Had a look at heir site and turns out I was at their first van nationals at Mildura in 1976. I have a pic of the Best Van for that year, a 1976 XB "Miss Misty Blue", somewhere, I'll see if I can find it. Could be a good enough excuse to go to this event...if my van is finished by then!Originally Posted by Wombat7051
HZ Persian Sand Mk2 Sandman (under full restoration)
HX Chamois Monaro GTS
Part of the entry to Bathurst is to be part of a parade lap of Bathurst track for vans during the Easter motor festival week end in there lunch brake
Yes camping and car show will be at the Bathurst show ground there are great discounts for early entry's Fres and Russell had 50 entries before leaving Mildura there is a web site I'll post up a link later
There is also a promotion record attempt for this event which is a national drive inn event having the largest number of vans at a drive inn at 1 time in Australia will keep you posted on this one as well
http://www.bathurstvannationals.com/...ref_map=%5B%5D
Last edited by jennie285; 23-04-2014 at 07:49 AM.
HZ Jasmine Yellow Windowless Sandman, now being driven everywhere and is finished!
HZ Madeira Red Windowless sandman now Sold to Bigrob
HX Mandarin Red Sandman Ute finished, and club registered
1979 HZ malachite windowless van with 308 5spd, all chromed up and shiny finished and named "The Player"
Married to RodneyHZ253
Last edited by jennie285; 23-04-2014 at 08:07 AM.
HZ Jasmine Yellow Windowless Sandman, now being driven everywhere and is finished!
HZ Madeira Red Windowless sandman now Sold to Bigrob
HX Mandarin Red Sandman Ute finished, and club registered
1979 HZ malachite windowless van with 308 5spd, all chromed up and shiny finished and named "The Player"
Married to RodneyHZ253
Miss Misty Blues, was (and I think still is) Owned by Greg Tarte. A fantastic Falcon van indeed that one.
I think channel 10 may have it back by then .But i plan to be there next year for sure it will be a hoot !!!!!
Last edited by b-rock-05; 23-04-2014 at 04:36 PM.
Seen Fres' van (Elegantly Wasted) parked in town today. So he is already back on the job getting things sorted here in Bathurst.
Yup Fres is on the job along with Russell Slocum. We are all on help alert if needed.
HZ Jasmine Yellow Windowless Sandman, now being driven everywhere and is finished!
HZ Madeira Red Windowless sandman now Sold to Bigrob
HX Mandarin Red Sandman Ute finished, and club registered
1979 HZ malachite windowless van with 308 5spd, all chromed up and shiny finished and named "The Player"
Married to RodneyHZ253
Just an update from fres from FB
HZ jasmine yellow sandman van
HZ Madeira red sandman van (now sold to bigrob)
HX mandarin red sandman ute
HZ malachite green sandman van
Married to Jennie285
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Finally got around to going through some old photos. Found these pics of Miss Misty Blue (sadly not a Sandman) from the first Van Nationals in Mildura, 1976.
Last edited by HZSanFan; 11-07-2014 at 06:15 PM.
HZ Persian Sand Mk2 Sandman (under full restoration)
HX Chamois Monaro GTS
The first nationals was 1982. Previous to that they were called Van-Ins. Many of which were in Mildura, Victoria.
The whole 40 years thing is based on organised national van meets. Apparently Greg still owns "Miss Misty Blues".
Although in vanning stories a thing of legend.
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