Introduce yourself Here!

Hi All,

Bruce here from Outer Sth East in Melbourne, recently purchased this one owner 1973 XB GS van from Qld and drove it back to Melbourne. The van is in fantastic condition and drove faultlessly all the way back. Did a road trip over Easter in it around West Vic then back along the Great Ocean Road.



I used to be in the Dandenong Panelvan Club back in the late 70's with my 74 HQ van Sunset Rebel which had similar body kit as Manderin Dragon except mine was Yellow / Black. Knocked around with lots of the other Vanners back in the day and still have pics of some of the trips we used to go on plus lots of the show vans from the era.

My two daughters also have vans 1977 XC GS and an XF both with lift up tailgate, they love their vans and often head down the coast in them with their friends.





Cheers

Bruce

a vanning family-that rocks. Welcome to the site, good to see more Fords! some awesome looking vans there!

That is awesome that the girls are into their vans as well! You will have to get them to sign up to the forum too! Definitely have to organise a catch up soon.

Feel free to start a thread on your old van in the van register thread if you have any old pics, would love to see it!
Cheers,
Karl.

Hi all, I’ve been bashing around on this site for a while now, and realised I haven’t introduced myself properly on this thread.

My name’s Rohan, live in Albury/Wodonga, and have an XB GS Van. Bought it over at Echuca last year, had been sitting out in a farm shed for donkeys years. Fair bit of rust, but completely original, including original engine. It’s a 250 4 speed in Blaze Yellow, and was originally built for a Ford employee. I’m in the process of a rebuild, which seems to be turning into a bigger and bigger project as I go.

I had a van back in the 80’s/90’s, Ford of course. Not a show van, but well decked out and comfy. I spent a lot of weekends at the Albury drive-in (called the Stargazer), hence my username, and I changed my avatar picture coz I love the movie, and also my kids think it looks just like me......

Also have to say, love reading about all the old vans & remember a lot of them from my teenage years.
This is a great site, so thanks and keep up the good work.

Welcome Rohan,

Glad you are enjoying the forum! Albury hey? You won't have far to go for the van-in in October!

Feel free to start a thread on your GS project, would love to see it come together, we all love a build thread here and love to see pics!

Cheers,
Karl.

Thanks Karl. I went to the Albury van in last year, but must have unknowingly run over a Chinaman since. I had grand plans to go the Nationals at Caboolture, but was tied up with work projects, and will probably be overseas for the Albury show this year. Anyway, we'll see.

I will start a build thread but not for a few months (work again) but will hit it hard then.

Cheers.

Loving this site,
I'm Chris, been around cars forever ( Rusty can vouch for that ) Built lots of cars, did the show-car thing, went drag racing for a bit, got into hotrods and a U.S. muscle car, now I'm rebuilding my pick-up into a 60's style gasser. Unfortunately, the only van I've owned to date was cut up to make a custom - see "Other sweet rides - My old show pony" Would love to do a van, but I've got too many toys now, and no space. I haven't written the idea off completely, I'll just have to find a spare decade to catch up. I love fabricating, making one-off stuff mostly, things you can't buy. My wife is a shed widow, but I build stuff for her too. She never complains about the cars, because half of them are hers. My wife and I go to a lot of car shows, went to Caboolture at easter and enjoyed it a lot. The photos on this site from back in the day keep us both wanting more.

G'day Cris and welcome mate,the more you want something mate the more you can make it happen

Regards Tony.

"leave em"wanting more!

Hi all,my name is Glenn ,been having a look around for a little while and thought I better introduce myself,I currently don't have a van but am on the lookout for a val van for me,my 11yr old wants to do a project with me so if I find a cheap enough windowless h something (for murals) we can do a slow build for us to learn(val will be paid for build)live on west side melb,wife and two boys,18 and 11,my late brother had an xc gs van and a hx/wb van,great memories,loving this site and hope contribute where possible :Chrysler regards glenn

Welcome aboard Chris and Glenn!



I hope you enjoy your time here, I wish you both all the best in finding your new projects.

There are plenty of great people on here to inspire and help with your builds.

We look forward to watching yours take shape!

Cheers,
Karl.

Hi glenn welcome abored, plenty of stuff to look at on this site and plenty of friendly people to help you out along the way, i'm also on the west side of melbourne so theres plenty of help around should you need it.

Hi All,
Im Tim, Got an XC Van that should be on the road soon, Had an XB GS V8 back in the 80's taken 25 years to get another.

Hi Tim,

Welcome, look forward to seeing your Falcon.
Be sure to start a thread and uploads some pictures of past and present Vans.

Regards, Smooth 

Name's Ian and I love vans, although the only one I've owned was a minivan:(  Not to mention I'm a courier so have spent the last 10 years driving boxes.
Tried to convince the wife I needed a Ford Conversion van a couple of years ago, when I owned a Grand Voyager, sadly the need for a reliable daily that was cheap to run put the end to that idea. Currently own a Citroen Picasso so at least it's sort of a van/wagon thing, my 10th wagon/minivan.

Welcome aboard Ian, your in the right place if you love vans, plenty of van lovers here.
 

Hope you enjoy your time on here and once again welcome.

Cheers Rob

Hi all, names Matt. I'm 19 and an apprentice mechanic at the local Ford dealership - even though I'm a Holden man at heart  

My daily car is a WB ute that I rebuilt myself - started when I was 15 - and it'll never be fully done, but I'm happy with it
I'll put up a thread of the ute later on..

I have just bought a HZ windowless panelvan body off a farm that I'll be turning into a HZ Sandman replica

Anyway, thats it for now, you'll get to know me abit more once I post a bit more, but thanks for having me

Hi Matt , don't feel to bad about working at ford, I'm  foreman at a ford dealership but love holdens, it just means when you go to work you know the cars have to be repaired not just serviced like holden haha       . Cant wait to see what you do with the HZ and looking forward to seeing pics of the WB.

Cheers Ben

Hi everyone,  
               My name is Sam & My partner is Caz,        
                  I'm a first time user on the forum,
                  also proud to be a member. & saying that.... We have a great lot of member's ( as in great people)
                  fun to be around

                I was at  last year's Van-in, & lOOking forward to this year again Guy's

Hey Sam about time you got on the forum mate it is goodto see you here,I like the new wheels on the van mate they look spot on I am looking forward to catching up with you at the van in we all had a great time last year:D 

Regards Tony.
 
"leave em"wanting more!

Thanks Tony,
Yes mate, as i said to you before, i like them & it is better to drive mate,
not cutting teeth everytime you went over a bump,
You would have known what that WAS like mate.

Look forward to catching up again

Sam

Welcome Tim, Ian, Matt, I hope you enjoy your time here! Great group of guys and girls here, plenty of passion and friendly advice along the way.

Welcome to the forum Sam! Good to finally have you on here!  

Nice van maaaate!  

Welcome aboard Matt, great to see another young guy getting into vans.

Sam. great to have you on here maaaate!  

Can't wait to catch up at the Van In again with everyone.

Cheers Rob

Welcome to all new users great to see new people into van's

Great to see you finally on the forum Sam
Gary.

WOW! See what happens when you you've been off the Forum for a while.

A HUGE WELCOME to all the New Guys and the Old Guys who've finally found their way. LOL!

You're in the right Place if you're a Van Fan, whether you owned a Van, Built a Van, Own a Van, Dream of Owning and/or Building a Van, or like many of us Enjoy seeing what others have Achieved, Talking about or Reading about Vans!

Great to see Vanning is Alive and Kicking.

Hi there. My name is Ashley. 50years young! Got my first van at 18 an HJ sandman. Was a member of SA panelvan club. Went to many van shows including Van nats 81" at Albury. Been out of scene for 30yrs. You know wife, kids, mortgage !!! Just bought a stock as they come HJ van. Straight as, with virtually no rust. As my project. Will post pics soon. Great to see the vanning scene is still alive! Be great to catch up with you all in october at Albury:D