Our first Beddie

[Malley]

Greetings All,

Well, after months of searching our family's first Beddie has arrived. Picked up from Kilmore in Victoria and driven back to Canberra on Sunday...

The GusBus as it's being called by my younger kids has been modified with full HQ running gear, a 253 and celica 5 speed... LSD 2.78 diff, new spring, shocks and bushings...

The motor is old... and the oil smoke filling the cabin under engine load leads me to believe she might be a bit tired

The interior had a major makeover a few years ago... just needs new carpet and a decent clean now.... 240v electrics (fridge and lights) will have some 12V cousins soon.

The arse has a gaping hole formed by the welding up of the top of the rear doors and the insertion of a panel to form a tool box recess... so a fibreglass replacement panel over the hole is on the cards... if any of the fibreglass guys here want the work, along with a set of flares and spoilers, PM me

Can't wait!!!!

[Bedfordcrazy]

Dont forget the pics, oh yeh, welcome. 

george.

[Bedfordcrazy]

Hey Malley, saw your pics, mate this looks like a tidy little van. I like that rear door thingy, never seen that b4    I see it has qld plates. So what is the plan, custom, standard, daily driver. Welcome aboard, the guys on here are passionate about their vans, so plenty of help waiting to be handed down.

george.

[Malley]

Hi George,

Thanks for the words....

The rear door thingy is just a steel plate that's been put across the back as a certification requirement for a 5 seat conversion. The rear seat is across the back where the rear doors use to be. Apparently the hole formed out the back was used as a tool box rack of sorts. The towbar has angle iron brackets that the tool box could slide down into. What I'm hoping to do is get a fibreglass rear panel with a spare wheel cover moulded in to cover over the hole. The current spare wheel space would then have a water tank fitted underneath.

We both like the look of the glassed in flares and spoilers so they are on the cards as well.

The van is for my stepson... a muso, to camp in on tour as well as lugging the bands gear round in for gigs.

So... a bit custom, a bit camper....

She's fairly tidy... a bit neglected and run down but an excellent start.

[Bedfordcrazy]

Mate if you want fibreglass parts, talk to our mate ben on this site. He supplies all our glass work for us. I have one of his overhead consoles for my van, and he is always expanding the gear available. So call him, his is a melbourne guy, also if you want spare parts benny also wrecks vans. Good luck, and look forward to seeing the van come together.

george.