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    Found One; Almost Six Years On

    Happy with what we've got, been a long road - but well worth it.
    The first photo says it all - this was when we found her in early 2015.
    Robin


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    Night Rider Valencia's Avatar
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    Wow.

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    Very nice. Definitely worth the 6 years. Now time to enjoy

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    Also WOW!
    looks awesome

    If it was me, I would find it tough not to do it the original colour, but as they say, it's your choice. Well done, huge effort

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    Nice one Robin, enjoy it mate!
    Selling HJ 253 Engine
    Engine Number QR718*** | 19M5 Clock Casting at 6 O'Clock
    19th December 1975 Suit HJ Late Dec 1975 to April 1976

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    As above wow, great job. Enjoy.
    "Proud To Be An Old Fart".

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    Incredible job mate. Kudos for sticking with it to overcome all the challenges. A beautiful result to enjoy

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    Thanks once again for the encouraging thoughts over the years.

    I won't be disappearing from the forum, too much history to banter on about.

    Fondly remember walking into Suttons in Arncliffe, to view the Sandman panel van on their raised selling platform, "it's the first one we have" as the salesman came running to greet me said.
    So a very proud 20 year old owned it a short time later.
    This would have been late Jan 74.

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    Wow, you were one of first dude. What is your background, Aussie now in NZ or Kiwi in Oz on the 70s? How long did you hold onto that first one, and who did you sell it to?

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    Kiwi born, OE traveling, working around most of Oz for two years.

    Bought her home with me, enjoyed her for a few more years, then marriage and first house, so she was the deposit $7600, so almost double what I paid for her.

    Have tried to find her, but NZ was the same as Aus with no paper records keep when computers came along.

    I suspect she met the end in the early eighties.

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