Lucille ( & Red) for sale again

[JBJ]

Hi All,

The continuing saga of Lucille for sale has taken another turn, with or purchase of the 56 Deejay tandem bondy from Neilncheryl yesterday at our Lennox Head event.

When it rolled in, I thought "thats the van I've dreamed of for years"
When I later found it was available for sale, it was a quick" please can I have it ", which was agreed on.
So as this new van is around 1600 plus kilos, & we have 5 registered vehicles, we decided to try to get rid of Lucille, & Red the Valiant.







We towed Lucille with Red to Melbourne from Northern NSW over christmas, & back up the east coast. It runs good, doesnt overheat, & is comfy. With a 245 hemi 3 speed manual, its not the fastest car around, but tows at 80 to 90 on most roads. Back to second on big hills, but hell it a valiant & thats OK

We would like to offer a package to any wanting a vintage van & retro towcar, & thats buy the pair for $17000, catch a plane to Ballina- Byron Airport, we pick you up, & then you go on your own vintage caravan holiday on your way home at your leisure.


The Valiant has a rust free & straight body, minor rust in door skins, 4 near new tyres, 6 months rego& has 259,000KM. One owner before me.
Its got a couple of minor dents & a few scrapes. Pretty good original unmolested car. I'll even get a new clutch,pressure plate & throwout bearing fitted as its giving a little throwout bearing noise when you put the clutch in.

So if you're interested, contact. me on 0266280027

If I cant sell as package, I'll send Individually.

Both go on Ebay end of next week.

DEFINITE sales this time. Boots wont change her mind again I promise

[retro64]

Hi jbj and boots,

Congratulations on aquiring your dream van the 56 Deejay,
we hope you have many many years of happy touring in your new vintage van.
It goes to show that if you really wish hard enough you might just get exactly what you most want.

cheers and happy trails

retro64

[Geoff & Jude]

hi dennis and sue

the deejay looks pretty smick.

i reckon you're both going to enjoy having the extra space of the 19 footer.

although you're gunna hafta change your driving habits with the van on, it probably won't tow as easily as the sunny or lucille.

when do you pick it up?

geoff 'n jude

[Swellwillys]

Happy for you mate!
Had to check out some photos on VV to see the beast.

It's kool !

All the best with the sale of Lucille and Red.

Gavan.

[JBJ]

Hi Guys,

Thanks for the comments.

I dont see a bit more weight causing any problems behind my hotrod or Dodge.

I've had a heavy rigid licence most of my life, driven big & little trucks a fair bit over the years, towed trailers with cars on them , so nothing will be out of the ordinary towing a slightly heavier van.

The hot rod weighs 1900, & the Dodge probably not much less, both have 351 V/8, both 9'diff & disc braked HQ chassis/front ends.
Work restarts on my Dodge next week,& should only take a fortnight to finish. So I will start finishing it off hopefully before Easter. I'm looking forward to getting it home to finish.

Pick up date for van isn't sure, depends on a couple of things at our end, but will be as soon as I can. Hopefully only a week or so.

Verrrry happy with the Deejay.

JBJ

[JBJ]

Hi All,

Well Lucilles sold, & gets picked next weekend at our SE Qld event at Lennox Head.
New owner is Jo, from the Sunshine Coast area of Queensland, where quite a lot of our members live.

So I get to show her how Lucille works , she gets to spend a couple of days with her girls at a great park, gets to meet a few of us, including some from her own area, & hopefully gets to travel home with some other members in company.

It all worked out well. I wanted a buyer who wanted to use Lucille as a vintage van, as against a showpiece/ornament that a lot of vintage vans are becoming.

Now I can repay Boots for Deejay.

JBJ

[sutcac]

Congrats on the sale Den.............the new owner is getting a mighty fine Vintage van .........unique in all of Oz......... or the world , for that matter.!!!
Looing forward to seeing Deejay behind the Dodge when its finished

Cheers, Sutcac

[Geoff & Jude]

hi dennis and sue

congratulations on the sale of lucille.

it must have been a bitter sweet moment when the deal was finally made.

but as they say, we've gotta keep moving forward - and you're both doing that with the deejay.

don't forget - it's all good.

geoff 'n jude

[cruisindoug]

Congrats Dennis on the sale of Lucille - you must be a bit sad to see her go but you will be able to keep in touch at least hopefully. ;D ;D ;D ;D Has Jo joined up yet?