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General Category => Cruises and Events => Topic started by: eddy on May 15, 2010, 06:13:15 PM
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Just saw a promo for the new A Team movie, throw in Adrians Charity A Team van and we got ourselves a new post ;D can't do too much till we get a meet and greet with Adrian but what a great cause if he agrees to get BUGA-a-fied and accepts a little help from the BUGA brethren for charity ......
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how is it going 2 be a charity van?
is it being built 2 auction then proceeds go 2 charity or ?
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hey bro, its simpler to read the post 'Thanks BUGA members' rather than retyping (I only got one good finger on each hand and one good eye that can see the key board) ;D
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well i did read it eddy but didnt see anything stateing whats going 2 happen to the van so i take its going 2 be auctioned?
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could ebay it and give proceeds to camp quality
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geez dunno boyz, depends on Adrian I reckon he might keep it after its used in the run, after all he will be spending money on it, then again I'm speaking out of turn, at the end of the day its his choice and we should respect what he decides to do :) but isn't it brill to see Weasil donating a van, hey that promo for the A TEAM movie shows the A TEAM van getting trashed !!!!
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fair enough , just wondered.
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yep thats prietty bloody awsome of weasil,
what a great bloke.
heart of gold i think.:)
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Hey guys,
Thanks for the kind comments. Just thought I’d respond to the queries/concerns of some. I don’t want to cause any confusion whatsoever so let me recap for clarity.
For those who had been following the posts, my initial post was seeking a lwb with preferably a V8 for which I was to purchase, safety modify and theme up for the purpose of participating in the Camp Quality esCarpade. The car rally/bash is the major fundraiser for Camp Quality which provides much needed recreation programs for children with cancer. ( see www.campquality.org.au (http://www.campquality.org.au) click on esCarpade ) I have seen the great work in detail as I am a current C.Q. volunteer who is actively involved in a leadership role, leading the camps for the kids, something I’ve been doing for about 14 years. I will also be needing to fundraise as well to the tune of around $5,000 (actual money donation, not value of donated goods). My intention had always been to purchase a van. Was outbid on Rubman’s black lwb, was waiting for Jimsvan’s black lwb to be ready. Even pursued that nice black one in New Zealand. But then came Weasil.
Whilst Weasil is donating the van, I will still be spending lots of personal money to get the van delivered from Qld to Melb, safety modifying the van eg bash plates, bulbar, front and rear tow bar, 4 x spare wheels, emergency flashing lights, cb, trip meter, signage, RWC, mechanical improvements, spare parts, insurance, registration, fuel, fuel and fuel, etc etc. Wouldn’t see much change out of several thousand dollars. So the donation of a van is a great start and, yes, further donations would be highly appreciated. My hope for this van is not for personal gain, and my intention was to keep the van for further bashes and infrequent personal use. I can understand peoples’ concerns about donating parts/services to what has now turned into a charity van, and what lies ahead for when it is to be sold. To be totally honest, I don’t know what the answer is. I do not want people helping out under the wrong impressions, and I don’t want to make any profit on the generosity of others. I’m very happy to hear peoples thoughts on what to do. The offering of a donated van has changed my initial plan, but a generous action like this from Weasil could not be refused.
I’m very pleased that Eddy has touched on ‘sussing’ me out as I can understand that having never met me, you just don’t know. I’m very happy to chat/meet/discuss with anyone to put all the confidence in the world that this is genuine and all above board. In a nutshell, I studied teaching at uni, ended up working for several not-for-profit charities and community groups, worked for about 5 years as a children’s entertainer at the Royal Children’s Hospital in Melb, and have now had a massive career change and am currently a real estate agent!!! (there you go – full disclosure. Don’t hold this against me!!!!) I have no mechanical knowledge or ability and will be heavily reliant on the mechanical services of others. I had met several of you at the Melbourne Bedford meet in March, and I am married with a 2 year old daughter Kiara.
Sorry for the long post but moving forward I’d only feel comfortable for people to donate stuff if they are comfortable to, with knowledge of no hidden suprises and no hidden agenda. This includes you too Weasil. This Thursday is the ‘point of no return’ (this is pick up day) so if there are any questions/concerns, please let me know before then.
Open to hear people’s thoughts on this.
Thanks again guys,
Adrian.
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sounds cool 2 me Adrian,
put me in for $100 a donation towards your $5,000 that u need.
do u have a paypal account ? or bank account ?
let me know asap ill transfer it straight away,
marty
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I pity the fool.
Sounds like a great project. I don't have money but I am learning a bit about Beddies and have a little steel fabrication shop in Collingwood. Perhaps I can help a little here and there with the project.
Drop in when you are in town - 7 easey st Collingwood. I am not always there so ring if you are on your way.
derek
0411 seven 28 364
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adrian
You should take abow .YOU are a infecious man what you have every man should have the love of caring and helping others with no personal gain .I know its not a lwb v8 but now we have a start and proud to assist.YOUR words are good enough for me only regret is not shaking your hand as a mate .thank you saint adrian ( hey thats got a ring to it ) ;D
weasil
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id be willing to help donate some fibreglass panels if needed.
ben
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hey guys, i have just finished watching: season 2 : episode 19 of the A-Team, the van got stolen by a chop shop, but amazingly enough, the a-team found the van in the city of angels, in just 47.8 mins, and saved their van from the choppers. I guess it will live to see adrians charity served. lol
Hey Adrian, the new A-Team movie is out in the next few days, hopefully it will be more true to the show then starky & crutchless, and the dukes of hazard remakes..
george.
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Hey guys,
Great to hear we are moving forward. Weasil, it is your opinion that matters the most. Thanks again. You will be hearing this often!
Marty, you're the first cash donation.Thanks mate. I'll get you the bank account details shortly. Just have to get this sorted with the bank.
Delrazor, great offer too. I will need to take you up on that. There are few things it would be great to get your help with. I'll be in touch when I get the van.
Ben, I may be calling you most!
Today, Sunday, was spent on a bash rally test day. It was an example of a 'day' that would typically occur over the C.Q. bash in October. Whilst not having a Bedford for the day, I did it in my brother in law's Landcruiser. Whilst capable in the land cruiser, It will be quite tough in a Bedford. 70 % dirt/off road. Approx 400 - 450 klms per day. Lots of ground clearance will be needed, bigger tyres, off-road suspension etc. The other bash cars have had lots of work done to them, and time for completion for us will be a huge factor. Hopefully things will be moving as soon as practical. But it will definately be achievable.The staff at Camp Quailty are very excited about the "A-Team" van being constructed for the bash this year, and they are even more excited about the involvement of the BUGA members.
I'll keep you all posted.
Adrian.
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adrian vin # GJ 535735 thurs day acumin
weasil
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hey adrian, there is a guy in newcastle, he has a really good replica of the a-team van, he also has a really good dummy of mr t that he takes with him. you will need to find a good costume shop, to fit in with the rest of the bash. Take a look at these pics, hope they will inspire you.
george
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Wow!!
That's great George. If anyone has his contact details, that would be great. With all my previous searching I didn't think there was another one out there. However, this one looks immacculate - the interior looks soooooo comfortable. Looks too good to even think about taking off road on the bash! But yes, he has now set a high standard.
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Man, that A-Team van looks amazing! Lot's of love and work done there ;D
Adrian, I was watching TV lastnight and saw the A-Team trailer and thought of ya :D
Sounds like after going on a trial run in the landcruider, the project is getting a little bigger huh?
Let me know when she's home and we can start making a list of stuf to do and a plan..then we can post it up here and see what people can offer or help out with ..
And we need to source a blow up Mr T as well LOL!
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Hi Adrian was at Kempsey swapmeet sunday and got some key rings(collector) from Camp Quailty stall and they were talking about the bash when i told them what your doing and they told me to tell you WATCH OUT FOR THE NUNS and they said they would watch out for the A TEAM Van. Allan
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hey adrian, i dont know the guy who done the van, just that he lives in newcastle, i do know he pinched my theme. lol I had all my info together and was getting ready to start the a-team, when i saw his pics online, well i canned the theme, only room for one SHOW QUALITY A-Team van. Early bird gets the worm, he beat me to it, thats why i am keeping my new theme hush hush till the unvailing. If i find anything on him though i will pass it on to you.
Hey mark b, a blow up T, i never lol ;D sooorrrry ;D ;D
adrian, make sure you seal the beddy, dust is a killer on the bash, if you have never done the bash, nuns on the run are a classic.
here are a few more pics of his van. He even had the reel to reel tape deck mounted.
george.
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hey Adrian, mate i was going through some of my info, and found this contact, I am sure these guys worked on the newcastle A-Team van. If they are still there they might be able to put you in touch with the owner.
ENGINE ACTION: Phn : 02 4927 6266
Hope this helps.
george.
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That's great George.
I could never believe that only you and I would be the only ones wanting to drive around in an A team van. I bet there are hundreds of us George! I understand how you feel when you find someone else who has completed your dream. But I bet you he never had the other part of his dream fulfilled - where a group of strangers with a common interest combine their talents for the good of others!!!
This has been an ongoing desire for many years so doesn't matter how many more are out there. I still don't want to lose sight of the bigger picture.
Allan, great to hear of others talking about the bash. 'Nuns on the Run' have a great theme. The group of girls dress up in their 'habits'. Costume and themes are great. Wish I looked more like Mr T. rather than that little Arnold from Different Strokes!! "Whatch you talkin bout Willis!"
Mark B - will do.
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OK im gunna fess up.....at the time of getting my very first beddy van the A team was in it's prime. I was dating a much older lass at the time and she had 2 boys that were 4 & 6 years of age and we used to watch the A team and Night Rider together......me and the boys wanted to do the van up like the A team van.....then the relationship ended as did the A team on TV....and the van ended up as the red one with dragway wheels!!!! Dragway finally made a die up to suit bedfords after much persisting on my behalf.....and i believe mine was the first Beddy van with them on.....and i recall even in the very early 80's the cost me $2400.00......nearly a years pay way back then lol.......ohhhhh to be a single man!!!!! I still have a die cast model of the A Team van at home that i have treasured for many years......sadly though.....i have what can only be considered a reverse mohawk hair do these days,,,,,,and the B.A Baracass body is somewhat a different shape to what it used to be......but to be fair.....round is still a shape!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!..............oh............ and i love it when a plan comes together...........Hanables favourite tag line!!!!!!!
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Gooooodd morrning bedfordnam, ;D this post is getting contagious, what a great bringing together of beddie minds and such for a great cause, hey Adrian looking forward to catching up with you to discuss how we can help, maybe a meet and greet on a weekend day when the dust has settled from the arrival of the van, don't make it a Sunday or a barbie or anything thats gunna cost money .... put the jug on that'll do. I do alot of work with young people as well mainly those that have stuffed up with the law, committing serious crime or on the streets and have had great results so far, past 2 years I worked with around 200 high risk and at risk young people and so far have managed to get three studying to be youth workers, out of that 200 six have committed further serious crimes but hey not bad statistics, can't save the whole world but can take heart from those that do change their lives. Not familiar with Camp Quality so am interested in hearing of your work, I am based in Dandenong and cover this area as well as Casey and Cardinia in my line of work, I do alot of crime presentations to Secondary Schools and community organisations so maybe theres a chance of some support, the opportunities are endless just takes imagination and a bit of convincing and planning ....... Eddy MAC
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In case you haven't seen the new trailer:
http://www.beyondhollywood.com/second-a-team-trailer-specializes-in-the-ridiculous/ (http://www.beyondhollywood.com/second-a-team-trailer-specializes-in-the-ridiculous/)
I love it when a plan comes together!
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Hey Kimbo, Sounds like I'm at where you were! Wish we were travelling through W.A. for you - I'll have the drivers seat ready for ya.
Eddy, lovin what you do too. I used to do several camps for kids at high risk. We may have crossed paths at some time. There'll be alot of amazing people out there in BUGA who do such amazing work, just that nobody knows about it.
Guys, I am going to be at a work conference interstate all week and unsure of my internet facilities. I'll try and touch base with the posts but not sure how often can view. The van is booked for pick up this Thursday and will be in Melb first week of June. It feels just like the Christmases I remember as a little kid.
Thanks guys,
Adrian.
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re the newcastle ateam van.
I don't know the guy who owned it/ built it but according to chatter on a forum I used to monitor, he is a member of Majestic vanners over there in aus. He was a pom and the forum he was on has been closed down, it was hosted by good forum I think. In some of the last posts on that forum he stated that he'd sold the van reluctently due to ill health. Most of the chatter on the forum was between him and a con man over here in NZ. Unfortunatley the con man had sucked him in to believing he was going to come over to aus and do some amazing work on his a team van, reality was the con man was just that a con man. Maybe the selling of the van may have been to put the con man off once he'd figured it out so who knows maybe he still owns it, I know if I'd built I would have great trouble parting with it, or any show beddy for that.
I too was influenced by the a team back in the 80's that I would 1 day build a custom van. A dream I finally realised in 1990 when I bought my cf. 20 years ago this month I bought my cf and to celebrate I'm going to go back to the guy I bought it off, he still lives in the same house out in the country, and show him what the van has been up to in the last 20 years. I got talking to a couple at a show back in january who know him and they told he he'd be really pleased to see his old van, so am making it my next mission to do once my wife has our second child late this week.
Adrian I now wish I lived over there as it sounds like you guys are going to have a lot of fun building the van and for a very good cause. I wish you guys all the best for the project, it will be good to have a lot of buga's getting together both for a common interest and a good cause.
Cheers Jeff
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i think
sxv is still running as far as i know
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hey cfjeff, dont quote me here, cause i have not spoken to the guy who owned the a-team van. I stumbled onto his page mid last year and he had just finished the van and had already shown the van at the bathurst hotrod or van show there. By xmas he had shown it at least half doz times through out NSW. I am only working on what i have read, and dates & places marked on each pic. Also i worked off names on buildings and banners that flew in the pics. As far as i know he is still in newcastle, and still owns his van.
At the end of the day, untill one of us tracks him down, and talks to him, all this is just speculation, i will certainly pass on any new info i get, because he did a very nice job of his van, the exhausts are the only thing he did not replicate, short of that he got it close, even to the GMC grill badge and motor.
george.
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dose this help
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hello beddford brothers
I have tried twise to get the van to melbourne.the van only has a hand brake front hq dics ect need tobe fitted,attempt one i did a qik fix on hand brake :-\thourght it would do .You know what thourght did, :oImagine backing out my drive on a hill,the pick up truck at the top and me inthe van inthe middle ok.so backed out so far so good,moving down the hill with hand brake just holding and F!@# me dead if im lying hand brake cable brakes so now rolling down hill with no brake I remember that my 2004 clubsport is behind me, as I live on a dual carrage way I just turned towards the medim strip.well that was a good morning I think I shit my self but it felt so warm ,I chucked out my jocks. ;DSO attempt twoI replace the complete diff and tail shaft out of my sons van which I spent 800.00 on with perfect hand brake and cables rear hand brake is aaa+ but when the dude turned up to pick it up I had mixture wrong onthe new varajet carbie so it was choking when excellerating so after 3 times this impaitant ass wipe said hes going. so the time it tookto get out of the van he had gone .I opened bonnet ajusted mixture screw and wow fixed if the guy was at my house for ten mins Id be lying .OK this is why the ateam van has not arrived in melbourne.SO please forgive me Iam tryng to help CC
weasil :-*
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Hey Buga team,
As you know, the A-Team van for Camp Quality fundraiser project has had its ups and downs over the last several months. With buga member Weasil so generously donating his van for the cause, we have had lots of problems in transporting it down from Gold Coast to Melbourne. The transport trucks have been twice on separate occasions but the first time as was being put on the truck, the handbrake cable broke crashing it into a tree, and second time they came but wouldn’t take it because it had no brakes at all. Weasil has been doing what he can from his end and we have both been trying to do whatever we could to get this happening.
However, now we have had to resort to the fact that the bash is just around the corner and there will be not be enough time to get this van working, transported down, and then all the time to prepare the van and get the mechanics up to scratch and bash ready. Both Weasil and I have now decided that we are now having to put this project off till next year.
I am still going to do the fundraiser bash this year, but I will be using a “loan” bash car that is already bash ready. (the current bash car owners are unable to be on the bash this year so are loaning out their car). I will pursue this again next year when there will be a lot more time to get things ready.
Thanks sooooooo much for all the members that were going to help out. I will let you know when it is back on and hopefully we can get this project back again.
Thanks guys – sorry it’s not happening this year.
Adrian.
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Adrian
Just keep plugging away, and you WILL be ready for next year.
Warren
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Hey Adrian dont sweat mate, its taken me 20 months to get mine to this condition for the Variety Bash - although its important for the kids, its just as - if not more important, to do the job properly, so take your time - there would be nothing worse than rushing it and having a bad accident as a result. 12 months or so is not too far away and hey, gives you heaps of time to take advantage of the beddie bretheren!
keep at it mate
mezz
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Hi Guys,
I have been reading your comments about my van and I thank you for them, I see some pictures have made it on as well.
Yes it truely was a satisfying project to do, and one I really admired once I finished.
I showed it a few times and won a few trophies for my efforts, I was asked all the time if I was selling it, well it got to the stage that it was one offer to many and I ended upselling it to a bloke in Wollongong, I have emailed Adrian and told him all about it.
I will of course assist Adrian fully if he plans on building one,I have looked for the blokes name and number who I sold it to, but have come up empty handed, but she's out there somewhere in Sydney waiting to be found, and if Camp Quality is to benefit then so be it.
It was rather low to be used in the bash anyway, you would have ended up damaging the front end, I had enough trouble getting in and out of my driveway at home.
Thanks again for all your comments and I'll chat to you all later
Cheers
Nick