Introductions

[Bullstik]

I never seen an introduction thread in the old forum and being new I thought this would be a good way to get to know all of us better,


Myself

I'm 35, cabinetmaker/ joiner in brisbane, bought my first bedford afew weeks ago. I been looking for the right one for afew years but settled fixing other cars like falcon's and f100's and torana's.

My beddy is a 1971 long wheel base, has a chevy 307 with a T400 gear box. Havent got it on the road yet, i'm fixing her up first 

[ShaneJ]

Welcome to the board mate.

[hammers_spanners]

Hey Bullstik

Get some pix up mate.

And welcome.

Craig

[matty]

Top idea
 
    I'm a 28 year old mechanic by trade but I am now delivering and installig fitness equipment. I've owned a few cars but have never
done one up, normally I just run them into the ground.  My van is the first ride I have owned that has been able to be reregistered, which that could be a sign I'm getting older or I'm sick of losing my licence (3 times now).   I have no real big plans for the van, just keep the rust at bay and keep it road worthy. I having to much fun driving it to take it off the road.

   The green van is enginered for a 5 litre motor but is curruntly running a 186 auto and a modified diiff, Hq brakes all round and with what seems to be standard suspension.  I have sitting there ready to go a twin carb 202 manaul and chev diff waiting for some warmer weather to but it in. There is no body mods at the moment and other then a front spoiler, I'm not really planning on any.

   My other ride is a kawasaki 98 ZX6R ninja
 

[John Abbott]

Hi Guys...Im 45, Field Technician working at Murdoch University Veterinary School in Perth W.A.
I currently own a 1975 LWB trayback. 173 auto, hq diff and brakes all round.Bought it for $400.00
licenced and running and have done a few things to make it more reliable.Previous cars include,Morris Minor panel van,GTR torana, Mazda 808 sedan, XD falcon ute, Volvo 240 wagon (hate them now) 1955 Morris Minor sedan (project soon to be sold) and hopefully a Beddie van at a later date!  Have been into Bedfords for only about 3 years but am sold on them 100% and i luv this site.!cheers...John Abbott.

[ben]

nice thread bullstik..

john you have brakes all round??? nice work!!!

I run a jukebox hire business, chroming busienss (not electroplating), Pa hire business

well im 22, and have now owned 16 different vechiles and 8 have been bedfords!!!! ive fallen madly in love with the almighty bedford, i know its terrible but im seriously addicted..

I worked down with the local mechanic for a few weeks a few months ago.. and hated it, give me a bedford to work on anyday over a new car!! nice easy simple straight forward..

I have a patchy matt black swb at moment, gets regoed on friday wahoo!! it runs a 173, 4speed, borg centred beddy diff, dragways, flare kit, sunroof and i have plans to so similar mods to it as the van sweetheart with the sandman complete back end inc lower tailgate lift up hatch, rear tail lights. ill convert it straight to gas as soon as i get it regoed..

i also have a Lwb i worked on late last year that got shelved cause i ran out of time and money.. will get back to that one after i do what i want to black beddy!!


ben.

[Sundownernz]

Hi all. First post on the new site. Looks great. Thought I'd go under a different user name on this site but it's one I use elsewhere and the avitar is the same as the old site so you should know me by now.

I'm 50 something, been in vanning since 1976 when I was a founder member of the first custom van club in NZ (Parlour Vans) and now president of same club. Also secretary/treasure of the Van Association of NZ (VANZ). First van was a '73 CF SWB called Windsong, running 283 chev etc. Current van is a '80 CF LWB running 350 chev etc called Genesis, currently undergoing some major interior mods and as usual taking far longer than it should.

I'm married with two almost grown up kids. I work as a trials officer/design engineer/project manager/section manager for Defence Technology Agency doing technical and scientific research for the NZ Defence Dept. Great job(s) and good fun.

Looking forward to a great time on this site and hope to help out where I can.

Keep on Truckin
Garry. 

[obsession]

g"day again ,Iv been into beddys for about 25years Im 40 now and Iv been in the van scene for most of that time been President of Wanders custom vans,highrollers van club,sunrunners van club, member of westside pickups, and founding member of Van council of Western Australia,Also used to do beddy articals for custom vans & trucks mag.
Pickmeup is my big brother and jilybean is my partner and driving force! We have 5 kids ......yes 5 and there all great .
Our current van is an old Victorian beddy built by a fellow member eddy thats getting a bit of a face lift.
Im into custom work ,the eagles,and jill  : oh yea I collect photos of beddies. I blame it all on my brother he made me an addict......lol



The A team (Anderson)

griffs van -my life long ambition to rid it of rust.... and the boys
our rebuilder

best mate danny is also responsible for my bedfordtitus ...but thn again i introduced him to his wifey so i guess were even...lol
 

[pickmeup]

Okay I have been a vanner since Noah put mags and ostrich skin seatcovers on the ARK.
Cant remember how many Beddies I have had,but the last few years I have been into pickups of the rodded variety. 
Made a number of trips to the USA to see some hot trucks and vans in recent times.
I dont have a van at the moment but when the right one comes along I will pounce.
Being divorced at 45 and living on my own makes it easy to start a project with out permission.
But no garage or patio will slow me down,but I will strike sooner than later.
Thanks for the new site and hope to see you's all in Geelong next year at the Nats.
Cheers Brian.

[strez]

Hi all i`m 35 and been a spraypainter in cairns for the last 15 years . was and still into bikes only owned two cars both beddys . first one was lwb registed in1999 (had it for about 2 years befor that as i bought it for $400 and it needed work) sold in 2003 after girlfriend bought a car .
missed it heaps so bought 2 swb in 2005 for $1000 , one was registed and after i fixed a few things got a r.w.c and transfered into my name. got given another one that was badly rusted but with disc brakes 308 turbo400 and 12bolt diff , rescued the running gear and ditched the rest . bought a town house so i gave the spare to a mate but unfortunatly he hasn`t done anything with it .

I race pocket bikes with my brother and use it to carry 4 bikes and tools once a month about 100klm away also play bass in a rock band and use the beddy to cart all the gear . i`m also into kite surfing and have done a few road trips in it .

never had a problem about not being able to take something cause theres not enough room 
it`s a work in progress and i hope to have it finished in 2 years . the rust however will always be an ongoing problem