Popular Post BLIZZO Posted November 12, 2015 Popular Post Share Posted November 12, 2015 Hey team! well last night myself, Shonesy, Dolan and Jemma went on a bit of a mission to go aquire my next project that we are both rather excited about as it was the deal of a century.Tis a rather original 1963 12foot starliner caravan! so pine as these things are pretty hard to find now and although very neglected this one seems to have pretty good bones. anyway pictures first - So it has sat in this resting place for the last 8 years, and in another resting place for several years prior. The cool things about these starliners is the entire top half is a solid fibreglass shell, so they dont leak! thus the bottom alloy half and framing doesnt rust!. The fibreglass has a few patches in it, and will need a new gel coat on it. The chassis is very surface rusty, but i will try repair this with the floor out but shell on, as apparently it is incredibly easy to break the fibreglass shell when removing it. it has a rather whack but cool duratorque suspension setup that keeps it relativley low, with drum brakes and a what cable break setup. the interior lining is also pretty degraded as it is a spray on foam type that is all brittle and cracking and falling off. most people rip it out but i have seen someone use carpet underlay and "solo" what ever that is, dont know how they have done it, but this is it here - anyway back to our van, our plans are for a re line, tidy up the cupboards, new gelcoat and paint, all to the original colours as factory etc, probs try find some sweet brown / burnt orange retro lino for the floor, get it real tidy, and then use the hell out of it, will look sweet behind the triumph. only thing i am gutted about is the sweet starliner hatch in the roof is missing, and has been replaces with some shitty broken wooden one. can you all please do me a favour and head to the starliner nz facebook page, there is a competition post to win a bunch of parts, can you please like my comment "blake jones" so i can win the shit out of some stuff. please and thankyous, line here - http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=423583487844790&set=gm.1064454596920661&type=3&theater anyway more photos for the thread - 11 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KKtrips Posted November 12, 2015 Share Posted November 12, 2015 What a decroded piece of crap. I know you'll make it pretty though - or Shonesy won't sleep with you in it. Target - bring to Wagnats next year. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HighLUX Posted November 12, 2015 Share Posted November 12, 2015 Will it have a cat door for Jeff to smash through 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BLIZZO Posted November 12, 2015 Author Share Posted November 12, 2015 Will it have a cat door for Jeff to smash through maybe he will get his own that tows behind it 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Seedy Al Posted November 12, 2015 Share Posted November 12, 2015 holy shit this is lush I am epicly jealous Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CaMpylobacter Posted November 12, 2015 Share Posted November 12, 2015 THIS IS AWESOME Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
felixx Posted November 13, 2015 Share Posted November 13, 2015 good work son Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BLIZZO Posted November 24, 2015 Author Share Posted November 24, 2015 so after a bit of a mission on the weekend we went down and picket this bad boy up. Apparently in the week between paying the lady the money and picking it up three people tried to buy it off her, i certainly timed it well. happy chaps! Got the thing home and gave it a good dose of 30 seconds and a water blast, then spend 3 hours cleaning all the rat shit out of it. Came up surprisingly well, someone has previously painted it with house paint which although flaking off has done a reasonable job and protecting the fibreglass is very fitting hangin out the back of the triumph a quick bit of investigating has revealed (like most of these now) that the wall supports are completly rotten away where it meets the chassis, so there isnt much holding the wall up. Will see how these can be replaced once its all stripped out as the chassis looks like it can be resurrected. hopefully these can be replaced with 3mm angle without removing the whole fibreglass top, which would make it easier to keep all true its now tucked away in the shed at work waiting for the work on the rally car to be done before it do anything else on it. pretty excited to see some progress tho, whats even better is that unlike any of my cars the cooks pretty excited to get this done up too, winning. 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kyteler Posted November 24, 2015 Share Posted November 24, 2015 Phwoar, check out the pins on that denim shorted adonis. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Big Value Buddy Posted November 24, 2015 Share Posted November 24, 2015 Phwoar, check out the pins on that denim shorted adonis. Thanks KY, I have learned a new word! Definition of ADONIS. 1. : a youth loved by Aphrodite who is killed at hunting by a wild boar and restored to Aphrodite from Hades for a part of each year. 2. : a very handsome young man. I assume it's definition 1 that applies here? Sweet caravan Blizz, I look forward to following the resurrection. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
felixx Posted November 24, 2015 Share Posted November 24, 2015 did you win the contest? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr Vapour Posted November 24, 2015 Share Posted November 24, 2015 Thanks KY, I have learned a new word! Definition of ADONIS. 1. : a youth loved by Aphrodite who is killed at hunting by a wild boar and restored to Aphrodite from Hades for a part of each year. 2. : a very handsome young man. I assume it's definition 1 that applies here? Sweet caravan Blizz, I look forward to following the resurrection. Great little van. Have you ever gel coated something like this b4? Charlie sheen has Adonis DNA, and tiger blood, along with the HIV Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BLIZZO Posted November 24, 2015 Author Share Posted November 24, 2015 Nah I havnt gel coated anything before Brock, havnt even looked into it, was just recommended that this may need it Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr Vapour Posted November 24, 2015 Share Posted November 24, 2015 It's not hard. If you can spray paint you can spray gel. When I worked in the glass shop we sprayed gel on repairs regularly, but it often Ne needed a bit of effort to get it back to the automotive finish that we supplied, I was looking at painting my boat a couple of years ago. I think and that a marine epoxy 2 pac finish Will work best for you on this. Gives a good finish off the gun, use a epoxy primer to seal the old gel and then spray the marine finish. Guys even report good results when rolling it on boat hulls. Might be worth looking in to. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr Vapour Posted November 24, 2015 Share Posted November 24, 2015 Looking at your pics. My boat was in a similar condition when I got it. A good blast and a scrub with 30sec got the crap off but you will find that the gel will have oxidised. You can buff it back to a finish it will look better, resist water and green growth better, but in this current state I would not be supprised that you end up buffing so far back that you can see the fibres in the glass through the gel. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BLIZZO Posted November 24, 2015 Author Share Posted November 24, 2015 Awesome cheers for the advice man. It is getting a bit thin, there is a few spots where you can see the fibres, and it will get a good sand back before I do anything with it. I'll look into that stuff cheers. Also another real cool thing with it is when we popped off one of the hub caps we found this! Some old Barry's name and address that used to own it. A quick search in the archives of that address brings him up as William Edwin Adams, a carpenter, and it looks like he passed away in 1996 at the ripe old age of 80, imagine how cool it would be to track down some old photos of it in its hey day! 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mof Posted November 24, 2015 Share Posted November 24, 2015 Nice van! On my tiny little phone screen the rims looked like gold turbos/wouldn't it look awesome on gold turbos Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Seedy Al Posted November 24, 2015 Share Posted November 24, 2015 that's creepy you can find such info. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kicker Posted November 24, 2015 Share Posted November 24, 2015 Can just imagine him when the phone number changed to 6 digits, "well better update the caravan hubcaps, now how do I squeeze this extra 2 in" 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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