G'day, All,
I'm ImRightJack, your newest member from Australia.
Look at what I've recently aquired! Can anyone out there shed any light on what I have here?
I reckon it could be as early as 1930's. The van has been sitting under a house for the past 46 years and was known to have sat there for many years earlier.
The van's built on a car chassis, it appears to be of T model Ford parts and has a full leaf spring suspension set up above the curved axel. The metal chassis is in good condition with surface rust only, despite the van having sat within site of the ocean all these years. However, with its deteriorated appearance the van is in remarkably good condition with hardly any timber rot to be found and the front dolly wheel even wound up with ease, and get this, all the wheel nuts unbolted easily and the wheels still spin nicely over the old drum brakes.
The axil assembly comprises of a full front end including drum brakes on a chassis. The tie rod ends have both been bolted to the centre of the axil to stop any steering movement.
The Van does rock and roll a fair bit and the axil spring combo takes up a hugh amount of floor space under the bed area. I might add that the roof is curved by slates covered by painted canvas and the uniqueness of the design resembles to me early air craft construction methods.
There are no name's or numbers on the van except for a brand name on the rubber tyre on the jockey wheel (Kenworth) and on the jockey wheel housing assembly (Dymwood)
Given the age I'm amazed at the general condition of the van. Plese check out attached image's and If anyone out there in teardrop land is able to shed any light on what I have here I'd greatly appreaciate it.
Cheers,
ImRightJack