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Post by cobber on Jul 11, 2007 12:15:43 GMT 10
Caravan World, August 2007 has an article by Susan & Keith Hall about a bloke who became so obsessed with vintage caravans that he started a web site for like minded people to talk about their hobby, and dreams about starting a vintage caravan museum..... must be some kind of nut  ;D Cobber. |
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Post by Deleted on Jul 11, 2007 13:20:16 GMT 10
Yo Cobber I was sorta wandering the other day if this "nut" still exists?  Havent heard from him for a while.  Probably cant get a word in with all this east coast dribble going on.  A caravan museum.... cool Full of dinosaurs Bondasaurus rex Fibregross maximus allodactil Sounds way to scarey to run a school excursion through there  On the seriuos side. It seems like every edition of whatever vanning magazine lately has a story on vintage vans. this has got to be good for our hobby eh   ;D Reddo |
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Post by Deleted on Jul 12, 2007 22:19:13 GMT 10
Reddo says "Probably cant get a word in with all this east coast dribble going on." NUT |
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Post by tinnie on Jul 12, 2007 23:48:53 GMT 10
Just read the article (and had a gander at the pics). Nice work again Mark! Certainly seem to be getting lots of exposure everywhere for Vintage Vans lately. It reall is great that our hobby (and love?passion?obsession?addiction?illness?) is getting popular with so many people everywhere, except for one drawback, in becoming more popular it is also becoming more expensive .  Oh well, still love the way that people will stop to look at a $1000 worth of VV, but no-one really gives a rats about $50K worth of modern stuff ;D. Maybe becoz it is plastic not timber, or tin, or, yeh ok, Fibre-class. Cheers, Tinnie |
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Post by Deleted on Jul 13, 2007 7:33:12 GMT 10
AAAAAAAAAAAAhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh I have achieved my goal and awoke the sleeping giant from his cave:D ;D.... I have heard of bears going into hybernation during the cooler months .. but not Poo-Bahs Hows thing Mark . I've got a really cute fugly ( contradiction of terms i suppose) van for your museum. Only one in captivity. extra extra rare grab it before i stuff it on ebay. Reddodribbler |
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Post by Don Ricardo on Jul 15, 2007 18:42:55 GMT 10
Got my copy of Caravan World and loved the article. It was also fantastic to see a few more photos of two of Mark's vans. Looking forward to seeing an expose on the four Dons one day... Great to see Mark's work in establishing the website and forum recognised...and for infecting so many with "V V-itis". Last count 622 plus lots of regular visitors. I hear that the World Health Organisation has set up a taskforce to investigate this new disease afflicting so many Australians. They are quite concerned that it has jumped the ocean and has now shown up amongst a few people in the UK as well (hello Cornish Lass and Brian!) Sorry, Mark a bit of East coast dribble ;D ;D ;D. But we all have a lots to thank you for - and we do wholeheartedly. Don Ricardo |
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Post by exocet on Jul 19, 2007 20:58:59 GMT 10
Hi Don R, just a little bit of trivia, but did you see the picture of the DON being towed by the FX Holden in the July edition of Caravan World? Or has somebody already mentioned it? Quite a nice photo all the same.
cheers Exocet
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Post by Don Ricardo on Jul 21, 2007 23:43:15 GMT 10
Hi Exocet,
Thanks for the 'heads up'. I checked around a couple of my local newsagents and found one that hadn't returned his July Caravan Worlds to the publisher. Eureka!
Great photo of a nice little Don 100 model.
Regards,
Don Ricardo
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Post by Deleted on Jul 22, 2007 0:13:28 GMT 10
so ......are you guys just going to keep me in the dark or will you be kind enough to SHARE the so called pic of the FX with bubby Don Mark |
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Post by Don Ricardo on Jul 22, 2007 0:41:14 GMT 10
OK Mark, you persuaded me ;D ;D I should have known that the combination of a Don with an FX would get you intrigued!!  Taken from Caravan World, July 2007, p. 73I was interested in Jim Stirling's comment about his mother's ability to come up with a Sunday roast. It reminded me of the times when I was a kid and we took our Don down to Torquay or Barwon Heads, near Geelong where my father was born. My dad's family would all visit us in the van - sometimes in great numbers - and my mother would create a 2 or 3 course meal for everybody using our little petrol stove in the van. No BBQ's at the camping ground or nearby take-aways in those days. I still don't know how she did it... Don Ricardo (Regarding the photo, given that this is out of a recent magazine, I'm not sure whether there are copyright issues. However it is permissable to take a copy of a small part of a publication for private research purposes, and I guess that's what we're involved in. Besides I hope that Caravan World will be willing to cut us a bit of slack if I mention what a fine magazine they produce which includes information of interest to both modern van types as well as vintage vanners. Well worth buying if you're interested in caravans.) |
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Post by exocet on Jul 22, 2007 9:14:14 GMT 10
Hi Mark T, i'm still fairly useless on the computer, and still have't mastered the abilility to post photo's, one day i guess i will learn, but luckily a couple of times now Don R, the gentleman that he is, has kindly followed up and posted them instead.
Cheers Exocet
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Post by Deleted on Jul 22, 2007 18:43:53 GMT 10
mmmmm......thanks Don R ......nice pic ...seen a car & caravan just the same as that up Beverley way recently ;D ;D Can anyone decipher the No plate on that FX ..... |
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Post by Don Ricardo on Jul 22, 2007 19:50:25 GMT 10
Victorian plate - UW 335 The paintwork on the car is grey with a white roof ;D ;D ;D Hope that helps!! (Funny the sky and the hills are grey too ) Don Ricardo |
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