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Post by peterandkelly on Jan 10, 2014 19:51:18 GMT 10
Our new van. an awesome anniversary present (my first attempt at posting a pic)  |
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Post by peterandkelly on Jan 10, 2014 20:17:28 GMT 10
 Not sure if the laminate on the cupboards is original?  |
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Post by peterandkelly on Jan 10, 2014 20:19:06 GMT 10
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Post by shesgotthelook on Jan 10, 2014 21:02:12 GMT 10
Really lovely & loads of potential. It certainly has it's own style & character.  |
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Post by peterandkelly on Jan 10, 2014 21:32:22 GMT 10
Pretty sure "potential" means a lot of hard work!  |
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Post by peterandkelly on Jan 3, 2015 19:21:18 GMT 10
Started work on gypsy rose today almost a year after bringing her home. Thought I might start at the front and work back. The windows are alluminium and open. I have not seen any other Gypsy Thirteen Two's with this type of window? Everything appears original both inside and out. I would be interested to know if the windows date this van earlier or later then others?  Spent th day polishing and expect to spend a few more days doing the same. This is a before and after shot  |
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willow5075
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Post by willow5075 on Jan 4, 2015 12:26:18 GMT 10
wow what a difference!
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Post by peterandkelly on Jan 5, 2015 5:45:38 GMT 10
Looks like you have done a bit of polishing Willow. I should have read your thread first up. I've also found the best results are by hand. Did you use purple polish on the sundowner? I used solvol autosol but thought for the next one I might give purple polish a go.
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Post by peterandkelly on Jan 18, 2015 19:24:51 GMT 10
You know how you fall in love with a van and really do believe that little tiny bit of rot in the front corner isn't really that bad?? Well.....it is.  I think my dream of "just a coat of paint" has just turned into a complete front end resto. |
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Post by akeepsake on Jan 18, 2015 19:28:28 GMT 10
What about covering it with some stone guards ? All depends how bad it is of course!
Cheers Andrew
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Post by peterandkelly on Jan 18, 2015 19:51:03 GMT 10
Good idea Andrew
Next weekends job is to pock around a bit and see how bad the frame is behind it. The rot is behind pressed aluiminium facia and also appears
on the side in the bottom front corner. The window we took out above the rot had been heavily siliconed so it would appear that there has been a significant leak in that corner.
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Post by fccool on Jul 1, 2017 17:22:12 GMT 10
This looks very much like the van I just buaght.
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cster
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Post by cster on Jul 1, 2017 19:25:24 GMT 10
Is that as in THE van or one just like it?
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fccool
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Post by fccool on Jul 1, 2017 19:49:16 GMT 10
Cimparing the brush strokes above that wood rot in the bottom corner on the front id say its pretty much definately the same van, buaght it from the blue mountains, now in newcastle, plan is to pull the whole front of and replace it over the next couple of weeks, I work interstate and dont get alot of time.
also currently putting my engine back together in my FC holden. The roof has some bad cracks in the top layers of the ply and doesnt quite feel as firm as it should. Not sure if im going to replace it yet. There is also some rot in the hatch frame and a bit of the frame behind that rot in the pics, currently doing some research on how to do the repairs and rounding up tools and materials.
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fccool
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Post by fccool on Jul 1, 2017 19:55:46 GMT 10
Also I think this van might be 60 or 61, it has a screen door and laminated cupboard doors, was fitted with a fridge but no longer there. If anyone has any parts I would be interested, a couple of the laminates are discoloured but most are pretty good.
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cster
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Post by cster on Jul 3, 2017 17:52:21 GMT 10
Well that might mean its languished in the mountains untouched.
Have you got it under cover?
Could end up being a de-skin and re-skin over the new wood.
The bottom front seems to be a tight fold or is it just tucked into the bottom board.
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