We Bought a Thing!

OMR_007 · Post by **OMR_007** » Thu Jan 29, 2009 10:15 am

Welcome guys! Congrats on the new project, definitely a great find!
Hopefully, you will find everyone here to be helpful throughout the resto as thats what we are all about!
I wonder who will be man enough to apologise for the grief the previous owner got over this nice little machine?

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Come on boys ....

DeRrO · Post by **DeRrO** » Thu Jan 29, 2009 11:47 am

There is one of these container vans getting about here in Perth... called 'THE BOX'

gazza · Post by **gazza** » Thu Jan 29, 2009 12:12 pm

I wonder who will be man enough to apologise for the grief the previous owner got over this nice little machine?

HA HA
Glad to see its something worth restoring and not a butchered singlecab
Tip top buy

joshroom · Post by **joshroom** » Thu Jan 29, 2009 8:17 pm

yeah previous owner copped it pretty bad,

doddys · Post by **doddys** » Thu Jan 29, 2009 9:00 pm

Funny, but Frogsta had it right all along. And I think she's gonna be called The Chook Shed from now on.

phatratpat · Post by **phatratpat** » Thu Jan 29, 2009 9:27 pm

now thats funny ! whilst we were taking the piss
someone saw the beauty within !!!

nice chookshed that !!good luck with the resto

OMR_007 · Post by **OMR_007** » Thu Jan 29, 2009 10:33 pm

doddys wrote:Funny, but Frogsta had it right all along. And I think she's gonna be called The Chook Shed from now on.

Glad you see the humour in it, I was a bit worried you may get offended ...

That is one rare chook shed

doddys · Post by **doddys** » Fri Jan 30, 2009 10:20 pm

frenzix · Post by **frenzix** » Sat Jan 31, 2009 6:00 am

haha. funny woops

OMR_007 · Post by **OMR_007** » Sun Feb 01, 2009 12:28 pm

Brewmaster · Post by **Brewmaster** » Sun Feb 01, 2009 5:24 pm

Who would have thought that? ......

aircooled_nut · Post by **aircooled_nut** » Sun Feb 01, 2009 9:41 pm

Exspensive chook shed!!!

aircooled_nut · Post by **aircooled_nut** » Thu Feb 05, 2009 10:34 pm

heres another container van
http://flickr.com/photos/7479294@N07/14 ... 130344034/

crewcabconnection · Post by **crewcabconnection** » Tue Feb 17, 2009 9:51 pm

great to see it was bought on the basis it was, and not as a 'westie'. It wasn't a westie and still aint. It turns out it's better than Andrew thought - so it's all good.

The point of DSK that all of us are better than any one of us. - or at least that's where it started ... and in this case thats what happened and its worked out.

wantamanxmostly · Post by **wantamanxmostly** » Fri Feb 20, 2009 4:10 am

You did well to get this old girl, i was the guy who the seller thought had bought it, such is life> I agree with you, i took teh time to go and see it when it was listed (i felt sorry for the guy selling it, he hadnt had a single other buyer and something like 180 comments from people telling him it was a hack job and a disgrace and bait advertising and a bunch of other rot) that floor was definitely original, this new information thats come to light seems to confirm that. Congrats on getting this information, previously i didnt know about this site and searched everywhere to find out more. Good luck with the resto, i do my own panel work also, and i really think this bus has great potential, youd want to be pretty bad not to make a good job of it, lol. all rarity aside i thought the body on her was really in pretty good shape, has great potential to be an awesome camper, if u do tho i dont want to know lol. I think if u can rebuild the shape from original plans you wont have any overheating issues, which is wat concerned me when i had no clue as to how all that side of things wouldve worked originally. Intersted to know if that floor was a false one, i felt that with teh floor as seen from underneath, there mayve been more height to gain. Once again, congratulations.