Phoenix Restoration

[Franklin1]

Nice mirror, sgtl! I hope you insure it separately to the van - darn thing would be worth a fortune, hey!! And I gather you were the winning bidder for those three vintage lights on ebay the other day (the mirror never lies... ).

No problem with using the old power point again, eh? Lucky you - "keep it original", so the ol' fella says.

Looking good! (sometimes I wish I could draw larger sunglasses on that stupid "cool" face - Who designed that dumb version?!)

cheers,
Al.

[seeshell]

Hi SGTL

I had the opportunity to go back and read the whole thread again - when you look back on the crumbling frame, thick white daubs of paint, and compare it to the crisp new paint job, the pretty trim, the killer mirror, and fine curtains, and the things that don't show like the frame and effort on the windows it must make you really proud. You've done an incredible job - and it will certainly show when you get out on the beat behind the matching striped car!

I noticed the old Parkinson stove is in place now. Looks the goods. Oh yes, and I did see the Hard Rock Pheonix sign - funny!

So it was *you* who beat me to the lights!

Great job as usual - can't wait to see it in the flesh some time soon!
Seeshell

[shesgotthelook]

Re the lights, well you now know I paid way too much for them! Will possibly be one to spare when finished. Not doing an outside light due to degree of technical difficulty. It is only single skin, so there is nowhere to hide the wires unless I come through the cupboard and then i think it would be in the wrong place.
Just itching for all these little bits to be finished so I can get in there properly. My sparky is a lovely bloke but oh so unreliable. He fills you with a warm sense of confidence "Sure can Linds. see you tomorrow" & then doesn't turn up for a fortnight. He only put one of 2 downlights in yesterday & I'm worried he's forgotten the above sink one!

Anyway, enough waffle (had to get to True Blue somehow). Off to estapol the new ice chest door & pray that it matches the cupboards.

[shesgotthelook]

New ice box door doesn't match so here we go again!



5 or 6 layers of paint?






Heat gun & sander worked better than nasty stripper




Raw surface not too bad to work with

[shesgotthelook]

This looks better



And when you don't like the picture on this months calendar, insert own

[shesgotthelook]

A little flurry of excitement while MR SGTL was sanding the drawbar :



What are everyone's thoughts?

[shesgotthelook]

I have a cracked front window Think it's my fault. When putting press studs for canvas back on, some little screws fell back out so i used some slightly longer ones. Looks like the crack has started from this & has gone from top to bottom. So cross with myself at the moment.

[ihritch]

Hi SGTL
Same Parkinson stove as in my Woody. My plumber used fixed copper gas line with a gas cut of switch in between left side of stove and frame. Saying it's safer to switch gas off inside the van when not using the stove. He wouldn't certify the stove as it did not meet the regs with regard to the height of the overhead cupboards above, so he certified the gas line to the stove only which met the regulations. From memory he said it had to be fixed, not flexible?

[shesgotthelook]

Thanks Iain, will chat to a plumber friend shortly.
Today we pulled the broken window out; firstly this fell out & hit Mr SGTL on the head



Then this fell out



So we started digging around & came out with a 66-67 anglers handbook, a 1962 Cairns Post, a 1962 Sun & a 1974 Cleo mag,




Now I know all the ladies are dying to see the Cleo centrefold, but I've decided it's a bit too risque for the forum

[shesgotthelook]

Let there be light!








Power & lighting finally completed. We may still not have tail lights, nor a tow hitch, nor gas BUT I can boil the kettle Water out of tank a little rusty, well a lot rusty actually, so may require a lot of flushing.

[akeepsake]

Lookin great SGTL! Those lights were worth every cent ! There is a solution you can get for water tanks to clean them out safely someone else may know what it's called???
Interesting your chassis # starts with a V ?? Great work!

[viscount60]

Really nice work SGTL.

It's time posted some pics of my Viscount 60 restoration, getting close to completion. Similar amount of frame and window work as yours.

Rex

[shesgotthelook]

Hi Rex, would love to see your photos! Please start a thread all about it.

A bit more progress;

I lined the cavity with a builders type foil



The finally finished ice chest




& in situ



I have since put a foam seal around edge of door. Also my builder man came out to deliver an exterior light surround he made for me & whipped in a put the door handle on---- in the wrong spot So I have removed it & puttied up the holes. Yoy will have to wait to see it with the door shut

[shesgotthelook]

[shesgotthelook]

Actually managed to pull it out of the shed for some serious tank flushing & a few little jobs

[cobber]

It's no good SGTL... .... it won't work... ....you should know better, you've been on the forum long enough to know...... .... ......ignoring the ice box and tea towel rail threads won't make them go away so... ....I've placed those loverly photos in those threads.... OK ?

You really have worked hard on this van aye ?..... and she's looking great

Cobber

[akeepsake]

SGTL The Phoenix looks fantastic well done!! But the tow car is letting it down!! Reckon you should flog it off to me!

[shesgotthelook]

Now Andrew, not after all the trouble I went to matching the blue stripe to the EJ!

[akeepsake]

I'll find a good one soon ! They seem to come up for sale and disappear before I can even look at them!
Btw love your Kooka mirror!
Cheers Andrew

[shesgotthelook]

With the chance to go to Barham child free, we accelerated work on Silvertail to get her ready. Registration completed the day before!



Managed to sneak in under 750kg



On way home from Barham

[shesgotthelook]

I was never overly happy with the upholstery. the materials & the upholsterer!. Found some fantastic vinyls via an e bay seller I picked some chairs up from. She put me in touch with a seller called the monster garage in Sydney who had just what I was looking for. Then, by chance again, Clark Rubber put me in touch with a sewing lady in Echuca. I couldn't be more pleased.

[penguin]

Van has come up nice. Upholstery looks great! I'm having trouble finding the monster garage though.

[shesgotthelook]

www.themonsteratno14.com.au/

& their e bay store is called the.monster.at.no.14

I don't know what vinyls they have left but worth getting in touch with them.

[shesgotthelook]

Look who we found at the Bendigo Camping & Leisure Show, none other than Jeff Chrisfield, the owner of Phoenix Caravans!

[Don Ricardo]

So SGTL,

Did you find out anything about a connection between Phoenix and Huntsman, and/or about the background to your van (understanding that they are unrelated topics)? Just wondering...

Don Ricardo