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Title: Another new member
Post by: silverado on May 19, 2009, 10:06:07 PM

Hey Team

Well where to start, er with the Beddy I spose, ok 84 CF face lift, SWB, Trident mags, 202 Holden motor and an auto.
Come's complete with the statutory rust in all the right "wrong" places.

Us Me "him" 45 Her 44, live on the road full time in our 1967 11 meter Bedford VAL bus, wihich is a professionaly built self contained motor home.
Currently we are based in KeriKeri Northland NZ where im doing motorhome fit outs, repairs and upgrades for various motorhomers.

Trained as an auto sparky, built and restored lots of cars utes, classics blah blah
Spent to much of my apprecticship hours working on CF Bedfords for NZ post in the late 70's and early 80's to have known better than to buy one.
But ive always wanted to build a custom van, so whats the plan stan.

Well lets see it will be called "Silverado" and be done in a western theam, because we both like the wild west and im a country entertainer.
We plan to do the van in a soft silver blue with darker blue accents, a little air brushing etc, but before that il put an aero foil up top on the back, a spoiler on the front, maybe some flairs and id really like an "ace of spades" bubble window in the rear on each side.

Basicly we are going traditional old school cool, I saws these windows when i was a youngen and loved them.
Ive been searching around but it looks like I will have to make a die and maunfacture my own as they are no longer available.

The bed in the back has to store my sound gear, PA speakers etc underneath, so we will be keeping the rear doors, but im really tempted to gull wing the side door, we'll see.

First things first though, some rust repair, power steer and a new steering wheel...

Anyway thats enough waffle from me.

Cheers for now
Rusty

   

Title: Re: Another new member
Post by: waikatostocky on May 20, 2009, 02:44:01 AM

Wellcome to the site mate.Glad to have you on board.

Lots of good blokes on here and a shit load of know how from across the ditch to.

Cheers Paddy

Title: Re: Another new member
Post by: ben on May 20, 2009, 09:54:54 AM

yeh welcome bud.. soudns like you live an intersting life. i like it!!!

ben

Title: Re: Another new member
Post by: BusyKiwi on May 20, 2009, 03:09:24 PM

Glad to see you made it

Title: Re: Another new member
Post by: silverado on May 20, 2009, 03:42:43 PM

Thanks guys
Im sure we will get a lot out of it all.

Rusty