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Post by Roehm3108 on Dec 9, 2016 10:33:02 GMT 10
Hi Kingfisher Sorry to hear that you're doing battles with your health and do hope that it will improve. You are tackling a major restoration, well it's really a rebuild, with this van, which requires a huge effort even when a person has good health. You can use your project as a measure of your wellness in a way. Time the hours you are able to spend working with the van, and congratulate yourself for every hour you spend on it, because it is an hour you have shaved off the project and therefore is progress. I did this when I had my stress breakdown and found it great therapy. You feel like you can't do a thing, but then the cumulative effect if every quarter hour still sees the job done. Perhaps not at the rate you had originally hoped, but it did get done.. You will be surprised at how many people read your restoration threads. You have the patience to photograph and describe in good detail, the steps along the way. This is something that many of us can't be bothered doing, but is so useful for a budding restorer. It also would work as encouragement for yourself as you obligate yourself to the readers to keep going, albeit at a slower pace. So keep at it!!! Ray
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Post by King Fisher on May 3, 2018 17:36:49 GMT 10
Hi guys we had a great time at the nats catching up with old vans and friends. However the down side is that wiffie has given me an altermatum to have this van finished by the next nationals. Sheesh that's about 711 days away... So I plan to start back on it this weekend so hope to have some pickies to show off
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Post by brenten on May 3, 2018 18:21:22 GMT 10
i cant wait to see the photos .brenten
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Post by don257 on May 5, 2018 8:02:14 GMT 10
Hi guys first of all it was great catching up with you three at the nats once again .Boy Cam what a project , you and wiffie are doing a fantastic job from the pics that we have seen. We love seeing these old classics rescued and restored back to there former glory. The site foeman is a bit older now so i'm sure he will move things on a bit further now.Great work keep it up cant wait to see more pics as you too progress. Hope you are feeling a bit better. Doug and Vicki
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Post by King Fisher on May 7, 2018 17:26:34 GMT 10
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Post by King Fisher on May 7, 2018 17:37:46 GMT 10
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Post by King Fisher on May 7, 2018 17:43:17 GMT 10
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Post by King Fisher on May 7, 2018 17:43:49 GMT 10
our little foreman keeping an eye on the destruction of his caravan:
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Post by King Fisher on May 7, 2018 17:46:58 GMT 10
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Post by Franklin1 on May 7, 2018 21:01:57 GMT 10
G'day kingfisher, One possibility for the rebadged brand on your van is a "Roma". The painted line around some of the early Roma vans had a distinctive shape. If you look at the photos in this post in the Roma DHL thread, you'll see how the painted design looked on the front, sides, and rear. The red "R" in one of your photos might also point to the Roma name. Some of the early Roma vans had a chassis number welded on the drawbar which started with the letter 'R', followed by numbers. Keep in mind that Roma sourced their vans from a number of different manufacturers, so you'd have to do some more research to find out the original brand of your van. Hughdeany might be able to shed a bit more light on where your van could have come from. cheers, Al.
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Post by Don Ricardo on May 7, 2018 23:57:58 GMT 10
Hi Franklin1, The Burwood caravans like King Fisher's were built by Moreland Caravans and then sold under the Burwood name by Les Gough who also sold Hawthorn caravans. Interestingly George Moreland (Moreland Caravans) was the builder of Windmill Caravans in the 30's, before declaring bankruptcy in 1940. You can read George Moreland's story here, and the link between Burwood and Moreland Caravans here. Don Ricardo
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Post by hughdeany on May 8, 2018 1:31:54 GMT 10
Hi all, That “R” is a sticker from a 90s Roadstar caravan,there would have been a little crown on top! In the 80s and 90s you could buy most van brand stickers over the counter and put on whatever van you liked! I actually have some drawers full of stickers at home. Hope this helps, Cheers hughdeany
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Post by King Fisher on May 9, 2018 13:17:11 GMT 10
Built myself a count down timer and put it next to a photo of the van on my desk at work for motivation
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Post by mel on May 10, 2018 11:12:26 GMT 10
I just had another look over your photos to refresh my memory. I remember looking at them a couple of years ago and feeling overwhelmed by the work ahead of you. Nothing has changed, I still feel overwhelmed!! However, it is great that you have taken on this project and I look forward to following your journey.
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Post by don257 on May 10, 2018 12:06:45 GMT 10
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Post by King Fisher on May 10, 2018 12:20:48 GMT 10
...I still feel overwhelmed!! However, it is great that you have taken on this project and I look forward to following your journey. Well mel part of the delay was that I too got a VERY overwhelmed with the size of this project (apart from the health stuff), but now that we have a target which is 705days 04 hours and 41 min away I have a new lease of life and are just concentrating on the smaller chunks, at this stage which is the demolition. Sadly I have to remove the roof too because the added tin on top has caused the ply to delaminate in spots underneath and some rot. do this weekend the plan is to get it back to a bare frame, which will mostly finish off the demo stage and back to rebuilding.
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Post by King Fisher on May 17, 2018 14:26:02 GMT 10
didn't make much more progress on Jack, was not too well, but I did take off the trims around the RH window frames, and the roof hatch.
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