Retrieval of Morticia.....We must be crazy!

[lyneth]

Once upon a time a long long time ago, we bought a beautiful old van called Morticia, who lived in the far away land of Western Australia.

Princess Lyneth lives outside of Brisbane and Sir Lazzalot lives in mighty Moyhu Vic. And so the story begins when word got out and Prince Noblesgarage called to say he had a chariot in Vic that needed to cross to WA. So pick up the sunliner we did and brought her back to Moyhu from San Remo.

To fast forward several months - Princess Lyneth leaves Bris for Moyhu where the chariot is being prepared and on Saturday we start the long journey to the far far away land and where our beloved Morticia awaits us to take her back home to Brisbane. ;D ;D ;D In excess of a mere 11,000klms, our journey will soon begin.
Stay tuned for the next thrilling episode of - You're doing what - You're going where - and yes, I think we are crazy

Noblesgarage Chariot -







Final touches - new shoes, spit and polish, Stocked up with VB and SW Grange. Now where's that steed to pull the chariot!

[hilldweller]

Nice van. How did she get to be called Morticia? Travel safe

[Deleted]

Mr Noble (noblesgarage),
that Sunliner you own is
just bewdiful
Where did you find that

You must have some VERY good contacts to be able to locate a caravan as good and original as that in Victoria, ..........especially when you live in Perth ;D ;D ;D

Sunliners pop up everywhere .....being fibreglass, they've well & truly stood the test of time, but rarely do we see an example as original as the one you purchased .

I'm not a fan of Sunliners, coz they were waaaay to modern for their time, and thru my eyes lack the character of caravans of their era, ........but they certainly have now made a big impact on the vintage caravan scene, and are highly sought after.
So many are done up with modern fabrics and colour schemes, they lose any real connection with being an old caravan....... but this example is just supurb:



check out it's interior







Lyneth & Larry.

When you hit Merredin ( a huge wheatbelt town on the GEH about 300 kms east of Perth), chuck a left and head to a one dog one shop one horse one pub town called Bruce Rock, .......follow the signs to a lil place called Quairading ........then head to Beverley (chuck a lefty at Mawson). Drop the Sunliner off at the big green shed (no, its not the Beverley Bunnings store : ........the shed is the home of the Best Vintage Caravan Museum in ............well ...........er .............Beverley

Just tell Noble it got trashed on the Nullabour by .........er .......... one of those big things Kingy drives ;D ;D

[noblesgarage]

GET YOUR STICKY LITTLE CLAWS OF MR TAYLOR

And yes it is a nice original unit and I want be Moderfiying it, just get a little use out of it first. Never know it may just end up in that Grrreeeeenn Shed one day.

[Jennison]

Hilldweller,
morticia is actually the name of a van that L & L are going to collect from WA.
They did a deal with Nobles to collect and deliver his sunliner(purchased in Vic and now accom for them on route to WA!) and Nobles has collected and is storing the morticia van for them in turn.
I believe the morticia van has exterior handles which are off a coffin fitted to it!! hence the name.
I saw the sunny when in moyhu at Lazzas a few weeks back and it is indeed a beautiful original van.
With Nobles "holding all the aces" though(morticia that is) ;D ;D the beverly bandit may have to resort to a roadside holdup to get it off L and L in order to add that one to the collection at beverly. ;D
regards
jennison

[larrikanlarry1]

First fuel stop



Well here we are. Day two. Certainly have had challenges in the first 24hrs and the next fixing them.
Waeco power pack - Gawn!
Gas Line blockage
Lighting problems
Generator upset
Onya Lazza all solved today

The Sunny, now she is riding so well, forget she is on behind. A guy at the showers said to Lazza today - "see you have hatched out of your egg" haha. Lots of interest and conversations so far along the way.

So with S/W Grange and VB "in stock", we head off tomorrow for Port Augusta. The "Bago" is our $320K support vehicle, so being sure we will be okay from here, we will say farewell to Dot and Mal for now.


Time for lunch and a cuppa



tucked up in Mildura

[Roehm3108]

Ya could have at least whitened out the 'bago in the pics ;D

[noblesgarage]

On you guys Steady steady take time to smell the roses . ???That's not bad ah a $300 grand + backup vehicle
See how we look after you guys, nothing but the best.
Taylor's setting of for Merrredin tomorrow so I've instructed the local constabulary to keep there eyes peeled for a Floberglass bandit driving a Hundi-monaro or a white V V Caravan retrieval truck. Possibly with a stupid grin on his dial. I've asked them to detain him for suspected illegal V V smuggling and the evidence is located in a bloody BIG :ogreen shed in Beverly

[lyneth]

Day 4 - A good day - no problems - good roads - sunny just rolling along behind. Tucked up in Port Augusta where we will do a wheel bearing check before crossing the paddock possibly while throwing back a couple of SW Grange.

We hit the South Australian border



Fruit Fly stop - quarantine officer searched the White egg for fruit - only found some bird seed which turned out to be a bit of sand!



Arriving into Porth Augusta

[noblesgarage]

L & L Finally found a computer to use that works!

All bunked down in Port Augusta



we finally made it half way - all good



Even the Galahs are laughing at us for trying to attempt this. Look at the size of him, hope he doesn't perch in the tree above us If you know what I mean? Bring a whole new meaning to feeling crappy ;D ;D ;D ;D


Now this is a site and brings a whole new meaning to ensuite! ;D ;D ;D Killed ourselves laughing when we came across these two with their mobile loo and shower - Now that's living!



Start of the Nullabor crossing

[lyneth]

Our intrepid journey continues

Having a whale of a time due to the Tzunami Warning - paid $2.05 per litre here at Nullabor


Enjoying a quiet Ale at Caiguna


Hang on - Here comes those bl....y moderns big boys - no class!


Perth or Bust - Whoops, time to take the turn-off for Mandurah - was that right or left, north or south - it's all too much, we are nearly there!!! ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D Hey Brian and Sandy, Sunny's coming home - get ready, here we come!!!



Finally - Honey we're home!!! - Larry giving key to Brian


Lyn giving Sandra keys as it is her van "Apparently - or is it that she got to look at it first!?!?"

[Daggsey]

Onya Larry & Lyneth...........good to see ya got here safely with the Nobles' lightweight Sunny .

Now all ya gotta do is get "Morticia" back across the paddock........easy, peasey .

Look forward to your on-road reports as you go

Daggsey

[noblesgarage]

;D Keep tuned Mr D for the full rebuild and return vogue home working day, night to get the old girl ready Lyns using my computer as hers has given up the ghost Brian The not so Sunny owner

[noblesgarage]

;D ;D Well folks its Monday morning "work begins in earnest"











Cute Butt





Room for two










A Light hearted look at the inside















Well may be a clean up inside while the boys are busy on the roof




















Hummm not to bad Lyn Roofs done ;D and gunner weld that new jockey wheel on now may be a little paint on the roof as well and then call it a day Ah

























Phew i,m nackered What's for tea Brian

[curtis]

Bite off more than you can chew........ and chew like crazy!!

All power to you Brian - what a great van!

[Jennison]

How wide is it laz'n'lyn...its certainly got plenty of floorspace

[Deleted]

I called into noblesgarage on Wednesday arv ......and it was all happening ..........Laz rigging up the clearance lights,...... Brian fabricating two new hatches,........ Lyn rubbing Morticia's rear ......I WAS impressed ......all the activity was wearing me out, so I just had to have a quiet ale and watch ;D

these guys were "all systems go" ......

Mark

[lyneth]

Oct 1, 2011 22:39:43 GMT 10 Jennison said:

How wide is it laz'n'lyn...its certainly got plenty of floorspace

Hi Jeff,
She measures 7'9" wide and 17'6" long.
She is towing well. Brian will put up more posts and hopefully, I can get to a computer (This is caravan parks) to continue with posts.
Cheers
L & L

[noblesgarage]

;D Tuesday Day 2 ;D A bit of a late start by all yesterday was a big one





Brian is it morning already, Didn't here the door go up. forgot to pay the power bill were working in the dark today Lazza. OK mate i'll just rig up some lights and you just do what you have to














Just get out the manual tools Lazz cause the cordless is flat. I'll just countersink these screw heads in the newly fabricated striker plate, drill em and screw them in.





Hope your using slot head screws there Brian cause you know that Cobber bloke a'll be watching





OK I'll continue with this wiring










There job complete You know a lecky who can certify all this





Well that went fine things that easy over this neck of the woods. Recken we just through a bit of paint around the place and see what she'll come up like.




















Cricky the lights are back on , lets get stuck in to it


























8-)That's it Boys and Girls Till Lyn gets back on line next ;D ;D ;D Cause as this goes to air "Morticia is Crossing the Nullabor" :oWhats that " Bitten of more than we can chew" Stay tuned folks ! Brian ( the worn out caravan rebuilder )

[Daggsey]

Daggsey

[lyneth]

Oct 2, 2011 21:54:32 GMT 10 Daggsey said:

Daggsey

Hope these tears are because you are missing her, not with what we are doing with her Daggsey

Lyneth

[Roehm3108]

Hmmmmm! Larry does sparkie work in 2011 and gets it certified in 2007??? Knew WA was behind in time, but 4 years???

Just wondering why you're doing all that work BEFORE bringing her over from the FAAARRRRR side?

Ray

[lyneth]

Oct 3, 2011 11:10:39 GMT 10 Roehm3108 said:

Hmmmmm! Larry does sparkie work in 2011 and gets it certified in 2007??? Knew WA was behind in time, but 4 years???

Just wondering why you're doing all that work BEFORE bringing her over from the FAAARRRRR side?

Ray

Hi Ray,
Had to do some work as she had no power / gas at all - It is a loooong way to Brissie with nothing to cook the lobster in ;D ;D ;D
Not to mention keeping his VB cold.
Cheers
L & L

[lyneth]

Day 3 - Yet another days work for the fantastic four.

Painting, painting and more painting



Hang on Lazza, I thought we agreed on Blue! No Lynee Mint Green it is - unless you want to repaint it all yourself?



show me that certificate again to say how good I am Brian ;D ;D ;D



Ah yes, lights are GO!!!!




Come on Lynee - that butt needs a lot of work - Mauticia's that is!!



late finish - Hey Sandra - nice hubcaps




What do you reckon Brian - are we good or what



Great all round effort today - she's lookin good

[vernon]

Hi Fab Four,

Man can you guys hoon. What you have done in four days took us months. What a great van when we saw it for sale thought to ourselves however by the time we got along a little further she had already been sold. That's what happens. Beaut van, can't wait to see what you have done with the room.

Safe trip home. Hope to catch up at Canungra to tell us about the pros and cons to crossing the middle. We're doing it next year.

Cheers Des and Kel