Our familys first Van

It looks like an American vehicle.
My old man had a Vanguard, it was a shorter / fatter vehicle than that.

Looks like an early model Ford to me.
Cheers
Baz

Gday
I'll go for 1939 Plymouth .
Murray

Hi all ,
The years might be wrong , I think the car was a Terri plane (Spell.ing not sure) or a ford, as I was born 1937 so it would of been after 1945 ,I remember the Photo was taken @ Tea Gardens NSW. I also on a trip to Brisbane the van fell to pieces & all our things came out the back as the road was mostly Rough dirt road ,Also in 1970 I had a 25foot Millard new cost me 4700 Pounds ,& the new Fairlane 1970 cost 4232 Pounds & I got 10 mpg.with a 302 motor,

A Vanguard ? No way, that's a Ford, like me born before WW2.

Rob.

Hudson made the Terraplane.

Hi CLC50

Given the currency changed over from pounds and pence to dollars and cents in 1966, I think the new Fairlane must have been pre 1970 to cost 4232 pounds.

I was doing a newspaper round as a 7 year old in a town called Tenant Creek in 1966, earning 2 & 6 (2 shilling 6 pence), a fortune for a 6 or 7 year old back then. These days that equates to about 25 cents.

Cheers

hi
i think its a 1939 v8 ford as my dad had one and this photo is a clone we went every where in it for years while i was going to primary school the small triangle rear window is what made me pick it as ford and the roof line and lenght
but i could be wrong
otherwise plymouth comes a close second as our neighbour had one and the 2 were very close in looks
the 1939 chrysler royals were also very simular as well we also had one of them as well after the ford died
vanguards were much shorter
cheers

Hi Marc Luther B
Sorry it was $ 4,232 not Pounds & it was Purchased Mid 1970 when I had just left working @ Murray 3 in the snowy scheme ,also the 25foot Millard was $4,700 not pounds,
i will have to start drinking later in the day.LOL

Hi CLC50

Back in the 1970's that was still a fortune for a vehicle and caravan, and by thye looks for the time you certainly had a great rig.

Cheers

Gday
If i remember right , those older cars did 20 or so mpg . Not much different from todays vehicles.
Murray

Murray,
I had a 38 Dodge and used to get around 12mpg out of it. One thing was once you hit 3rd gear that's where you left it, with that long stroke and huge flywheel.

But it was very modern in the braking department with mechanical brakes and I think I remember they were only on the rear, you didn't have to go to the Gym to build up your leg muscles.

Have a good one.

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hi
99% of women these days would not have a bar of traveling in a van like that now
these days they want to tow the equivalent of a house around no mater what the cost is or they wont leave home

???? have they got softer and /or smarter??????? or more demanding or maybe the blokes fall at there feet more ?????????

yep i know i'm in trouble now l o l
cheers and have a good one lol

Hi Mazcan

I am glad that my wife is in the other 1% of women. She hates things like air conditioners and the like. We don't use those kind of things, and it actually means that we never suffer to much from the heat, as we don't have any different temperatures in the house.

Our camping gear involves swags, and firewood when necessary.

Cheers

Hi all
Thanks for the great comments

Well all a Lady on a radio chat Show in Queensland,stated that its time the men got there #alls back & became men again in some cases I believe this is true.