60` panelvan

Hey guys, this is on my bench at the moment, it`s the old Tom Daniels "streetfighter", sorry about photos, my camera broken, had to use phone.

Body in colour(saphire red Mitsubishi colour)




Lining the interior with grey felt




I was going to try & plumb the motor( never tried before) but will try on my next build




Basic interior, a few accesories to add yet



Thanks for looking, cheers

Nice start to your project Johnno, body looks great. Mate plumbing an engine is easy work!! Keep it up
Adam

Quote: I was going to try & plumb the motor( never tried before) but will try on my next build

As Rodney Rude woould say, "No no no no f&%#@, no!!!! Do it now, why wait till next time. Now I say, now!!! Nice build so far by the way.

Its a van so of course we love it! Or at least I do!

checkmate wrote:Its a van so of course we love it! Or at least I do!

I'm with you Checky. Back in the end of the 70's early 80's I was a member of a Van club in Dandenong. I had a bright yellow HJ with fully worked 202. I wonder why we haven't seen any of the resin models of Aussie panos which were started and shown here earlier this year? Is anyone out there building one..I'd love to see them.

Yeah, being a child of the 80`s so would i.. Anyone?

Shoey started building a model of my van but he's a slacker and hasn't finished it! And I started building a wrecked HQ van but haven't finished it either, so me and Shoey have a lot in common!

Come on lads, bring on those vans

Doing a '54 Chev (Revell) Van as a mild kustom

Looking good so far and nice choice of colour. I have been trying to get that kit but I dont have enough dosh for what guys are asking for them.
I had a HK pano and I used to go to the Van Nats held in Mildura ahhhh great times. But I always wanted a long wheel base bedford.

Have built the "Streetfighter" Van many years ago(still have it) in a bright white colour . As for Aussie Van's, Iived through that era (I'm old enough to remember) as well as my two younger brothers had HQ Vans and I drove my youngest brothers van many many times and also flame painted it. Mr Checkmate ,well , I saw his van 30 years ago, how about that?

bbk, ihad this years ago too but lost it in my life travels, so grabbed it cheap on evilbay cause i really like this van (or any van !!) , man i`ve still got my collection of van wheels mags after all these years (including checkmate ) which i saw at a few shows.... those were the days...

Good start Johno, nice colour. I still have the remains of the Bad Actor version of this that i built in the late `70s.

Hey Johno , Since you're doing a '60 P/Van , you wanna check this out !

This rolled into the American Car Nationals at Queanbeyan last Sunday. Instantly fell in love with this ! This is a special treat for lovers of any kind of van- (Checkmate) and big American cars. Enjoy!

Man this is f****en awesome, did`nt think there were any in Aussie, mate i really tossed up whether to go to this show( only couple hours from me) wish i did for this alone, cheers for the pics bbk, awesome man awesome, i think im in love!!

This is Brilliant, I love the sedan delivery's with the low roof, they look so much better than the high top van's we got here.

I relly want a '59 though, I passed up the chance to buy a 1959 Chev Sedan delivery at one of the Chevy swap meets at the footscray markets (remember them?) back in the late '80's and have regretted it ever since. Needed a full resto and interior and was fresh off a ship but a good solid body. I often wonder what happened to it, it never seemed to turn up on the scene.

Yeah Spirit, id be kicking myself too, if money was no object id have a 59 el camino in my driveway, the 59 is my all time favourite too, i found one in a shed in SA Riverland years ago that could have been mine, but being young and inexperienced and lack of funds it was not to be. I still think about that car often and wish i had my time over again.

Johno wrote:I still think about that car often and wish i had my time over again.

Don't we all Johno...back when I got my licence I can remember looking at HK-HT GTS Monaros for around $1500 and they were around $500 out of reach for me at the time. Probably would have been worth the stretch though in hindsight...

Johno, Glad you liked that and funny you thought none were in Oz , as it turned out there was a light blue one there and also the black matt one that used to do the rounds in Sydney some years ago. the car in the pics is also for sale, anyone got some dollars? I think its time to get that Monogram "Streetfighter"out of archives!

bbk, what sort of money were they asking? just to satisfy my curiosity.... or for when my ship finally docks!!

MMMM? Dunno, I wimped out, too afraid to ask. Cost alot of dollars just for the big flake silver and professional pinstripes, although I have phoo of his mobile Cheaper to build a model???