Drop axle on caravan

**Homestar** · 28th February 2017, 06:51 PM

Paint has made its way onto the outside of the van finally. Only one side done so far, but this has spurred me on to get the rest done.

4 coats of white, with a bright orange strip to take it back to the 70's where it came from.

Then a bit of chrome pin striping and you get...

**rangieman** · 1st March 2017, 09:03 AM

Well done Gav keep up the good work

**Homestar** · 15th January 2018, 06:57 PM

A final update. Some may know that the Franklin was going on the market since I bought the Viscount. Well, a bitter sweet day today with the deposit from the new owner landing in account.

It will be heading to Sunny Queensland in about 3 weeks. Will be sad to see it go, we've had a lot of fun init, but it's time to move onwards and upwards.

A couple of pics of how it ended up.

4D1DA053-DD36-4753-9775-C534E7098ACA by Gavin Gregory, on Flickr

698762A5-59E8-4E7F-8A5F-2BC8FC5BDEE6 by Gavin Gregory, on Flickr

New owner has paid me to put the front bunks back in as they have kids, so a bit of work to finish off but it will make a cracking little van for the new owners.

**rangieman** · 15th January 2018, 08:16 PM

Wow on the road again well done mate

that thing is sure getting around now

**pop058** · 15th January 2018, 08:36 PM

A vacant space pending on the driveway. Oooo, the possibilities

**Mick_Marsh** · 15th January 2018, 09:22 PM

Originally Posted by pop058

A vacant space pending on the driveway. Oooo, the possibilities

I wonder how he is going to back the Viscount in there?

**Homestar** · 16th January 2018, 05:33 AM

Originally Posted by pop058

A vacant space pending on the driveway. Oooo, the possibilities

As Mick said, no room to spare. As soon as this goes, a larger van - the 19' Viscount - will take up residence there. Hope it fits, it will be a tight squeeze... 😁

Details here - Homestar's new home?

Van is longer, but draw bar is much shorter so I think it's only around 18"longer all up which will just stop pedestrians on the footpath shinning themselves on the hitch if my calculations are correct.

**Homestar** · 25th January 2018, 06:38 PM

Only a few loose ends to tie up now. New owner wants it on a transport in a couple of weeks so I've been finishing up all the things I need to do. Pics tell the story better - the new owner paid me to reinstall the bunks so did that too and finished off the outside.

D5D37862-49FD-4747-9AA4-5FD3AD752E72 by Gavin Gregory, on Flickr

4B37F6CE-13F1-4661-8323-16CE373FE2F1 by Gavin Gregory, on Flickr

28D86F59-05A1-4ACC-8425-43DC45443472 by Gavin Gregory, on Flickr

After painting the back, found it was a bit too white, so did a bit of inprov on it. 👍

C0F75466-2A50-43E8-9462-2113A0EB928E by Gavin Gregory, on Flickr

B7991BD4-8DB1-49FF-8DF4-CB3B76E098D4 by Gavin Gregory, on Flickr

E8CE78A1-9F0C-4B26-B6D0-C7272B99983A by Gavin Gregory, on Flickr

**rar110** · 25th January 2018, 06:47 PM

Nice looking van. Queen with a set of bunks is hard to find.

**Homestar** · 25th January 2018, 07:01 PM

Thanks - got a good quid for it and the new owner is in Townsville - he's been looking for some time for the right van, mine fit the bill thankfully. 👍

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