Time to Roam... Military style

[reddo]

I have a very soft spot for military vehicles...
and..
This one is sending me all gooey and mushy..sorta like an overcooked pie !!!
http://www.gumtree.com.au/s-ad/salt-ash ... 1049294519
Pretty bloody good luckin iznt she ...I think its that face that does "it " for me.... no Viagra required

Gunna pick a bunch of flowers and go up there tomorrow and propose to it..
No more vintage caravans... not even replicas.. !!!
Hell yeah... we might just elope and never be seen again..
(Slight pause here while we all listen to the spontaneous clapping and cheering from around the nation)

Yup.. Not wedding Bliss... but wedding Blitz

Reddowhatfunitistorideina1942blitz

[reddo]

A bit of lippy and some make up and she is sweet enough to kiss...

well..... almost


Old mate works on the theory that if the furniture is good enough for the house.. its good enough for the camper...
Dining room chairs.. 3 drawer dresser for kitchen utensils .. 2 single beds.
wool carpet!!!

Dining room chairs have chains about 30mm long on them attached to the wall so they don't dance off down the back of the van .. they don't move about till you get over 80KPH...

302 Windsor. Ford 4 speed. Ford power steering. Mazda bus collapsible /tilt steering. recond blitz brakes with booster. International rear end. 6 new tyres.
2 x 60 litre gas tanks in test until 2018 ( dual fuel works). dual batteries grey water and fresh water tanks.
Entire back door from floor to ceilinghinges open.. when I asked why??...
the reply came back.. " I built it that way so I could transport my vintage farmall tractor in here if I wanted to".. eeeekkkkkk... how stiff must the rear springs be??
has 350 mm put into the chassis between front and rear wheels. spring stacks reduced to give softer ride.
no front diff housing .. 2 wheel drive.. has a turning circle equal to your average commodore.
Overall length ...about the same as an F100.
All fully engineered here in NSW.
Didn't take it for a run.... didn't consider making an offer...
$600 rego.. $600 green slip.. 2.8 tonnes .. GVM 4.6 T
Asking $12,800

Couple of inside shots



Got yarnin about bikes and he unveiled this little darling...

Now in his 70s and .. had it when he use to ride to school..
Royal enfield flying flea... 3 speed hand gear change 98cc 2 stroke..
Negotiations ongoing.

Red-dude

That's all I know about that Captn Dan

[Richard]

Now Reddo you do realise Iam going to have to change the name of the website to The vintage caravan AND MOTOR HOME restoration website.

Since you have a bit of a liking for big green motor homes how about his 1965 Classic Motor home listed on ebay at the moment. (needs a bit of work though.)

[reddo]

Ok..
Can anybody provide a link to the RTA requirements for motorhome compliance ??
Have found info on the RTA website for new vehicles being converted to motorhomes. They need a "second stage" compliance plate from the manufacturer.
Have also found a little bit of info on used vehicles being converted to motorhomes. They basically need an engineers report from an RTA approved signatory... modified vehicle compliance..
The Blitz already has a 4 page engineers compliance report. and is on full NSW rego....

One of the stumbling blocks between it staying where it is and ..... living at my place is the rego costs. If it could be registered as a motorhome I think the annual fee would be a lot cheaper.
Touring would basically all it would be doing.

Other issue that someone might clarify for me is..
It weighs 2.8 tonnes and a GVM 4650kg.. would I require a MR licence to drive it.??

Reddo

[Col]

Hiya Red-dude, how much is the reg cost?, and would it be eligible for club reg of some description?

[reddo]

Hi Col...
The RTA component of the NSW rego is $600.. I seen that on the rego papers.
That is about double what the costs are for the eh panno.
Then we have the green slip (CTP .. compulsory Third Party insurance) which is another $600.. That can vary depending on your age, location, driving record etc.
So could be as high as $1400 a year... way too steep for a "Novelty /2nd vehicle " laying around the shed most of the time..

Club rego... nup... too many mods. V8 ... I might be wrong .. will talk to the military vehicles club up here.

So for the amount of use it would get I figured aiming up at the motorhome reg would be the way to go. I aim almost cert that it is chaper than most other forms of reg apart from historic due to the limited use .. which is also why historic reg is cheaper... limnited use.
There is group that have an occasional weekend campover at the local pony club grounds near here... next time they are in town I will call in and have a yarn.... by that tiome the Blitz will be sold and I will have saved myself another headache.

Reddo

[jennison]

Yeah too many mods to be eligible for historic club rego.... If youlived in Victoria you would be right with SIVS(special interest vehicle)rego but not available in Nsw (and not likely to be as it stands at the moment)
Jenno

[jennison]

Yeah too many mods to be eligible for historic club rego.... If youlived in Victoria you would be right with SIVS(special interest vehicle)rego but not available in Nsw (and not likely to be as it stands at the moment)
Jenno