Now I've done it

[BusyKiwi]

I got engaged over the weekend

That's the good news, bad news is the custom van is up for sale once it's finished, and maybe the standard one too, my bedford trailer project will also be up for sale (soon).
I just want to get the custom van road legal and painted (interior probably wont be finished), probably just paint it a metallic (dark) blue or something basic

wife-to-be has not long brought a house and sadly it's not bedford friendly (driveway or garage) so plan is to either win lotto or get a bit of the mortgage paid off, sell and get a life style block or something with BIG garaging and start again. Next one will be tandem axle flat deck with V8 on woodgrained deck and want to do a tandem swb

So yeah, bummer

[Jock]

Congrats on the engagement Busy. Good luck with selling the vans.

Cheers

Jock

[Bas / NZ]

David, would be hard to put a pice on the custom Beddie........... All the best

[Rogue Trooper]

Why don't you just rent a garage somewhere? Some storage outfits have large sheds for cars too but renting a garage from someone who doesn't use theirs would be cheaper.

Maybe even a corner of a warehouse somewhere that has spare space. I reckon you'd be better off putting it into storage for a while because there is no way you would ever recoup the cost of the time you have spent on either van to date. Then when you get your lifestyle block sorted you'll be ahead already and just have to dust the old girl down and away you go.

[BusyKiwi]

I thought about the storage idea but most places don't like you working on them while there

[Rogue Trooper]

You won't be able to work on them if you sell them either    Maybe just storage in the meantime then?

[BusyKiwi]

I always remember that line in the movie corvetter summer, talking about the corvette after it was 'stolen', "it's a commodity to be brought and sold"

I've also got other van related hobbies, currently am modifying little hotwheel vans to bedfords (changing all the body lines and stuff), wont mass produce them as they take some much time. But also doing 1/25 scale plastic vans. I have about 12 currently but am working on a bedford one and plan to cut it in half from end to end and make resin copies, customize each and then stick them to the wall (space saver models)

[Sundownernz]

David, David, David. What are you thinking 

"it's a commodity to be brought and sold" Correct, so keep the vans and sell the house.  As it'll be half your house anyway, sell it and get a more user frendly house and KEEP THE VANS.

Congratulations on doing the deed anyway. You'll need to keep the custom van to use as a wedding car so that gives you another year or so before moving them on in which time you can sort the house issue out. See, simple.

Hope you can make the meeting at the weekend so we can talk some sense into you.

[BusyKiwi]

Can't make the meeting, got rallies from OZ coming over thursday, have to do the sociable family thing

[hotrod]

Hope you can make the meeting at the weekend so we can talk some sense into you.

By the sound of it, it is too late.  He has already asked her

Congrats Busy and welcome the the world of misery we love to call marriage