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Getting round to posting them up

Posted: Wed Mar 20, 2013 3:54 pm
by Troika
Finally,getting round to sorting out the pictures, this is my 66, three owners and all within 30 miles of me, the original owners son still has some pictures of their family vacations which he has promised to give me copies of.

Re: Getting round to posting them up

Posted: Wed Mar 20, 2013 4:04 pm
by Troika
Moved it to a new shed last time I was home and ..........doh!!!!......caught the corner of the roof vent on the lintel of the steading.......something else to fix before the summer.

Re: Getting round to posting them up

Posted: Wed Mar 20, 2013 4:15 pm
by Troika
It's always a good feeling when it comes to the final rebuild, all the crudy bits nicely bead-blasted, replaced, painted and knowing nothing to be done, at least for a few years.

Re: Getting round to posting them up

Posted: Wed Mar 20, 2013 4:29 pm
by Troika
And no sooner does the skin grow back across the knuckles and I had to get another one, so it's not true that a bad experience scars you for life.
This one (number 3) was recovered from Jersey, where it had been placed by a previous owner with a restoration company and nothing done for years. It has a bit of history in so far as it had been exported early in it's life, reimported and re-registered, then rexported before ending up in Jersey on Jersey plates, long story cut short, managed to recover the original 3+3 number through DVLA, which was a bit of a result as all the naysayers told me it could not be done without a valid MOT. New chassis and a 200tdi ready for another 40 years. Will have to dig out the final pictures, glorious in it's original Marine Blue with Red and White striped canopy.

Re: Getting round to posting them up

Posted: Wed Mar 20, 2013 7:14 pm
by DanC
That is a lovely paint Job Graeme, any interior shots? You put Robin to shame with your collection and all proper campers as well :gold:

Re: Getting round to posting them up

Posted: Fri Mar 22, 2013 2:34 am
by Troika
Dan, I do have before and afters somewhere, just not 100% on where the somewhere is, but working on it.