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Post by hipprchik on Jan 26, 2012 12:30:39 GMT 10
Hi EVERYBODY!! What a great place this is.... COuld anyone be as kind to let me know what this little gem is?  i'll tell you the story next post ;D peace love N happiness Ally |
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Post by Roehm3108 on Jan 26, 2012 14:28:32 GMT 10
Hi Ally and welcome to the forum, especially your intro to your VV. Will be interested to hear the story.
I used to have an early 80's Viscount that had those coloured stripes, but the front of yours doesn't resemble any Viscounts we have on record. Will be interessting to hear and see what others think.
More pics may also help.
Cheers
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Post by hipprchik on Jan 26, 2012 16:32:37 GMT 10
Hi, And thx for the welcome  Well my great little shed find actually contains 2 vans!! When i pulled up the usual happens I gracefully leave the car.....?? the kids jump out, followed very closely by the dogs & then our newly found kitten....& the people as usual look like they don't know what just hit them!!!! CAuse they probly don't LOL but these people were obviously use to this as they didn't seem perturbed at all  an elderly couple who i later find have children, grand children and the menagerie, just NOT a mobile one!!! ANyway i express my interest quite boldly in their vans, Without trying to sound like i had been casing their joint for weeks  & they gladly showed their pride and joy off, saying they haven't used it for years n years, only for storage. WEll what a beauty!! Been a real flash girl in her day, with buttoned horse shoe lounge, fancy cupboards & one of those slide along fancy smancy privacy screens in the bedroom!!!  whoa, thinking they'll be wanting a packet for this little hum dinger... It is a vicount & has these cool as, bend around corner windows in the front...lived under this shed for ever!!! WE have taken over!!! dogs , cats kids n kaboodle on tractors, mowers, boats, in canoes... Shit i feel like i've been here an eternity. I want to go home, pour a red and wind down... ;D THESE people i think are going to need counciling & therapy after our visit!! But they keep reassuring me ,.saying "your such a lovely girl", the kids are fine! I can't help but to keep trying to talk about the little van but they turn the conversation continuely away from the other van & the more i keep looking at it the more curious i'm getting cause it was the the one i was mostly interested in. As we headed over, when they took a sharp turn into the first shed!!! whoops where are we going? as a overshot the turn, and they mumble something about thats the old piece of junk ,that one luv. They mentioned a price, and i thought wow i can't accept that but then i thought, maybe it is my turn to have a good turn done& this was it!!! As we were leaving..i thought this is my last chance!!! WOOPS wrong way,(i turned on purpose) & there she was. My shreeks of excitement i think may of changed their mind about me, cause they seems bedazzled how the hell i'm more excited over this pile of JUNK as they call it compared to their ole pride n joy Viscount. WHAT DO WANT FOR IT, i demanded like a skitso with a personality disorder? they looked at each other laughed are you kidding? you can have it! save us pushing into the gully.. "I nearly pee'd my pants  HAVE IT?? can i take it now i asked...pleeese. BY now i am sure they thought i needed admitting to a phyciatric ward but obliginly put it on. I gave them a deposit for the other one and drove off into the sunset... Here is pic of the back too, i just wish i new what it was? On the chassis is welded 507 and an A scratched in? It has been painted a 1000 times & originally by the look had a deep V in a orange at the front to seperate a 2 tone paint job i think. Those stripes are just from the last paint job, along with a red, a blue a cream,l that's just few LOL Thx Ally |
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Post by hipprchik on Jan 26, 2012 17:21:29 GMT 10
Wow there are a few vans that look close, but aren't her? Curiosty is killing me. ANY IDEAS ANYONE?
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Post by Roehm3108 on Jan 26, 2012 17:44:05 GMT 10
No need to start another thread, just continue with your previous one, unless you have a new topic. Confusion will reign otherwise ;D ;D
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Post by Roehm3108 on Jan 26, 2012 17:59:29 GMT 10
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Post by Don Ricardo on Jan 26, 2012 18:16:19 GMT 10
Hi Hpprchik,
There's probably a few of us trying to work out what your van may be. There's a bit of a bell ringing in my head, but I haven't come up with the answer yet.
It may help if you can tell us what state you are in. That may assist us to narrow down the possibilities a bit. In the days of vintage caravans, a large majority of van manufacturers used to sell pretty largely only within their state market, and as a result there is a still a strong tendency for vans to be found in the state in which they were built. It's not 100% accurate, but it happens often enough to be a hint.
Picking up Roehm's comment to you re not starting a new thread, he is correct - multiple threads on the one topic do get confusing. So...I've merged your second thread in with the first. Hope that's OK?
Don Ricardo
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Post by hipprchik on Jan 26, 2012 20:41:47 GMT 10
Wow, sorry i offended people:( i live north east of bunderberg
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Post by Don Ricardo on Jan 26, 2012 21:32:19 GMT 10
Hi Hipprchik,
Thanks for that extra info. From that I'm thinking that your van is either built in Queensland or NSW. It has a NSW look about it, so I'll focus on that for a bit.
The relatively narrow front and back windows are pretty distinctive and that's what's ringing a bit of a bell for me.
Thinking, thinking, thinking...
Don Ricardo
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Post by firefighter on Jan 27, 2012 7:51:30 GMT 10
G'day Iris We don't have rules on the forum as we are not a club BUT........ we have guidlelines f/f ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D
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Post by hipprchik on Jan 27, 2012 8:35:32 GMT 10
Thanks Iris, i am still learning my way around :/ & you have helped me feel better thx.. Did not get off to a good start, wasn't trying to upset people.. i'm gathering it was the sh%t word? that did it? I am not a fowled mouthed person if so, i didn't think that profanity was too off tap  |
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Post by hipprchik on Jan 27, 2012 8:41:27 GMT 10
Thanks Don, your a champ, i really appreciate your time & helping me with my question  more pics hopefully to help you of interior, i don't know how to send multiple pics? i seem to be only send one at a time  |
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Post by hipprchik on Jan 27, 2012 8:47:34 GMT 10
The small breakfast area, which only seats 1 person per seat
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Post by hipprchik on Jan 27, 2012 8:50:05 GMT 10
The lounge area slides out with 2 legs to form a double bed
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Post by cruisindoug on Jan 27, 2012 19:13:49 GMT 10
Hey hipprchik Welcome to the forum ... You need to have a photobucket account to post mulitple photos, here are a set of instructions that should help you out. Nice van btw! Doug  |
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Post by hipprchik on Jan 27, 2012 21:17:17 GMT 10
Cool thx Doug |
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Post by hipprchik on Jan 28, 2012 10:57:36 GMT 10
Hi & thx for the welcome i have 73 kombie |
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Post by hipprchik on Jan 29, 2012 19:00:51 GMT 10
Hey Rod, yeah i stuffed up the user name it should be Hippychik, but i can't seem to go back in to fix it?? doesn't matter man |
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Post by firefighter on Jan 29, 2012 19:15:11 GMT 10
G'day hippychik I have modified your usename .......to what wanted hippychik cheers f/f ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D
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Post by hipprchik on Jan 29, 2012 19:37:56 GMT 10
GROOVER... thx heaps
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Post by jenniewren on Jan 30, 2012 22:11:28 GMT 10
I love the interior of your van hippychik.......and very envious of your combi to tow it with! It IS exciting when you have discovered something you can donate your energy/passion towards....and THIS IS the place to share your journey. So keep posting those updates. These guys are knowledgeable, generous with their time and will help you with advice on anything you ask of them! I should know....I drove them batty twelve months ago when I redid my vv & I still throw a few curly questions at em!! I sincerely hope you find out what you have....I still really don't know what mine is but it has not for a moment stopped my blinding love for my vv!
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Post by hipprchik on Feb 2, 2012 8:41:25 GMT 10
G'Day thx for your msg yeah the kids spent a whole day scrubbing inside ,it was just covered in mould..@ some stage someone has spent alot of time painting her and over the years i think there is a few layers LOL but the mould, my god!! it was thick:/ Well the ole van seems to have ALL stumped, i can not find anything on it, to even give us a hint.. like you said who cares..yours is a gorgeous little thing. Do you have interior pics? i can't wait to start painting!!!! HAve a great day |
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i'll tell you the story next post ;D peace love N happiness Ally
Well my great little shed find actually contains 2 vans!! When i pulled up the usual happens I gracefully leave the car.....?? the kids jump out, followed very closely by the dogs & then our newly found kitten....& the people as usual look like they don't know what just hit them!!!! CAuse they probly don't LOL but these people were obviously use to this as they didn't seem perturbed at all 
an elderly couple who i later find have children, grand children and the menagerie, just NOT a mobile one!!! ANyway i express my interest quite boldly in their vans, Without trying to sound like i had been casing their joint for weeks 
& they gladly showed their pride and joy off, saying they haven't used it for years n years, only for storage. WEll what a beauty!! Been a real flash girl in her day, with buttoned horse shoe lounge, fancy cupboards & one of those slide along fancy smancy privacy screens in the bedroom!!! 
whoa, thinking they'll be wanting a packet for this little hum dinger... It is a vicount & has these cool as, bend around corner windows in the front...lived under this shed for ever!!! 
HAVE IT?? can i take it now i asked...pleeese. 
more pics hopefully to help you of interior, i don't know how to send multiple pics? i seem to be only send one at a time 
