Free to good home...

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We were over in South Gippsland picking up a treasure when we came across something....

There was a nervous walk across this :







Did you notice that piece of board in the middle of the third picture? It was a lump of 4x2, over a metre long.
We were about 10-15 feet above the creek bed.
Thank god for the fortifying Strongbow I had in my hand - talk about "courage in a bottle"!

A glimpse through the trees....can you spot it



Taaaahhhh daaahhhh... ;D











Rego label says it was last registered in Oct '88:





Original paint scheme:



Tow bar:



Wheels:



Tank filler:



Door:





Floor:



Inside facing rear:





Wardrobe:











Kitchen area:





Did you note the extra deep stove area?



Original stove top:



Also, the separate area for the fridge, as opposed to the usual “under sink/bench top” type:



Dining area:







Ceiling:







Missing wheel spats:



What you get is what you see.
A project not for the faint-hearted, but worthy if you’re nearby and need somewhere to “store” your hard earned cash.

We don’t know the make, the length, width or weight.
No make on the van (it was painted over), didn’t have a tape measure with us (but somehow we had everything else in the boot...the esky, a Phillips head....YES, a Phillips head!....screwdriver, a jack, those trusty cable ties that fix most issues and countless other paraphernalia for the “just in case this happens” type scenarios) and although it was still slightly light, the rego label was quite faded and hard to read...let alone take a coherent photo of.

Which leads me to making a sincere apology for the smudgy photos!
Just because I have a new phone with a 12 mega something thingamajig doesn’t mean I can rely on its integrity when I need to!
These are the photos that worked out reasonably well enough to post, I lost count of how many I had to delete!

The van is located just west of Yarram in South Gippsland, Vic.

Please PM us for the owner’s contact details.
We respectfully request that you only ask for contact details if you are genuinely interested in picking up the entire van.
The owner is a busy guy and we don’t want to mess him around.

BUT ....we may have convinced him to become a forum member

Cheers,

Kylie (.....and Dale!).

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I forgot to add.... you won't need to attempt towing the van over that bridge, there is another driveway just near the van for easier access ;D

[Franklin1]

Crikey, Kylie...you're a braver person than I am venturing over that bridge!

The van is a Viscount from the very early '60s. They were usually around the 14ft mark. I can't see a chassis number in your photo of the coupling, but it would be interesting to know if one was there. (No, don't go back into the woods just for that! )

As you say, not one for the faint-hearted!

cheers,
Al.

[sheppo]

Blimey 51 chev i don't think you put up enough photo's How do you get that many up i still haven't mastered photochucket..
Sheppo

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Hey Al, thanks for that
The bridge was a little intimidating, but the promise of treasure got me through it

Sorry, I reckon the only bit I didn't photo was the chassis number - in fact I didn't even remember that bit!
I thought I did well with remembering the draw bar, he he

Sheppo, I usually start off my posts in a Microsoft Word doc - that way there's no worries about losing my post if my login times out.
Once I've typed my text and added in the pic links, I just highlight and copy it all over to a new post for final proof-read

And I learnt to do this the very hard way - by losing too many of my posts - and yes, they're usually long-winded.
That's probably why I don't post much ;D

I figured if I take photos of as much as possible, anyone who wants to take it home will start out with a really good idea of what the project entails

Now, just to find it a new home ;D

[jenniewren]

I like it.....I now post pic's the way you do Kylie....soooo much easier! Photobucket drives me crazy!
The van doesn't really look that bad...errr well...it's a nice size! It would have to be located around Tarra Valley way? Grew up in Sale so visited that area quite regularly! Those dodgy bridges are everrry where in the area! J