Glass!

Damnation... the glad spontaneously cracked overnight.

My van in my animated film...

Husk film trailer from Paul Howell on Vimeo.

Goodbye Jag...

I'm keeping the van... but my matching Jaguar is going to Sydney with Peter, her new owner. Hope she makes the 800+ km trip OK.

Animation

The van is being used in a film...

http://boganfairyland.blogspot.com.au/

The film is a puppet style stop motion short.  The van is doing a great job, shooting at night in the middle of Melbourne, Australia.

Photo: Jason Reekie

This is NOT how she will appear!

Little update

Things have been quiet on my blog for a while...

Just a little update.

I have installed a new choke cable and electric fan to keep the girl cool in traffic. 

Otherwise, she is a joy to drive and own.

I need to fix the handbrake cable... still working on that one.

Austin 101 in Moorooduc

I noticed this on Ebay today...not all that far from me.  Good luck! 

UP FOR AUCTION
AUSTIN BAKERS VAN MID 50S ??
MISSING ONE BACK DOOR
OTHERWISE COMPLETE
DONT KNOW MECHANICAL CONDITION
EXSTENSIVE RUST
COME AND SEE
ONE SOLD LAST WEEK FOR 1850 DOLLARS
A LOT WORSE THAN THIS
ONE AT BRIGHT ROD RUN WAS ON L3OO CHASSIS RUNNING 350 CHEV
COOL RAT LOOK
VERY RARE NOW
YOU BID TO BUY
THERE IS A RESERVE
PICK UP IS MOOROODUC
CASH ONLY
NO PAYPAL

J / JB Fleet...

I took the Van along to Sandown Racecourse today for the Historic Commercial vehicle display. Lots of other vans showed up. A rag tag lot but full of personality.  Interesting other vehicles were a Scamell, steam powered truck, little fruit and veg mover from Queen Vic market, Commer van (one owner) and a variety of WW2 trucks. Fun and interesting...