g'day all! buying my first bedford.

[ben]

nah man.. ive got no kids cause i married my van and i got black beddy spade so she cant have any kids.. but i still seem to adopt more and more beddies.. maybe one day ill be able to born beddies with all the fibreglass stuff im getting into! new fibreglass beddies wahoo!! see how we go with that lol

ben

[Warren]

nah man.. ive got no kids cause i married my van and i got black beddy spade so she cant have any kids.. but i still seem to adopt more and more beddies.. maybe one day ill be able to born beddies with all the fibreglass stuff im getting into! new fibreglass beddies wahoo!! see how we go with that lol

ben

I wondered what that ring of soot around your mouth was Ben, now I know

Benny the Bedophile 

Warren

[able]

i suppose i do not use the back door on my minivan because they had to put the gas tank there...

if i had a few feet without a tank i would use again....

their is enough room for tanks under bedfords so yer makes sense to keep the doors.

does look bloody good without though.... i should stop looking at all of your gallery's and concentrate on the reality that im doing up a practical everyday car and not a show car.

advice assimilated.

[Warren]

Able

After looking at you gallery all I can say is that it looks like you have a very clean, straight and prettywell rust free body.

I would advise not to over capitalise in the van, as you said it will be a daily driver, so spend your money on the important things, better brakes, sound deadening, carpet, good quality seats for the munchkins, maybe airco and in house DVD player.

Get a motor built to run straight gas, and get it on gas and it should last you for years

Are you thinking of putting any windows in the van ? 

[THEBED]

Please don't put windows in your van...
It's hard enough now to find a window free van.
I know it's only my opinion but no windows look GREAT

Janet

[Warren]

Yes Janet they do look good, but with a back full of kids on a trip, well youd go bonkaz

Warren

[able]

i have been thinking about the windows....

this is what i have come up.... please tell me if im off my rocker.

i was thinking of setting up cameras (like the flush reverse cameras) and having a plasma tv for the kids so that if they are not watching a movie they could look north, south, east or west with a flick of a switch\remote.

that way i don't need to buy windows or chop the van. (less access for rust)

i will have to have good aircon...

i like it with no windows but the kids deserve a view... of my rocker?

[Tweaker]

That does soud like a pretty groovy idea, but what if the kids wanna all look different ways at once? Maybe get a few DVDs? I put tiny little ports in the side of ours for the back seaters to view out if they wanna. But mostly the little fella wants to watch movies, play games or sleep. When the views not there you don't seem to mis it as much adn you don't have to worry about the sun belting in and burning your kids while they sleep leaning into the corner of the van. Or all over each other squerming "get off me, don't sleep on me", "Daaaaad he's sleeping on meeee!".

[able]

and with no windows they have a legitimate case for asking "are we there yet?" 

[Warren]

Able

The cameras/LCD idea sounds good if you really don't want windows, plus you can plug a PS2/xbox etc into it.

But for day to day stuff, I find my kids like to see where they are.

I have windows down the passenger side, but not the drivers side, and if you talk about stuff as you drive along they can miss out.

Oh and I used to get arguments between the kids about someone else looking out "their" window

Warren