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[Jason 253 CF]

or even scooby doo, that's how my little cousins remember what the van is because of the one at movie world

[Bedfordcrazy]

hey guys, the movie world van, is it the same one used in the movie ? or is it another one ? if it is the same one, my mate was hired to build the movie van, he had to make it look LHD to impersonate a  yank chev, he used to work as an engineer for bedford here in oz back when they were bought out from england. I went over to his place one day back in 97, and he showed me his 5 acre property at bardon, he had 200 vans there, thats where i stopped counting lol, he had a lwb van he was working on for a company near frazer island, he had to make it stretch, and make it 4x4 for the dunes. He took me inside the house, underneath was closed in, and in one room every wall was covered in those little draws, nut and bolt draws. When bedford stopped selling here, and the place he worked for shut up shop he bought all their stock. In those draws, he had every rubber, washer, screw, ball joint, you name it he had it. I wanted something for my rack i think it was, he ran his finger over the draws, stopped and gave me, brand new the part i wanted, it was like being in a dealership parts shop. Awesome day. The downside here, he had just got divorced, and a week after i was there, i saw him and he told me, while he was out, his ex sent a mobile crusher to the property and she managed to crush 87 of his vans b4 he could stop her, if thats not vindictive i dont know what is. Let me tell you guys, we have a lot of switched on guys here, but this guy he could tell you every milimeter of a van, how it was built what it looked like, how to modify it, all without pauseing. He actually worked on a lot of the custom show vans from the 70s. I will dig up the pic of the stretch he was building when the crusher moved in, and post it, yep my camera was going to town that day.  I lost touch with him after the crushing incident, i know he moved, that guy could solve every problem we have ever had, a walking bedford encyclopedia.

george.

[ben]

wow yeh would like to meet this bloke! 200!! gee wouldnt like to be moving 100 vans eh

[Bedfordcrazy]

hey ben, mate to hear this guy talk bedfords, was something else, the trick he used to build the scooby movie van was just unreal to listen to as he talked. Here are 2 pics i took at his place, the one under the shade cloth was the 4x4 van he was working on, he completely re engineered the running gear, and so you know, when transport looked at his vans, they never knocked him back. He knew their rule book better then they did, i tell you, i wish he was here now, i could use him on my van, he did electrical, mechanical and body, when i knew him he was a bedford mechanic, thats what the yellow van was there for. The other pic shows my van [bullbar] in bedford heaven. Back then i was still useing a film camera, if i had a digital i would of had hundreds of pics.
george.

[Bullstik]

hey george, i think i've taken a pic of that van last year


not looking too good.. its over at south maclean

[Bedfordcrazy]

gidday mate, well it certainly looks like his van, i think after the crusher episode, he did little or no work on beddys, as i said i lost contact, partly because i ended up in hopsital just after that, and lost touch with most friends for a while. I'm still meeting old friends now. Do you know his name ? If you know his address can you email PM me, believe it or not I am just near him, if it's him. I see all the front crossmembers are in order so you can find them. lol    we used to go for a walk through all his vans, show vans and vans in all conditions, i think i would need to get a 4x4 wheelchair to look at them these days, if its him.
george.

[Warren]

Maybe you could find him on FaceBoock 

Warren

[Bullstik]

hi george. his name is paul. i'm not sure if he still lives there or not but arron knows more about him than i do.


email sent

[Bedfordcrazy]

thanks mate, we are talking about the same guy.
george.

[SkippyThBushKangeroo]

 Uuuuuuuummm!! warren used th  "F" word again