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Post by kingy on Jan 26, 2006 16:15:50 GMT 10
hi all, new member kingy here trying hard to work all this out ,puter i mean. ihave 78 millard and a60s 11ft bondwood of which is not branded.as soon as i can figure out sending pics i will till then bye
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Post by Deleted on Jan 26, 2006 19:50:28 GMT 10
Onya Kingy
Go the bondwoods. What part of Oz are you from???.
Reddo
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Post by kingy on Jan 27, 2006 11:50:40 GMT 10
Hi Reddo,
Having done some minor scaping today i tend to think my bondwood? is actualy masonite or similar material.
What actualy is bondwood, is it a ply?
I hail from Moruya,sthcoast NSW. just sth of Batemans Bay
Pics coming soon
Kingy
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Post by Jim on Jan 27, 2006 15:08:49 GMT 10
Hi Kingy
Welcome aboard the good ship VC.com
Your 300 certificate will be in the mail when Aussie Post becomes privatized (It shouldn’t be too long).
Posting pictures on here has become the right of passage challenge..
If you can do it you’ll avoid the tar and feather thing.
As JBJ says (and my belief is that) bondwood is a marine grade water resistant ply (probably pine) that was originally developed for boats.
It lends itself to any outdoor construction, such as caravans, because of its water resistant properties.
Paint helps as well of course, but anyone, please jump in if that thought is wrong.
Masonite is also great stuff as long as you keep water away from it, as it’s cheap, consistent, no grain, but needs heaps of paint if its outside.
So, what’s a Bondy?
Maybe the definition of a ‘bondy’ is any van that’s not clad with aluminium, fiberglass or plastic?
How does that sit with you other guys?
By the way Kingy..
Are you in the bit of NSW that’s gunna be annexed into Victoria in the next few months?
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Post by groovy on Jan 28, 2006 13:21:17 GMT 10
Hi all Another new member here. A little about me, I have been vanning since 1953/4 don't remember the exact year  , I was very young back then ;D, actually about 9 or 10, in a van that I "helped" dad to build. That van was towed by a 1948 build 48-215 body number 552, also an FJ and various FE/FC's. I presently live in Oak Flats, which at least several of you will know. Over the years have had a few vans, mostly around the 15' length, from Viscounts through Millards to a Franklin, and now have a 12'6" x 7' 1956/58 Millard that I bought purely to get the windows, but after seeing it decided it was to valuable a piece of Aussie motoring history, so decided to restore it. Greg RE: the term bondwood, it is a generic name for any type of ply, although Victorians generally used it for what the rest of the world calls either seaply or marine ply |
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Post by Deleted on Feb 1, 2006 22:04:41 GMT 10
Moruya... Oak Flats?  Arent you guys lucky i didnt have your addresses with me on the way home from Vic last sunday morning. Seen both signposts as i blasted up the princes hwy . You could have been sharing a cuppa with a complete fruitcake from Newcastle. Hey Kingy...Is That van of yours a 327 GTS Jobby. Its got flutes in the sides.   You got one of those newfangle gas /electric fridges in the old plywood box? Or perhaps its one of those old drive in movie speakers that got tangled up in on the van.......  Reddo |
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Post by kingy on Feb 2, 2006 5:32:42 GMT 10
Hi Reddo,
Could have been interesting last Sunday hey!maybe you could have shed some light on what make of van i had,among other things.
Do you not think my GTS flute jobbys are origanal?
The vans around 1967 going by the elect.cert.
Ive started removing the r.h.s.rear section that you see has been water damaged,and it does not look as bad i thought it may,still a fair job.
Kingy
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Post by groovy on Feb 2, 2006 12:38:53 GMT 10
Kingy Is yours that modern it has an electrical certificate.  The 240V system in the Millard, consists of a hole in the floor under the dinette seat to run a lead in, and from an old bakelite plug through bedhead light type wiring to a single power point at the front then over the roof to another single at the rear.  Wondering if anyone would care to join me for a cuppa and I'll get you to use the electric kettle in the rear powerpoint  ;D cause I aint game enough. Reddo Anytime your down this way give me a yell and I'll make sure I'm not home, ;D ;D ;D ;D seriously though let me know if your heading this way and your always welcome for a cuppa and earbashing, as is any other forum member Greg PS: Bring a welder with you, I have a "small" amount of chassis welding to do. |
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Post by Deleted on Feb 2, 2006 17:48:56 GMT 10
I'm gunna retire down that way someday. When i was young and silly ( yesterday) i always thought abot sellin' up and headin' north when i retire. But lookin' at thos lush green paddocks and the beautiful scenery along the coast. I think i might revise my retirement plans..... South Coast ...Monday one day ... Tuesday the next Reddomilkandtwosugars |
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, I was very young back then ;D, actually about 9 or 10, in a van that I "helped" dad to build. That van was towed by a 1948 build 48-215 body number 552, also an FJ and various FE/FC's.
Wondering if anyone would care to join me for a cuppa and I'll get you to use the electric kettle in the rear powerpoint 
;D cause I aint game enough.