A new member, please go gentle on me, I need lots of encouragement
This is my first foray into Van ownership and restoration, she's a 1958 van just imported to UK from Australia
Best described as a "brave restoration!!"
Having restored a number of classics in the past and always coveted a Morris Van, I did own a 71 pickup many many years ago, this one was available so thought 'sod it, let's have a go', anyway it has now arrived from Australia in the middle of Dry January - my timing sucks as usual - I need a drink!
It's more or less complete (what the God of rust and rot hasn't already claimed), with original engine that runs and box, an interesting cat flap style rear door setup that I imagine some outback farmer cobbled together at one point in its life.
I can see every panel on the bottom 2 inches will probably need replacing... local kids have already started calling it the flintstone car and taking bets with each other if it will live to drive another day....did I say I needed a drink..
Will load some pics later when at the PC to resize them, Now thinking about how I am going to go about this project, I.e. Which bits I do myself, how much to farm out, etc. It's exciting in a kind of masochistic way
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Best Justin