Hi Everyone from FBMAD/ a bit about me.

[fbmad]

Hello to all.Stumbled across this forum a few days ago and thought I'd join up.
My name is Terry and I live in Scone N.S.W with my wife Grumblebum......Oops........Theresa and two kids....Brady... leave your sister alone, 10 years and Brittany... stop crying, 7 yrs.We all love the caravanning lifestyle and have a 1982 Millard 18 ft caravan we have been to a few places in over the years.However due to the ever increasing price of fuel we decided to put the van on-site a few months ago in Warburton Vic as a family holiday site.
I am into vintage cars as well.I am also a member of the FB/EK Holden forum and the FE/FC Holden forum.I have 4x EK holden sedans,2x FB Holden sedans,3x 1937 Chevrolet GC 1/2 ton trucks (about the same size as a Toyota Landcruiser Tabletop 4x4), 4x HQ Holden sedans,and a 1941 Chevrolet 3 ton truck(all unregistered). The wifes shopping trolley is a 1994 ED Falcon XR8 Sprint (5 litre V8, 200 kw) and my workhorse is a 100 kilowatt Toyota Twin cam Hatch.
Oh nearly forgot.........and I have a 12 ft Globetrotter caravan!!!. I bought it from a wrecking yard about 5 yrs ago for $450 and towed it home about 70 km's. Its been used as a kids cubbyhouse since then.I didn't exactly know what it was until I found some near identical ones on this forum.It's external sheeting is a bit different to the others so maybe its a later one or has been resheeted at some stage but it is near the same as the 1965 one on the home page.It needs quite a bit of work....well really it needs a full restoration but will have to wait a while as I have a few pots on the boil at the moment.I thought it may have been beyond restoration until I saw some before and after shots on this forum that others have undertaken so I now have more confidence.
It has a small oval medallion inside the van which is stamped :"Patented on Construction No 15369 Globe Caravans South Australia".The owner of the wreckers said it had South Australian plates on it before he handed them in and he said the old couple who had it had been around Australia in it???(It certainly looks like it has). I don't have one of them digikal camera thingys so I can't put any photos here of the van but can send some normal photos to someone if they are able to copy them on to here.I'd really like to hear from other Globetrotter owners. Also I've noticed there are some members from Newcastle who are regular contributors here.It would be good to meet with them for a show and tell day sometime as I'm only a bit less than 2 hrs from there.
Anyway gotta go as my one-finger-at-a-time typing is time consuming and my finger is now sore!!!.
Well thats a bit about me......... Terry.

[WILL and Lyn]

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gidday fB Mad Your just the kind of guy we need to join us in our Car and van group
If you dont watch it it can turn into a kind of obsession where you go on a full week run with a group of other obsessed people and two hours after you arrive home you are scouring the streets of the suburbs checking out pre 70s caravans
it sort of grabs you
Tucky is the best ive seen he can smell an old van from a suburb away particularly glass vans
so far he has given me 5 glass vans from 57 to 74 to checkout 1 1950 ali which I purchased and 1 bondwood
We had a great time on the wild flower run which Ditzy is working on a report as we speak and should be posted soon

Will from the west
sorry Reddo I just couldnt resist using a Reddoism

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G'Day Terry
Good to hear that we have another "Local" signing up.
Would love to catch up with you and your crew sometime in the near future.
I wouldn't mind checking out your '37 chev trucks. I sold a 41 jailbar 1 1/2 tonner a few years ago. never quite finished the resto off. Wouldn't mind another one or something similar.
Current tow car is an FB Wagon. Luv it!!!
Also into vintage pommy bikes if ya have any laying around amongst the pumpkins up there in Scone.

Ya can catch up with me with a personal email if ya wanna. just click on the blue "Reddo" in this email or ph 0408676030.

Reddo - have beer.. will travel 2 hours ...from Barnsley (Newcastle)

[fbmad]

Hi Will,Lyn and Reddo.Thanks for the welcome.I'm always on the lookout for old 1937 chev trucks and FB/EK Holdens everywhere I go so I'll start to keep an eye out for old vans in backyards,old sheds/farms etc now as well.I'd love to get hold of an old ply one like '48 Holiday Home but I'd guess I'll be looking for a while for one like that. Theresa fell in love with it when I showed the photos on the site to her.......always good to have the ministeress-of-finance on side.....one less hurdle to overcome!!! Reddo, I've got your phone number and will give you a call soon.....maybe tommorrow. Regards to all...... Terry.

[will and Lyn]

Is this the sort of thing you look for Terry

and of course four days from shops and retail therapy commences In Geralton for Lyn and Noeleen (Tuckys Mrs)one half of the Plymouth Brethren



Wildflower power Will

[fbmad]

Yep they're what I look for all right.Them's 1941 to 1946 Chevs in the foreground.My 1942 3 tonner would be the same as the second one (with the big 20 inch wheels) and would be in slightly better nick.The white colored ute closest to camera would be sought after among us Chevroletters as it has the shorter wheelbase and smaller 16/17 inch wheels.
Ahhh retail therapy...........my wife, Grumble....er....ah...ummmm.....Theresa would relate well to your retail therapy attire. Mine is probably more the mechanics overalls look due to scouring wrecking yards,car dumps etc looking for that old Holden or Chevrolet part (and now due to this forum.....the old antique caravan fossicking as well) See ya's Terry.

[will and lyn]

Good on you Terry
Lyn thinks shes pretty clever taking those shots of the old Chevs and I agree with her I hope you enjoyed them Terry
I know Lyn and Noeleen enjoyed the shopping

Regards
Will

[Will and Lyn]

Hey Reddo
I just saw the picture of Roovan and the new wagon out the front of the Ettamogah pub absolutely Awesome photo
you should blockmount that in your lounge mate

Will ;D ;D

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Hi Terry & Wil

The Chev i sold had 20" wheels. Short wheelbase 1 1/2 ton with flatbed rosewood tray. It had a bitsn pieces cab. Unique because it had the US lend lease wind out windscreens but had the Aussie body push open vents down near your feet.
I put the blue flame motor in it. All that was needed was the brakes looking at and refit the interior.
Sold it for $3000 to a coupla blokes down Woolongong way. Would have been too slow with a low ratio diff etc.

Wil
Yeah , the shot in front of the pub looks good. Couldn't stop for too long . If ya look at the road markings i am blocking 2 disabled spots and parked half way onto a bus zone.
I have the picha as my screen saver at the moment.

Can't wait for Coledale.... only 4 weeks away now. I am itching to get a 3 or 4 day run together around the NSW mid north coast area Coffs Harbour, Bellingen etc.
Will throw a few suggestions around with the mob at Coledale and see what they would like to do and where.

Reddo - Photogriefer extrordinaire - Specialising in nude female pichas .... wobble, wobble ..... hold that camera..wobble.... steady Reddo!!!

[will and Lyn]

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hey Reddo
you better be care full driving around sydney in a nude vintage van it could attract attention
Maybe thats why everyone stares at the van and car

and the shakes and dropping things thats easy
too much tooheys
as for parking in the bus zone you are already a tram conductor so you have got rights
and in a few years you will be able to park in those other bays
so all in all a perfect picture

Your observant fiend from the other side of your side

Will (another Reddoism)