Free CV&T issue #7 (but you have to earn it)

sinbin wrote:Hmm, Mystic and PJ's Phoenix have a lot in common with the body shell. (Just throwing it out there!)

Regards, Smooth

Stargazer wrote:Just keep scanning more pages, I'm lovin the read...!!

-Stargazer.

geoffro057 wrote:i lost all my cv& t mags years ago and am trying to regain as many as i can id love to own it and promise ill keep it safe and sound so if no one else comes up with a reason like they are dying or something lol im your man

cyclist253 wrote:

geoffro057 wrote:i lost all my cv& t mags years ago and am trying to regain as many as i can id love to own it and promise ill keep it safe and sound so if no one else comes up with a reason like they are dying or something lol im your man

We have an early leader. Very clever use of the little yellow guys Geoff, your own little rent-a-crowd. FYI I have noticed at the Bendigo Swap Meet for several years Eddie Ford has had a huge stall with thousands of back issues of his publications including CV&T. Not sure if he has EVERY issue of every magazine though and can't remember what the price was.

cyclist253 wrote:Well, that was a disappointing waste of time, guess I won't put any of the others up !!

geoffro057 wrote:excellent thank you very much please send it to
Geoff dalgairns
12 merrigan street
Kyogle nsw 2474
and thanks again and smooth I hope you are not trying to say im not a true vanner I lost all mine

geoffro057 wrote: thankyou i recieved my magazine today and am wrapped in it i couldnt help but sit down and imediatley go through it and i am over joyed at two of the items i noticed in it one was a feature on foxy lady when she was a 161 six cylinder and the other was a pic of green knight with hg headlights before the ford sqaure headlights were fitted these old mags are a great source of our vanning history and if you ever have any others you want to get rid of or sell keep me in mind anyway thanks again and keep on vanning

HQVAN wrote:Love the old issues of CV&T!

I am slowly getting through the complete collection I was lucky enough to purchase from a fellow Majestic...

Love the history, the old stories, the old advertisements, the old prices!!

Its all gold, a great slice of our vanning history.

Once I have gotten through them I am going to start scanning articles of interest for the Vanning History Threads.

Good on you Pete for sharing you copies , and well done to Geoff for snaring the first copy!

geoffro057 wrote::rock:I would be very happy indeed to receive another cv&t mag from you cyclist 253 that would be awesome they are great mags i understand what you mean about the vans getting beyond what the normal bloke could achieve in his garage its like there was two different eras of vans back then and some of the old vans moved with the times too, miss misty blues , scorpion moonlight dreamer  come to mind im sure there are heaps more too one of my all time favourite vans like most of Australia was van rat the attention to detail and the sheer toughness of its towering big block was a awesome sight
the first van i ever fell in love with was stargazer by bill nagel i must of read the feature on that van 1 million times when i was young one day i hope to copy some of stargazers ideas into a hq van which im in the process of raising the funds for now
later there was a second era of vans i call the fibreglass era with such stunners as checkmate , wizard , street legal  , hallucinations and the like my favourites from that era were checkmate and wizard for sure it blew my mind the first time i saw checkmate that unique paint work is awesome and the trans am fronts on those two vans just seem to sit better then most of the rest of the vans with trans am fronts i think
the vans of today are more back to what the first era of vans produced with basically stock looking vans and high attention to detail and workmanship quality the individuality of a van is like nothing else that is true i just hope there is enough vans to last another 50 years
you may have noticed i didn't mention alley cat in all that this is because i believe alley cat stood alone there was nothing like it anywhere and as far as i know there has never been anyone else brave enough to attempt to copy it it to me truly is the king of all the vans 
if you walk down the street ands ask any joe blow what does he know about panelvans i bet 99% woul;d say alley cats name everyone knew of it it is a true legend above all the rest i reckon
anyway as i said id be more than happy to receive another mag if you like let me know if you need my details again and thank you  for your kind generosity
long live vanning

I think you have summed it up pretty well with your two eras, perhaps a third era could be thrown in too, being the "originals", the youngsters from the sixties and early seventies who used Holden panel vans as the original recreational vehicle to get away surfing, camping etc. and who bought them because they were the cheapest suitable vehicle available; thereby accidentally creating their own culture.
I certainly enjoyed the vans from what you call the first era, the HGs Green Knight and Midnight Oil have always stuck with me as impressive pieces of work. I had a lot of car magazines in the 70's and over the years they got thrown out but I never threw out the ones with those two vans in them.
I've dug out that issue of CV&T for you and will post it in the next day or so.