Well stand by your beds!! Hope it lands with someone who has good memories of the vans in service and doesn't mind having a look and getting you the van in service shot
great bit of history your uncovering GingersVW's new bus 'Rambo' is an ex sweedish army bus with the rear wiper too
still waiting for a reply from the military........ Hope i dont get special forces breaking in during the night as they thought i was hacking thier pc network!! :spit: i have had a response from the swedish transport agency which has given me some more names, even if they do not match the names on my paperwork trafikregistret@transportstyrelsen.se Hi! The vehicle DEN563 is de-activated in the swedish register and a VW kombi 231M, it was taken in traffic on the 30th of June 1977. The registered owner is Tomothy St John Randall and the previous owner HOLMGREN, BENGT JÖRGEN and the one before LUNDMARK, PER DANIEL Best regards Christina Sundahl Handläggare Skatte- och avgiftsavdelningen Transportstyrelsen 701 81 Örebro www.transportstyrelsen.se Telefon: 0771-503 503 Fax: 019-26 26 12 Var vänlig och redigera inte texten vid svar eller ytterligare frågor, så blir det lättare för oss att följa ditt ärende. Du kan själv snabbt sköta ärenden som rör fordon på vår webbplats och på vår servicetelefon 0771-25 25 25. the mystery continues..................
well ive had a resposne! Hör med nedanstående mail adress. Lottas ej inom FM, hänvisa till: www.riksarkivet.se /C.Sandstedt LEDS LED Samo EXP-HKV/MIL/SE@MI L Sänt av: Till Inga-Britt LEDS LED Samo/MIL@HKVMIL Isaksson/ingisa02 Kopia /MIL/SE@MIL Ärende Vb: military vehicle records 2012-10-23 09:09 enquiry Lottningshjälp, tack! ----- Vidarebefordrat av Inga-Britt Isaksson/ingisa02/MIL/SE 2012-10-23 09:08 ----- Webbredaktionen <webbredaktionen@ mil.se> Till Sänt av: Mattias exp@hkv.mil.se Robertson Kopia <mattias.robertso n@mil.se> Ärende Vb: military vehicle records enquiry 2012-10-23 08:24 using google translate ive being able to work out they have given me a link to thier military Archives webpage so ive now emailed them. got a feeling iam gonna hit a brick wall but hey its a giggle trying to find out!
cheers just hoping thier Archive dept is as good as they say it is thier records date back to the 1700's!! i only wanna go back to 1975!
I'm enjoying this thread. I love family history and vans ... brought together nicely in the family history of a van!
Had an hour free when it was not rainin!! Started to remove last of the rusty panels . Been putting this job off for ages! Bye bye old tub!! Rotten piece of junk!
Had a reply from the archives now i have to contact these guys! Will keep you posted James Biffen, There is a register for military vehicles and it is in Sweden manage by FMLOG (Försvarsmaktens logistik) in Boden and is entitled MIFOR. The contact information to FMLOG is: exp-fmlog@mil.se or phone 0046 (0)8 514 390 00. Best regards Anna Pettersson Archivist Krigsarkivet, 115 88 Stockholm Banérgatan 64 Tel: 010-476 75 00 Telefax: 010-476 75 20 www.riksarkivet.se/kra Bankgiro: 806-3166 hope these peeps have the info i want
Nice sleuth work, Its like an episode of "Who Do You Think You Are" Cold weather resto karma coming your way! K+
Peterson - it's got red dwarf all over it - what could poss go wrong :-D brilliant news - mega impressed
Iam at work sat, but intend to freeze sun while i finish preping tub area, going for std tub, i will be lowering at some point with spindles but nowt mental! Iam really hoping i get some joy with the New address ive been given tbh ive been really impressed with how helpful the swedish military have been.
I'm toying with drop spindles too - wagenswest do a 2.5" drop, just takes the edge off the height up front but they are welded unlike the Transporterhaus ones, but they are a bit more complex!
Ok the transporterhaus ones do look quality, think low profile tryes would be needed though. At the mo once the tub is done iam gonna just replace braking components n prep interior over winter then just wait for it to warm up in new year so i can finish painting her in resplendant camo lol! Ive no garage so shes on the drive so a PITA with this weather!! I want her MOT,ed by march at the latest so ive got shakedown time for 2013 shows, and most importantly for download in june to see Maiden
