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Post by curiousvanner on May 3, 2009 1:33:01 GMT 10
My de faco father in law has just purchased a "vintage" van from a property at KiKi in the Murray Mallee in SA. It sat in a shed for 30 plus years then under a tarp for some there after. He assumed it was an custom build. But after a prep for a respray he just discovered a name on it. It has a manufacuture build of 1965. It has 13 inch tyres in it and then he discovered a name on it that means it was mass produced. It has a name of Auila on it.
Does anyone know if this model or manufacture? I will provided photos if required.
Cheers!
Rob
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Post by curiousvanner on May 3, 2009 1:34:30 GMT 10
Sorry it should read as an Aquila
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Post by woddaquest on May 3, 2009 7:54:03 GMT 10
 :oCan't help you ,but wish I'd found it in the six years I'd been driving through,but still some photos I'm sure we'd all like to see. 
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Post by cobber on May 3, 2009 7:54:16 GMT 10
G'day Rob, Welcome to the forum  Aquila is not a name we have heard of connected with Vintage Caravans............. yet. Post a photo of it if you can (best in the "Members Photo Album" forum... you can also get clues as to how to post photos at the top of that forum) and maybe somebody will recognise it. Cobber. |
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Post by curiousvanner on May 3, 2009 17:48:06 GMT 10
I will post some piccys as soon as he returns from a trip with it. He is off with the Chrysler Club os SA with his fully restored 1948 DeSoto. They are on a run with restored cars and vans. I will be back..Apparently he can make out the name Aquila on the front of the van. It is in perfect condition. Just needs a paint job. Should be back end of this week...
Thanks all!
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Post by curiousvanner on Jun 3, 2009 19:58:54 GMT 10
Greetings Van Guru's I posted a little plea for help with an Aquila Van. Well, while he was away he broke down in his 1948 DeSoto and was stranded for over a week. I had major technical difficulties getting photos of it BUT I now have some very poor mobile phone shots of it. Are you able to tell us if it was mass produced or it's a home made jobbie? I will try and provide you with as much info as possible.       Looking at the door it says to me it's a home made job. Not 100% sure... Cheers Guru's |
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Post by Don Ricardo on Jun 3, 2009 21:15:01 GMT 10
G'day Curiousvanner,
Good to see the pics of the Aquila van, and I presume the fact that you were able to get photos of it indicates that its owner and tow car got home safely in the end, which is also good to hear.
Looking at the van, there are some things about it that say 'home made' to me but other things that say the opposite. The join in the aluminium cladding along the side is one thing which suggests 'home made', but on the other hand the front window is typical of the windows van manufacturers like Roadhaven used in the late 50's, etc. Certainly if the van is home built then the windows have been sourced from a manufacturer somewhere (which is not impossible or even necessarily unlikely).
One thing which has occurred to me is that the aluminium cladding may have been placed over original bondwood cladding by a home handyman. That would also explain the covered wheel arch... If you look in the cupboards, wardrobe, behind the fridge, etc, what do you see? Is it bondwood? What about the areas where the cladding adjoins the windows on the exterior? Does it look as if the windows were put in after the cladding or vice versa? Just a few questions that might tell us something.
I'm sure others will make some comments.
Don Ricardo
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Post by curiousvanner on Jun 3, 2009 22:32:17 GMT 10
Don,
thanks for the reply...
I have some nice photos on A camera of the inside with cupboard doors open. BUT the camera will not co-operate and let me get the shots off. So I Will venture to take some more after the long weekend.
They went on a run with the Chrysler Club to Ceduna and beyond. They were stranded in Elliston after bearings problems. Then the wrong parts were sent hence a longer wait for the right ones. The iside is perfect but just doesn't have that polished edge to it. A lot of work has gone into it.
The part about the windows makes alot of sense. Could have easily been added in.
You noticed the wheels...Well it is impossible to remove the wheels to change the 13inch tyres. This must have been an over-thought (home made)?
He has had to make a few adjustments to the springs to enable the removal of a tyre.
They will be taking it with us this weekend to Riverton. So I will use a different camera to source some great (better) shots.
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Post by Don Ricardo on Sept 24, 2017 20:48:22 GMT 10
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:oCan't help you ,but wish I'd found it in the six years I'd been driving through,but still some photos I'm sure we'd all like to see. 
