Carwash van ex Country Kitchen

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Carwash van ex Country Kitchen

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Scraped back the old sign and found this under...

Touched up the stripes and green 1970s respray
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nice, love the green
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That looks great - how about putting a few more pics up
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Insane.. Killer signwriting..
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Looks like the "Ben 10" of splittys, my 5 year old would love it :D
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early shots

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Original owner (since mid 70s) gave the bus some incarnations:

tyre shop, carwash then catering service

I have contacted several previous owners but would love to see how many punters have owned this since new
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a few more

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some other bits
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Love it - so if the car wash logo pic is how it currently sits it seems someone did a pretty good job on the rear guards.
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Morts

a few previous owners (dskers)organised some good rust and repair work on the body, I just had a skim of bog and touched it up :roll:
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This was a previous link that I am saving in here so I don't lose it

viewtopic.php?f=16&t=15027
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Some good memories when you back thru all the links...
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viewtopic.php?f=6&t=15587&bookmark=1&hash=de3d9a3b

Added this link from last year so I wouldn't lose the progress shots of the sign stripping. I think this was my first post.

Have just started stripping green paint from door interior to OG polar white
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Got a kick up the arse by the Palm Beach-Elanora DSK motivator (thanks Grant) over a few Coronas then next day he's back helping swapping the beam.

More progress shots to come. Some fun with sticking tie rod ends...slow start but moving in the right direction.
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Best way to start, is to start
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Spare Beam with adjusters thanks Gaz
Spare Beam with adjusters thanks Gaz
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Oh man i remember this van when it came up for sale 10yrs ago in laverton....

Missed out on it unfortunatley but you gotta be quick these days :)

nice bus mate, what is the original colour by the way?
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Nice one GED, keep going.
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