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The Zodiac wrote:That'd be 3 Majestic Vanners in Orange if you can sign him up Boppo!

CW (Central west), would proudly like to have the most member per capita! I am onto it.

I am really enjoying this forum already, it seems to be d1ckhead free! we all know how rare that is on the net these days.

cheers
Boppo

Most of us are d1ckheads, but in a good way mate

MajesticXX7 wrote:Most of us are d1ckheads, but in a good way mate

gotcha, wondered why I fitted in so well

HGPV wrote:CW (Central west), would proudly like to have the most member per capita! I am onto it.

I am really enjoying this forum already, it seems to be d1ckhead free! we all know how rare that is on the net these days.

cheers
Boppo

Your covering up there, Al, Troy and Perry are covering Victoria, Leonies on the job in SA and Dean's doing WA! We're recruiting more each week!
I think the dickhead free part is true mate, we've got a real good group here, all keen to help each other and promote the MV way.

Or should I have said we're a great bunch of dickheads? But in a good way!

We've picked up a lot of new members on the forum recently, if you guys get a chance and want to, feel free to introduce yourself in this section, this forums for everyone and the more we all put into it, the more we get out of it.

We dont bite much, honestly.

Sometime when rob thinks no one is looking he bites the ears on his teddy bear, but it's a well kept secret

MajesticXX7 wrote:Sometime when rob thinks no one is looking he bites the ears on his teddy bear, but it's a well kept secret

You said you wouldn't tell! Damn you!

MajesticXX7 wrote:Sometime when rob thinks no one is looking he bites the ears on his teddy bear, but it's a well kept secret

I heard that the teddy bear likes it

It has stretch marks to prove it.

Big welcome to our newest member Ben (64.van) and his EH van!
Welcome to MV Ben!

Hey Ben welcome to majestics mate,

Cheer's Tony.

G'day Ben,

Post up some pics of the van, love EH's,

Sorry, just checked out the My Van section, nice van Ben

Hi guys my names Michael, I'm Rob's cousin and already know quite a few of you as I've been a member since MV virtually started. I own a heap of toys including a LH SL/R 5000, VH Commodore, HQ Statesman and Gemini van. I live in Holbrook but work in Tumut at the same place as my little cousin. My Gemini's currently unregistered as it still needs a little bit of work to get her on the road, it's chrome yellow with gold pearl and has a cream leather interior and some 15 inch bling wheels.
Look forward to catching up with a few of you guys again and catching up and meeting some of the newer members.
Cheers Michael

Hi,my name is Phil from sunny WA and I've got a WB windowless van.It is an ex police van originally a 6 cyl/auto.
I painted it flat black because I wanted a hassle free car to enjoy.The van now runs a 350 with an
under bonnet blower and turbo 350 box and the van was made out of my spare parts collection,
including the drive train.
Through the 80's I always had vans,including a couple of Sandmans,and had some great times with
them but then marraige,kids,mortgage,sensible family car,etc...and my cars got pushed down the list.I'm sure you can relate.But now the kids have grown up and no mortgage and spare time.I've also got a HQ SS,88 Corvette and a big block one tonner.

Welcome aboard Phil, nice to have another Western Australian on here, we've got 3 MV members in WA. Love the van, we seem to be getting a heap of WB's on here now. Hope you add some photos up of your van and your other toys too!
Cheers Rob

Welcome aboard. I've seen your van in the shed at oldholden - love it, matt black looks tuff!

Thanks for the welcome.I've spent a lot of time in pez350's shed over the years looking for
inspiration and motorvation.I'm still getting used to this style of forum and will post more pics up when I work it out.

hi all been a bit slack getting around to intro ing myself properly ... my names dean and i live in the north of tassie im a self employed sparky with two girls 11 and 17 ... my partner rosie has two boys of similar age so a few days a week its a real brady bunch and keeps us on our toes from time to time... i worked out of a neat v8 hz van many moons ago and thought it would be good to get another neat van and use it as a work bus ...i started looking and got a bit sidetracked and ended up with andrews old van 'vandil' sitting in my shed..and it definately isnt going to be a work van ....maybe will look again down the track...vans down here are very scarce you only see the odd clapped out standard one here and there.. so no one to catch up and have a chat to [apart from MV forum of course].. havent even seen one at a show for years... im sure there are a few stashed in sheds as there is a heap of slr s , gt s,monaro s etc that come out on sunny days..top place to get away from the hustle and bustle down in tassie.. for those who havent made it down here do yourself a favour.. im open to give some travel directions and maybe even a guided tour if work is giving me the s*^#s just bring some sunscreen as the tassie sun would be one of the nastiest in the country [when we get some] with the uv usually over 10 from now till end of march .. ive had a few mates who have gone to live in QLD for a few years and get burnt the first day they get back .. always a laugh..any way ive got a bit off track here ... top site glad to have found it cheers.....

would be nice to get a few vans onto the spirit and hit a few car shows there

Great to have you here Dean and your van! MV vans seem to stay in our group!

Welcome Dean

That's a weapon of a van you've got yourself there....
Andrew (previous/previous owner/ builder)and I had some good times with that van in toe.

Would love a get together in Tasmania,
got some close friends that I'd love too see down there again in Hobart.

Did try to get a Van Nationals down there one year, but was squashed by the powers to be,
that it was too far away, and nobody would be prepared to get on the boat.!!
Imagine several of us MV'ers travelling down there it'd be a real hoot.

maybe, just maybe....

Welcome again, it'll feel like your on the mainland on this forumn.

Cheers Al.

Found this topic as I was browsing the forum and thought I'd do my bit.

I'm Bruce Wilson and I was born and raised in Surrey Hills (Melbourne).
After qualifying in Mechanical Engineering at Swinburne University, moved to Bendigo as a public servant working at the Ordnance Factory that had been built there during WWII (that's another story in itself).

I was 20 years old at this time and already had my first panel van - a white EH that I bought from dad for $315 !!. He was a shopfitter and used it as a daily work vehicle for the previous 6 years.

I did a lot of work on the EH, mainly to bring it up to "as-new" spec:

New suspension rubber (bushes & pads) throughout.
Rust repairs
Overhauled the gearbox - I couldn't get over how small the 3sp box was - not much bigger than a football!
The engine had almost 100,000 MILES on it and need no work at all - they built good motors then.
New weather seals throughout.

Then it was time to buy myself a belated 21st birthday present - the HQ.
I ordered it in March 1974 and it was over 5 months before it went onto the line in Adelaide (I guess it was the options I ordered).

When I took delivery in September 1974, I was a very happy lad!

(The Barbados Green color no doubt added to the uniqueness of the vehicle - this was pre- Sandman era)

Unfortunately the EH had a sad ending- after I sold it to a work colleague in Bendigo, his hoon of a son wrote it off 3 weeks later.

I'll tell the HQ's story in other topics.

I spent over 30 years at the Factory in Bendigo, and during the 5 years before I retired (Parkinsons Disease) I was a member of the design group the produced what may be (to a warped mind) the greatest "Panel Van" ever - Bushmaster, below.



Almost a thousand of these vehicles have been built, in Bendigo, for the Australian Army and other forces around the world
Read more at:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bushmaster_Protected_Mobility_Vehicle

I'll tell you more about Bushmaster somewhere else - maybe "General Chat"