Monday 14 April 2014

Another van surfaces in Canada.

T.H. has found another van, to join up with existing project, JONI.
This van was found in south west Saskatchewan, Canada to you and me.




This newly found van seems to date from 1953, is LHD and has the centre mounted accelerator pedal.
I have offered a good rear door to replace the missing one. I would be keen to purchase this van but fear just how much the shipping costs would be.
T.H's other van has been having some work done on it, the original gearbox needed parts but I was unable to help him.
 T.H takes up the story,"As far as Joni goes now, I have installed new rear brakes, new master cyl. Brake cables are fine, tranny is back from the shop No parts found, so I brought synchro and lay shaft to a friend who built up synchro and rebuilt teeth with stainless steel and hand ground each one, ready to be installed with engine once painted. The van has been to Bodyshop and had front fender and door pillar pulled back to original, was off by a good 3 inches".

Thanks for the update and thanks for sharing the pictures.