This all started back in January when I spotted a Velvet Green, ’70 RHD crewcab advertised on The Samba, it was located in Cyprus but was cheap to offset the shipping…
…after emailing the seller, he told me of another crewcab he had for sale, this was a White ’69 RHD, not OG paint but in better overall condition so I decided to go for this one instead, after all, it was a ’69
But the other crewcab was too good to miss out on too, so I mentioned it to my mate Col (fredsshed70 on here) who has a soft spot for commercials. To say he was enthusiastic about it was an understatement, his then current project, a ’71 LHD single cab, was put on eBay within days!
Col’s resto thread
Here are the pictures that were on the ad for the '69…
After much tooing and froing with emails and phone calls, prices were agreed, payment was sent, and shipping was arranged. This was the first week in March by now!
Fast forward to the 13th May, and we can finally go and collect our crewcabs from Tilbury Docks. An early start of 4:30am was decided to allow for traffic, and we made great time arriving around 8:15 (Col?) but as we had a prearranged collect time of 10:00 we had a little hanging around to do, so off to Maccy’s we went!
A little after 10 we were escorted on to the docks…
…to find our 40’ container…
…paperwork checked it was time for the grand opening…
…we asked the dock guys, who were very helpful unlike the shipping company, (but that’s another story) if us taking pictures was strange, but apparently it’s common. A lot of people who are collecting there new treasures from overseas like to photograph the reveal…
…promptly unloaded, and loaded for the journey home…
…we made a quick stop to remove the remains of the tilt from mine as it was flapping about…
…there where some great views on the way home…
…and many admiring looks.
We made it home by 4:15pm…
…Col’s crew went straight on my lift, as it needed the steering sorting out before it went to his lock-up, and we could have a poke about underneath it…
For those who have seen my split resto, this needs very little in comparison, but should be no less rewarding, and will probably be a much slower resto :lol:
…after emailing the seller, he told me of another crewcab he had for sale, this was a White ’69 RHD, not OG paint but in better overall condition so I decided to go for this one instead, after all, it was a ’69
But the other crewcab was too good to miss out on too, so I mentioned it to my mate Col (fredsshed70 on here) who has a soft spot for commercials. To say he was enthusiastic about it was an understatement, his then current project, a ’71 LHD single cab, was put on eBay within days!
Col’s resto thread
Here are the pictures that were on the ad for the '69…
After much tooing and froing with emails and phone calls, prices were agreed, payment was sent, and shipping was arranged. This was the first week in March by now!
Fast forward to the 13th May, and we can finally go and collect our crewcabs from Tilbury Docks. An early start of 4:30am was decided to allow for traffic, and we made great time arriving around 8:15 (Col?) but as we had a prearranged collect time of 10:00 we had a little hanging around to do, so off to Maccy’s we went!
A little after 10 we were escorted on to the docks…
…to find our 40’ container…
…paperwork checked it was time for the grand opening…
…we asked the dock guys, who were very helpful unlike the shipping company, (but that’s another story) if us taking pictures was strange, but apparently it’s common. A lot of people who are collecting there new treasures from overseas like to photograph the reveal…
…promptly unloaded, and loaded for the journey home…
…we made a quick stop to remove the remains of the tilt from mine as it was flapping about…
…there where some great views on the way home…
…and many admiring looks.
We made it home by 4:15pm…
…Col’s crew went straight on my lift, as it needed the steering sorting out before it went to his lock-up, and we could have a poke about underneath it…
For those who have seen my split resto, this needs very little in comparison, but should be no less rewarding, and will probably be a much slower resto :lol: