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Post by smiles on Jan 17, 2012 22:26:52 GMT 10
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Post by smiles on Jan 17, 2012 22:30:40 GMT 10
So kaybees
looks like not only did you get a ripper van but you also scored a tractor!
How's that Al?
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Post by Franklin1 on Jan 17, 2012 22:40:04 GMT 10
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Post by firefighter on Jan 18, 2012 7:05:21 GMT 10
Onya Col & Kris Wow........ what a good find .......van and all the collectable items just shows there is still good bargains out in the vintage van world Having a site at the Berwick swap this year ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D;D f/f ;D ;D ;D
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Post by kaybee on Jan 18, 2012 7:16:28 GMT 10
Onya Col & Kris Wow........ what a good find .......van and all the collectable items just shows there is still good bargains out in the vintage van world Having a site at the Berwick swap this year ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D;D f/f ;D ;D ;D ....what??...sell stuff??.....no way Jose, still figuring out what some of it is...... ;D ;D ....and it looks like Smiles is right.....the weird thing is a garden tractor,it has British Anzani cast into the wheels ,so I Googled that and came up with a whole pile of stuff on Anzani....so I "ploughed" through that ( ya like that? ;D) and came up with the info that says it is a Planet Junior from around 1948 , and we also found amongst the haul of treasures, the original embossed spanner for it......so, definitley need to get it running and take it for a cruise around the yard..... ;D ;D.....should be more fun that the old Atco self propelled mower......
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Post by kaybee on Jan 18, 2012 7:54:55 GMT 10
G'day Col, On a more serious note...the Long & Smith confectionery tin in one of your photos caught my eye, and my interest. I did a bit of snooping on the internet, and I reckon you should empty the bolts out of the tin and give it a good "clean and polish". All of which means that the confectionery tin in your hands appears to date from 1917 or earlier. ...AND somebody's been using it to store some old bolts!! cheers, Al. ....Hi Al,thanks for all that info,it's amazing. Also amazing to think that this tin has survived so long in the back of some grubby old garage shelves and it's still in pretty good condition , but most surprising is that all those neat old graphics are on printed paper labels. I've done as you suggested and evicted the bolts ( but they weren't old, they are new brass T bolts ,maybe for some electrical application?....if anyone wants some,yell out ) and carefully straightened up the edges of the lid and given the labels a very light clean..... lovely!
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Post by Don Ricardo on Jan 18, 2012 20:00:01 GMT 10
KB says "Ha..... ....we know where there's a nice original Don hiding away and not for sale....yet.......betcha D.R. doesn't know of that one....only just up the road from here too.... " Shhhhhhhh, he might hear you Hi Kaybee and Roehm, Don't think for a moment that I didn't hear you... Don Ricardo
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Post by kaybee on Jan 18, 2012 20:25:11 GMT 10
KB says "Ha..... ....we know where there's a nice original Don hiding away and not for sale....yet.......betcha D.R. doesn't know of that one....only just up the road from here too.... " Shhhhhhhh, he might hear you Hi Kaybee and Roehm, Don't think for a moment that I didn't hear you... Don Ricardo .....and he's even now tramping the streets of Warburton, wailing a pitiful cry....." bring out your Don"...... ;D ;D
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Post by kaybee on Jan 18, 2012 20:32:16 GMT 10
Onya Col & Kris Wow........ what a good find .......van and all the collectable items just shows there is still good bargains out in the vintage van world Having a site at the Berwick swap this year ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D;D f/f ;D ;D ;D ....what??...sell stuff??.....no way Jose, still figuring out what some of it is...... ;D ;D ....and it looks like Smiles is right.....the weird thing is a garden tractor,it has British Anzani cast into the wheels ,so I Googled that and came up with a whole pile of stuff on Anzani....so I "ploughed" through that ( ya like that? ;D) and came up with the info that says it is a Planet Junior from around 1948 , and we also found amongst the haul of treasures, the original embossed spanner for it......so, definitley need to get it running and take it for a cruise around the yard..... ;D ;D.....should be more fun that the old Atco self propelled mower...... .....bit of a progress report on the little Planet Jnr., it doesn't go!, in fact it has been full of water for some years I'd guess. So ,seeing I had a little time this arvo ,I've stripped it down and with a little gentle application of heat and a big hammer ;D ( nylon headed).....I managed to get the piston out of the cylinder casting. I'll clean it all up and run the hone through it tomorrow and once it all goes back together it should roar into life......maybe..... ....and meanwhile the inside caravan cleanup is going really well. Lino looks almost like new , all bar one ot the curtains have come up a treat ,even the inside paint is in really good condition.
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Post by Don Ricardo on Jan 18, 2012 20:55:33 GMT 10
.....and he's even now tramping the streets of Warburton, wailing a pitiful cry....." bring out your Don"...... ;D ;D Oh drat! Was I that obvious? Tell you what, though, there are a lot of bushes in Warburton! You could hide any number of vans there... Don Ricardo
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Post by jenniewren on Jan 31, 2012 22:00:24 GMT 10
Far out.....that Hawthorn is bewtifuuuul!!! Adore the shape..why didn't I see this?...and all those treasures! YOU CLIMBED OVER THE FURNITURE FOR A MOTORISED SOD TURN THINGY??!! AND LEFT THE FURNITURE? WHAT THE? I am crying here!!!! But I am so glad there are people like us that love all this retro old stuff and are willing to go to any lengths to SAVE IT!!! A Bulldozer.....far out! Was that a g*n I saw lying there? Left in a shed? Hope the shed was locked! As kids growing up, we loved playing in old abandoned properties! Never found one of those however! Probably a good thing for the rabbits! To think that van was hidden in the undergrowth just down the road from me!!!! Now where was that Don, sounded like it was just down the road also!
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Post by whippy on Jun 3, 2012 12:52:04 GMT 10
Fantastic find, The van interior looks like it near the usual clean and it can be used straight away !!!!!! Yep they are still out there
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Post by penny61 on Jun 3, 2012 19:05:46 GMT 10
....PM us if you're interested.... I think I was admiring your little van yesterday.... but in SA? It's gorgeous! Vanessa
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Post by kaybee on Jun 12, 2012 10:02:54 GMT 10
Sure hope it's under cover.....can't understand folks who buy something nice and then leave it outside indefinitley.....
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Post by penny61 on Jun 12, 2012 19:36:44 GMT 10
Unfortunately no it lives in a front yard... A friend lives down the road a bit and she pointed it out...its been there a while too... Hope it goes to a good home!
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Post by kaybee on Jun 12, 2012 19:43:53 GMT 10
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Post by penny61 on Jun 12, 2012 22:04:21 GMT 10
My friend has been admiring it everytime she goes past especially now she knows about my latest disease... Its always there on display, doesn't seem to go away anywhere...
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Post by kaybee on Jun 12, 2012 23:44:01 GMT 10
My friend has been admiring it everurine she goes past especially now she knows about my latest disease... Its always there on display, doesn't go away anywhere... I'd be thrilled if someone like your friend or yourself would go and make an offer on it and try to save it before the weather ruins it......we purchased that van off the widow of the gent that built that van all by himself in a tiny little garage in the early Fifties......it's never ever been left out in the open apart from the times it's been in use , and it was still in that same garage when we got it......we built a garage for it straight away and for the 15 years we've had it we've always looked after it with the same degree of care that the original builder, Stan Allison, lavished on it.....now it's outside in the elements where it'll soon self destruct .....hard to convey just how disappointing it is to see something like this going on...... ....what I really think of that woman can't be printed here , and wish I'd gone with my first instinct not to sell it to her......
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Post by Roehm3108 on Jun 13, 2012 8:35:50 GMT 10
I'd say your van isn't the only van that's had that happen to it, KB! When I delivered Rubik's Kube to its new owner, they didn't have undercover storage for her either. Yes, promises that hubby would build shelter for it, but going by the surroundings, I feel it ain't gonna happen. Have gone through that town a few times since then, but haven't had the heart to drive past the location to see if that's actually happened.
Too many people get the vintage caravan bug, but cool off the idea too quickly too and let whatever they bought be lost to the elements.
Ray
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Post by shesgotthelook on Jun 13, 2012 8:54:45 GMT 10
Sad but true, although i can't understand why folks don't invest in a good cover for around $200, cheaper than the insurance! Ours is shedded & covered. Only drawback is one can't admire it when walking past
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Post by JBJ on Jun 13, 2012 9:16:57 GMT 10
Hi,
I know the feeling.
When I sold Lucille I had a choice of selling to a collector with undercover storage, or a family person that said they intended to use the van.
I chose the family person. When she picked up Lucille, I found out it was going out in the weather fulltime, up on the Sunshine Coast of Qld, in a real high rainfall area.
I hate to think what has happened to it in the last 18 months. No one has seen Lucille since that I know of.
The same fate occurred to Groovin, our Purdon van we sold to Qld a few years back now, no one has seen it at all, & it was out in weather I believe.
But when something is sold, we have no control over it any more ( unfortunately at times for the previous owners).
I just yesterday passed on buying a real good ply van, that has been stored undercover for 35 years, because I have nowhere to put it undercover. I couldnt bring myself to putting a ply van under a tarp. I belive the sweating caused in a high rainfall area like I live will cause long term problems to a ply van. They need air movement where moisture exists.
JBJ
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Post by cobber on Jun 13, 2012 10:04:53 GMT 10
HELLS BELLS !!! Kaybee, It looks like it is being used as a garden ornament, makes you cry....... aye? But as it is sometimes said on this forum.....”it's your van, do what you like with it” (not a view I hold with) but I suppose it is true... so now we have a sad but prime example of what can happen when the interest in vintage caravans has nothing to do with “Preserving Australia's Touring Heritage”. I feel sympathy with how you must be feeling . Cobber.
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Post by isambard on Jun 13, 2012 10:22:48 GMT 10
thought I'd weigh in on this indoors/outdoors thing, since I'm here while I get that those of you who've put the hard yards in on a much loved van will be mortified by the idea of leaving same out in the elements - it's a big ask to get the same commitment from someone who's just reached into a pocket. having said that, any sane human wouldn't leave a timber van out in the elements indefinitely unless they want to blow their dough - which is precisely the reason we avoided bondwood vans like the plague. having said that, I like the IDEA of a nice cosy shed for our aluminium van still, since we've never so much as thrown a cover over any car we've owned in the past 30 years, we're not likely to start now
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Post by kaybee on Jun 13, 2012 10:58:00 GMT 10
thought I'd weigh in on this indoors/outdoors thing, since I'm here while I get that those of you who've put the hard yards in on a much loved van will be mortified by the idea of leaving same out in the elements - it's a big ask to get the same commitment from someone who's just reached into a pocket. having said that, any sane human wouldn't leave a timber van out in the elements indefinitely unless they want to blow their dough - which is precisely the reason we avoided bondwood vans like the plague. having said that, I like the IDEA of a nice cosy shed for our aluminium van still, since we've never so much as thrown a cover over any car we've owned in the past 30 years, we're not likely to start now Hiya, I don't like to burst your bubble ( but I will ;D)......aluminium vans are as prone to weather deterioration as most anything else that's left ouside.....one of the problems is internal condensation, especially at this time of year. Have a look at some of the build threads where folks have stripped off the alloy to reveal what's underneath , usually it's not much more than the remnants of the van's internal frame. Moisture,dust,condensation,repeated hot and cold cycles of sunshine....all those will have a deleterious effect on your van.....your car too. If you'd kept your car undercover 30 years back,you'd probably still have it ;D. ....and yep, I know once it's sold it's out of your hands , but anyone who's in this hobby for the preservation of old vans will understand how crappy it is for something that has lasted this long,to be trashed by someone who couldn't care less......anyhow.....enough grizzling by me.....
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Post by isambard on Jun 13, 2012 11:10:28 GMT 10
oh I totally agree - it's awful to see lovely old vans left to their own devices. too too sad. nearly as bad as seeing old houses rubbished - or worse, modernised ! and just for the record, we've bought a good quality cover for our van - waterproof top and breathable sides with ventilation flaps and all sorts. she'll be right as for cars ... yeah nah, can't come at the idea of looking after them other than what's essential to keep them running. they're about as interesting and care-worthy as any other 'purely practical' appliance. a neccessary evil, you might say, best ignored. funny you mention it though - recently hubby was possessed by the idea of cleaning his car. we worked out it was the first time it had been cleaned in the 7 years we've owned it
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