Introduce yourself Here!

Hi Scott and welcome mate you will get plenty of inspiration and help here mate

Regards Tony.

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Hi all, John from Wodonga.

49, married, light truck driver

Seen one of the flyers for the easter show in Albury, so joined the site.

I dont own a Van, have had a few over the years.

I do have a WB ute, WB Tonner and a WB Statesman.

I love everything to do with the WB models, including the Peter Brock built HDT WB Magnum Statesmans and Ute.

Cheers.

Welcome aboard John, another WB fan! I'm a bit partial to them myself and was kicking myself a bit when around 7-8 years ago a local caryard had a WB HDT Statesman on the lot for around the 12k mark and I was short of funds.
Hope you enjoy your time on here and feel free to add up some pics of your WB's in the other cool ride and utes and pick up section.

Cheers Rob

A BIG Welcome from me Guys.

I look forward to the opportunity of possibly meeting some of you at Easter at the Sinners & Saints SINBIN Show & Shine at Easter.

Looks Like we're going to have to get an Albury/Wodonga Group up and running for regular meets.

... and especially for my Old Mate Daz (I can say that cause I'm old too), great to see you getting back into things and I'm looking forward to catching up at Easter.

I'll be at the Jindera Swap Meet this weekend with a Club Shirt and/or Jacket. Don't be afraid to introduce yourself, I might look Old and Cranky, but don't let that fool you.

Ps. I'm pleased to see the Flyers are getting to People.

I ran out real fast at the Chryslers on the Murray on Sunday.

I wished I had an extra thousand or so.

Welcome John,I hope you enjoy your time here with us mate

Regards Tony.

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Welcome aboard john!



Feel free to add some pics of your rides in the relevent sections.

Rusty62TransAm wrote:Ps. I'm pleased to see the Flyers are getting to People.

I ran out real fast at the Chryslers on the Murray on Sunday.

I wished I had an extra thousand or so.

That's great Rusty! Did you run into Michael and his awesome Val? He had told me he was going to be there.

Gidday Karl

We eventually found each other back at his Van and had a great chat.

The Van is looking Schmick as usual!

We also put some Flyers in the back of his Van for people to take.

Chryslers on the Murray is absolutely HUGE now. I'd be interested to know how many Cars were on display. I'm guessing over 800.

I overheard someone comment that it wasn't a Show & Shine anymore, but a Car Park as the Cars were packed so tight they couldn't open them up to display them, except for a select few.

There were only 3 Vans on display and I saw one Cruising on the way out. I'll post some pics once I've uploaded them.

Heaps of PT Cruisers.

I spent about 3 1/2 hours there and could have stayed a lot longer if there weren't things that needed doing for the Shed.

Sounds awesome Rusty!

I have to get there one day, definitely have a soft spot for mopars!

800 cars is an awesome turn out, it just keeps getting bigger each year.

Hi all
My names Mark ive been in the background reading all the great topics at MV, so I thought it was time to introduce myself.
Like a lot of you out there i'm a late 40's guy that was into Vanning back in its Heyday, I met Sam Ivanac with Tangerine Dream at a van show in warnambool back when I was 17 I had a hk prem wagon that my mate was driving, we ended up cruising down to portland together and i can still remember looking out the back window at that van thinking i've gotta have one, from that time i was hooked,
over the years i've owned a couple of vans nothing special also had a couple of wagons and sedans,and at one stage was a member of the holden street machines car club, I still have the jacket wouldn't fit me now lol.
After reading your forum im hooked again i keep telling the wife it's a mid life crissis lol, more old jokes, anyway i'm currently looking for a Holden shell and chassis to rebuild, saw one in Geelong recently but it's been on fire, could call it the Pheonix rising from the ashes.
I'm based in the western suburbs of melbourne
Cheers Mark

Welcome aboard Mark.

Glad to hear that Our Forum has renewed your interest in Vans.

The Guys and Gals on here are a Great Bunch of People (Enthusiastic would be an understatement), and I know they'll keep an eye open for a Van that might interest you.

Lots of leads on Vans get posted up in the "Swap Meet' Section.

Happy Hunting!

Hi Mark

There are still a few of us vanners around down MEXICO (ViC) way.
Are several around the Melbourne area & i've got plenty down here at the old 70's van-in in Warrnambool.

Stay posted on this site & i'm sure your vanning time will rise again.....ps Pheonix is an awesome Mellenium van unfortunately been around a bit.

CHeers Al.

Hello Mark and welcome mate,this place restored my passoin again for vanning it is one very addicted place to be a part of it is good to see you here and I hope you enjoy it:D

Regards Tony.

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Thanks all i've been very inspired by the serendipity build and couldn't be excited about rhino's Alley Cat restoration, it even fired Rob up to
get working on Checkmate, anyway i'm glad to be here and will put in my 2 cents worth were i can.
cheers Mark

hi mark and welcome to the best forum on vanning in australia, we are glad someone is inspired by serendipity's build but next time i will pick a better body lol, hope you enjoy your time here cheers , andrew

Welcome to the mad house!!!!! I mean welcome aboard! Great to have you on here Mark and even better that some of our members builds have inspired you to get back into it!
As mentioned earlier the swap meet section always has vans pop up for sale on it or you can even post up a Wanted Ad! We'll find you a van for sure, got a real good network of van spotters and hunters on here!

Cheers and welcome
Rob

what up, what up, what up, xf pano 5 speed, slammed, rough but tough

All righty than!

Thanks Rob
i'll do that, i'll work out what my parramaters are and put a wanted post in.
and Andrew you cant be too picky with 30 year old cars lol.
cheers Mark

oncewerevanners wrote:Thanks Rob
i'll do that, i'll work out what my parramaters are and put a wanted post in.
and Andrew you cant be too picky with 30 year old cars lol.
cheers Mark

G'day Mark,

How much of a project are you looking for?

Cheers Mark

BISHOP: Not as religious as name suggests.
AGE: Over the hill.
PREVIOUS: HG Monaro, Datsun 260Z, L34 A9X Torana.
PRESENT: EH Wagon, very quick Proton.
SKILLS: Go-Kart, Speedway.
WIFE: Forgiving. (Cath)
OFFSPRING: Zoe, Zen.
MUTT: Basil. (Mr Faulty)
LIKES: Australia, beer.
DISLIKES: Fangio 'P' platers.
PHILOSOPHY: Act dumb - you learn more.

Hey Bish, love to see some pics of your L34 and A9X! My ultimate dream car is an A9X! As for your philosophy, that's similar to my work strategy........Act dumb, they ask you to do less that way!
Cheers Rob

Hi Mark great to hear from you, i'm looking at a ground up build so if i start with just a bare shell and rolling chassis i'll be happy as thats less i need to get rid of later. I'm a mechanic by Trade so most work i can do myself.
I'd prefer a windowless shell preferably with straight quarters, not much to ask lol,
if you've got any ideas love to hear them.

Cheers Mark

Hey peops Tom 44 from queanbeyan here
owned a few vans over the years 0wned or still have 1) HD ex ambo ,2) was brown HD with xa bonnet vents from spinghurst wreakers , 3) windowless HR van and 3 xfs still have 2 wrecked one ,

my daily drive
1988 xf duel fuel stock millinum front ,statos seats, decked out white marine vinyl ,waeco fridge 12/240 v also 24inch fhd led dvd/ multimedia tv , gaming via laptop n hdmi to the telly and wireless controler duel deep cycle battery system , led dash cluster digital speedo , pioneer cd tuner ,fairmont console still finishing off hope to see u all at easter if can get it tidy enough .

millennivan wrote:Hey peops Tom 44 from queanbeyan here
owned a few vans over the years 0wned or still have 1) HD ex ambo ,2) was brown HD with xa bonnet vents from spinghurst wreakers , 3) windowless HR van and 3 xfs still have 2 wrecked one ,

my daily drive
1988 xf duel fuel stock millinum front ,statos seats, decked out white marine vinyl ,waeco fridge 12/240 v also 24inch fhd led dvd/ multimedia tv , gaming via laptop n hdmi to the telly and wireless controler duel deep cycle battery system , led dash cluster digital speedo , pioneer cd tuner ,fairmont console still finishing off hope to see u all at easter if can get it tidy enough .

welcome glad to see more people coming abord hope to see you at easter in be keen to have gander at the dual battery set up your running

hope to see you at easter at the van in