Reddo's Van

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From Reddo...

Hello mark

Photos as promised.
Looks a bit like Cobbers van. I wouldn't mind adding the southern cross like Cobbers or the Eureka flag to the side of it. Can anyone identify the make and model?. brother is a signwriter and if I can get the original logo i will con him into painting it on for me.
Paid $500. Cant believe how tidy it is inside . i have a copper fire extinguisher, original brass coca cola bottle opener that attaches to the cupboard with two screws, a couple of old pump style fly sprayers,etc which will be quite at home inside. Even three ducks for the wall but i will have to screw 'em on so they don't "crash land" while we are towing the van.
Heading off this weekend to a Vintage Motorbike Rally at Hat Head NSW. I will make a start on things like wheel bearings and wiring sometime in between getting the Holden to the panel beaters for repairs next week.

Will keep ya posted on the progress.

Catch ya later
Reddo

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Thanks for posting the pix Mark.

We have just had about an inch of rain over night. i shot out this morning to check on the "flood damage" in the van. Bone dry in all the top cupboards and not a sign of a leak anywhere. i suppose that is one big plus about not having any internal lining . you can track down leaks (if any) and pin point where the problem is .

Regards
Reddo

[trev n carrots]

nice little van reddo
looks like it should be ready to go in no time
cheers trev

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Reddo sent me some pics of his tow car that has just come out of the shed after near completetion ......he says the caravan is next.

The EH Prem wag looks stunning ........nice choice of tow car may I add

[trev n carrots]

very nice reddo...now ya gotta back it up to the van & take a pic for us
cheers trev

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G,Day Trev

Yeah i thought about backing the wagon up to the baked bean when taking the pix. Will do this weekend.
The front bar is off caus Eh radiator overflow tubes had a habit of weeing on the sub frame . end result is they rust out over the years. Hopefully the mate will get it plated up this weekend. Only have to stick some new 185 radials on her and head for an inspection station.
Once thats out the way. I will turn my attention to the little grey box on wheels down the back yard.

Stay tuned to this station!!!!
Thanks for whacking the pichas up Mark.

Reddo from "The Far Side"

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The time has come.
i have sat back long enough.
i spent last weekend stripping, sanding, plugging, sealing ,masking, swearing, nailing, drinking, Screwing ( not that sort of screwing you sickos ;D) cursing and eventually spraying the van with a base coat.
Once i seen the tri colours on the old van at Bainsdale I just Knew i would have do go with a few heritage colours. Even if my van is late 50's early 60's i still like the look of a few different colours on these old girls.

I brought the lights and number plate bracket to work and sandblasted and painted them with galmet silver . they have come up like new. I have a nickel plating kit i use afair bit for bolts and brackets on my bikes but i figure a duller finish would be a better look plus if i plate them i have to keep em polished . We took the alloy strips off from above the doors and windows and buffed and polished them to get the scale off. They will go back on with new stainless self tappers and a good bead of silastic .
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I took a few shots of the van when it was 'Naked" and I would love to forward them to someone to put up on the forum ( still haven't sorted that bucket thingy out yet) but the mail administrator here at work has put a tight grip on outgoing emails and especially those with attachments.
However , not one to be downtrodden easily i will persist and make sure that i take a few shots this weekend while the rude little van is putting some clothes on.

We have come up with a name for it , but like everyone else we have decided to hold off the "Press Release" and swim suit session until at least the outside is completed. I think everyone enjoys the suspense of following a resto and waiting on the "Christening"

Now lets see......Esky , check ...... Beer, check . Ice, check . Stubby holder.... yep, looks like i am all ready to go.... PAINT..... I am gunna need paint . BRUSH... i am gunna need a brush . ooooooooooooo Bugger!!!

Geez I dont know about this painting bullshit it's gunna cut into my drinkin' time

Stay tuned for a progress report early next week. i start Holidays on Australia Day and plan on giving the inside a good scrub down with sugar soap. Then I will call in the "Inspector /she who must be obeyed" to make a decision on a full repaint or not. Might even get to rewiring the 12v system and then shouting the old girl a couple of those new fangle bakerlite tumbler style 240volt outlets.
Did I say Holidays

Reddo from "The far side"

[WILL]

;D 8

[Will]

nice little pick up Reddo almost identical to mine externally will be a great project
I am getting some spun aluminium portholes made locally seeing I cant find any retail so if you are looking in that direction let me know

Will ;D ;D

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From Reddo .......dated Monday 24th Jan ....a technical glitch delayed the posting of these pics.

"Hello Mark
Had a BIG weekend on the van. I went "Garage Saleing" On saturday morning. Score a 2 burner Roden stove, 12 Volt light, Brass fire extinguisher and a set of sway bars for $20 .Cheering.

When I got home about 7.30am things where starting to heat up so I got started on the paint job."



starting mask off for stripes




Top half painted "Artic Daisy Cream"





Right side view - Bottom half "Tilt Grey" stripe is "Mid Bristol green." Rims where cleand up by my son while i was painting. they are done with Galmet silver and the caps are '58 holden.



front shot.

[Scootman]

Wow Looks Beautiful, LOVE THE COLOUR

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Finally
Thanks for putting up the pix Mark. i have sent a second installment of pixs over to you. hope they make it without getting zapped by works mail administrator.

I have a third lot of pix in the camera of the inside painted. The bro has done the signwriting/naming up near the door and across the back below the window. plus i took few shots of the EH backed up to the van.
I have managed to fit the towbar and just need to wire up the trailer plug. the car passed inspection last week and I am scraping the $$$ together for the rego.

Hope get the van to a weighbridge shortly. Then from there on to an inspection station.

Slowly , slowly, its all coming together.
Easter caravanning........can't wait, can't wait, can't wait
How many sleeps now dad.

Can't wait....Can't wai......can't wa... ....Can't........ZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZ.

Goodnight Reddo

[trev and carrots]

top job reddo...looks great ;D

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hay Reddo ......you're not going to "customise" the interior of your van are you

She's pretty original inside .........

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OOOOOOO i got a post from "The Great one".


Sounds like you might have got the other batch of pix I sent ya . Thats the only way you would know what the inside looks like now that it is painted.
If so ... the secret is out once the pix hit the album everyone will be aware of the christening/naming and the mural I painted on the side and back..

Inside will remain pretty much standard for now.
Reddo

Lemme know if photos didn't make it to ya... i will try again.

[ditzygypsy]

Ok here are those long awaited photos of the finished van.

Just CROOzin.............. she is a rippa.







But would any of you trust a Kangaroo in thongs.

Reddo she is wonderful.................

[will bayley]

Hot diggety Reddo We used to have Ravans over here in W.A
.Now there is RooVans in N.S.W
Great stuff Reddo looks Great keep up the good work

Regards
Will
from the other side of your side this side that is

[trev and carrots]

nice reddo..luv the art work ;D ;D

[ditzygypsy]

reddo

Once again I must say ...... unreal......... and once behind the EH Prem............. she will look a treat...........


But I have to admit it is the Roo............. I love him.......... but being Ditzy I have a thing for fluffy and cute........... even if they wear thongs.

Well done Reddo................. ;D

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G'Day Everybloody

Thanks for the kind words. We are happy with the end result . I am now scrounging for a couple of round power points, round tumbler switches and wooden mounting blocks to install a bit of that new fangle 240 volt stuff for those rare occassions that I decide to go 5 star vannin'.
Still trying to shake off the enamel paint fumes inside.
I installed a battery in the space under the wardrobe . This is handy when you want to unhook the van and still have lights to party under. The two small cupboard mounted lights are only 6 watts and create a very sexy atmosphere at night..... Bloody pity the missus don't see it that way. Luckily the lights also help me find my way to the ice chest so I can get blotto when I get a "Knock Back"..... ;D ;D ;D
You have got no idea how much trouble i had getting these pix over to Mark. The resto took less time than the email posting. the "Gestapo " Here at work have no appreciation of our hobby and therefore zap any attachments.
I am seriuosly gunna have to sit down and learn how to use "Photo Buggerit" as well as get the interthingy hooked up on my home 'puter.

I "wing Nut" regoed "Just Croozn" last weekend ( took the plate and label off the bike club trailer) and hooked up the van complete with towing hitch to the now registered EH. The Holden towed it no trouble but I soon found out I am gunna have to get some external mirrors on the car. I have ordered two of the old style 4" mirrors with curved bracket that clamp to the door tops just above the quarter windows. Once I get them i will get the fitters here at work to machine up some 1/2" stainless round bar extensions about 3" long so that i can fit the extensions when ever I tow the van and they will be easily removed to restore the original look when not towing. should look a period mod i hope.

The old Hydromatic slushbox seemed to handle the empty van so we are planning a trip towing Just Croozn to the national motorcycle museum swap meet in March. It is about 2 hours drive north of Newcastle and reasonable easy going. In the mean time I betta do sumfin about proper rego and welding the fillets to the gooseneck to strengthen that department.


Set a trap and catch yas later
Reddo

[ditzygypsy]

Hey Mark and young Ditzy

I spose it is all back the front now that I have finished the van. But
here is a coupla pichas of Just Croozn during resto on the outside. It
was almost gunna be called "Blue Roo" but it sounded a bit too much
like
"Blue Loo". We painted the whole thing blue and said "YUK" . It was
about that stage when the old van from Bairnsdale hit the scene and
that
is where I drew inspiration for the "Just Croozn" colour scheme.
Ended up the blue made a good under coat.

I really have enjoyed "Refurbishing" the old van. I will never class it
as a full resto because all i did was clean, repair ,seal,
renail ,screw
and paint it. It is a change to work on something that doesn't have a
motor. And as everyone who has their van on the road has said, you
can't just pull up somewhere and not be approached by someone wanting
to
have a look in side and asking 500 questions. We only done about 40k
the
other day and got heaps of thumbs up, might be because the roo on the
back has a thumb up.

Looking forward to getting away and enjoying "The fruits of our labour"
.. There will always be something to add on or fiddle with. Annexe would
be nice. i have a mate who has a canopy off a 40ft yacht, it is similar
to the canopys you see on runabouts that fold down against the top of
the windscreen. it consists of two arch bars about 9ft across made of
stainless and aluminium.Just the right length and shape to fit about
half way up the side of the van with the canvas/vinyl attaching to the
existing press studs for the old annexe.as they would across the top of
the windscreen on the boat..
When dropped open it would give a annexe roof of abot 6ft. The beauty
of
this would be that you would not have any annexe poles. All the would
be
required is a rope and tent peg at either end to stop the thing wanting
to fold back up against the side of the van in the wind...

How does that sound....... Probably clear as mud, eh?
I will work on him and see weather i can get the asking price down from
$45. it currently does not have any canvas, Just the bars. There is
probably that much worth of scrap alloy and stainless.

will get a photo to you once i talk him down to $20....he,he,he

Cheers
Reddo



This is the text that accompanied the Photos that have confuse me so much ( please refer to Reddo Comp under General).............

[Will and Lyn]

here is a photo of me when I was Skinny shame you cant see the lighting effects we had around 50 at the show and was a blast
that guy in the red coat with the black curly hair looks familiar its my other cousin Luigi springhead lucky buggers got hair
Hi guys
Hey Marc I have already got a solar panel mate and I dont feel like sitting on top of any bloody caravan its hard enough at sixty getting in and out of the teardrop

Hey Marc I think we are related your 1947 van has got an identical turret to my baby teardrop and she is a 52 model so perhaps they are cousins or something

Reddo you look just like a reddo should all of that crap about which one is reddo
it shows me they are either jealous or envious
there is just one thing you probably need a bit of fish oil or a raw egg in your food to make your coat shine
however the bloke that is spraying the van looks like a good bloke who is he

Regards
Will

[trev and carrots]

MIRRORS..reddo..no offence but it sounds like you have a bit to learn about caravanning!!
who cares whats happenining behind you..ya just pull ya towelling hat low over your face..cruise along half asleep, speed up where ppl should be able to overtake & slow right down where they cant..this is your chance for revenge..they've done it to us for years..now we can get even
have a nice day
carrots

[willandlyn]

;D
Trevor you amaze me you look just like Gerry Humphries from the loved ones and his brother Barry Humphries
Then when I think about it you look a bit like the lead singer from Black Sabbath then again you look like a male witch I saw at a party one night and another bloke hanging on a wall on a farm in williams and a carpet layer from Bridgetown ;D ;D ;D

WHO ARE YOU?
scary stuff
Doo Doo Doo Doo
Doo Doo Doo Doo

Will