looked at small modern on road vans but there's really nothing built tough enough to take off road.

Then we came across the Viscount which was a perfect compromise and we really like the fact it's got some character and history about it.

The current owner has also made some interior changes. The original front dinette is gone and replaced with lots of bench space which doubles as a single bed and the original rear half bed can now convert to a dinette. A microwave has even been installed in a frt top locker and a battery for 12vlt is under the stove. The original glass windows have also been replaced with perspex for off road travel.

We're really looking forward to attending a few VV get togethers and eyeing off some of these wonderful vintage vans.

We're hooked and we don't even have the van yet.

John & Kym