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 posted on May 12th, 2003 at 07:58 PM |
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What can you tell me about PMG split kombis
I got told my 67 Spltty bus was an ex PMG bus,
I also got told that someone in Brisbane had restored their PMG van to look as it was when it was a PMG van.
Post Master General? yeah?
Aussie post van?
Any pics or info would be appreciated.
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 posted on May 12th, 2003 at 09:07 PM |
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P.M.G help
Hi Herbie
I have a pmg send me u2u with some of the question's that are bothering you the most, and I will try to help where I can :thumb |
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| posted on May 13th, 2003 at 08:53 AM |
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The one in Brisbane is probably mine
100,000 miles, all original paint, engine, interior (9 seater). NOT restored. Now have a good collection of original PMG tools as well. It has all the
usual PMG spec options - trip speedo, anti syphon, gas guage etc...
Its pretty when I wash it |
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| posted on May 13th, 2003 at 09:16 AM |
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hey did yours come with a big white stripe around it? hand painted yeah?
that bus looks awsome? what year is it?
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| posted on May 13th, 2003 at 09:25 AM |
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No big white stripe around it - exactly as you see it. Black bumpers, black wheels, painted hubcaps, black emblem, red paint. Its a 61' |
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| posted on May 13th, 2003 at 01:40 PM |
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Your looks very cool like a time traveller.
Mine is 67 model and aussie made with the high vents, I guess yours is imported originaly or were the vents low with the early models here?
So its a postal van? thats what the pmg refers to?
I would like to have a look at your van sometime and see if there are any odd things common to both, I too have the trip reset speedo, but I
understand that my year model got that standard. mine is also the same colour in the spots previous owners couldnt be bothered to paint over.
I would like to trace back the history of my van, All I know so far was that it used to live in redcliffe according to some old paperwork, and had a
diesel motor fitted at one stage but is now back to original.
it also has the disc brake front end with the latermodel kombi studpattern.
its now a very faded caramel like colour.
cheers Tony
ps I would say your van was the one mentioned to me.
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| posted on May 13th, 2003 at 02:30 PM |
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Post Masters General was correct - they looked after Post, Telephones & I believe electricity at some time as well.
This is what I have been told -
Trip speedo's were fitted to locate exact things (like telephone poles etc)
Mine seems to have been a supervisors car or similar, fitted with windows (most were panel vans). It was fitted with some form of 2 way or CB radio,
the chassis remains & it had a central roof mounted antennae. And of course - factory fitted rear seats. It has an anti syphon spring fitted to
the fuel neck, the fuel cap is attached to the car by a chain, it has a fuel tap & a fuel gauge. Mine is now fitted with a German Bekowa roof rack |
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| posted on May 13th, 2003 at 02:38 PM |
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I can tell you that they were all either red or orange, even almost yellow sometimes.
These days departments don't change colours so much, they're more into changing their name and letterheads!
Kruizin Kol
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| posted on May 13th, 2003 at 08:28 PM |
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i thought that the PMG vans came with ambulance side door latches (to hold the side doors open). i know the one that i have seen does.
edit. BTW guy that is a very nice bus.
[Edited on 13-5-2003 by whatnow]
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| posted on May 13th, 2003 at 08:33 PM |
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Guy - any plans for the bus??
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 posted on May 13th, 2003 at 09:38 PM |
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pmgbus
that bus came from south oz, ie handle..., was the coolest original bus ive found. drove to nats one year group of us, and drove home via melbourne
and mt kosciosco. -that bus never had outer door catches, but later buses did. wish id never sold it!!
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| posted on May 13th, 2003 at 10:38 PM |
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Dont worry Andrew - its in safe hands 
The speedo now reads 104 miles, just turned over the big 100k.
Will leave it completely as it is - you could never restore a bus like this & retain the character..... |
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| posted on May 13th, 2003 at 10:43 PM |
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P.S. There are several which I wish I had never sold,
My 67' Westy with 69,000miles 
My 66' Ghia with 17,000 miles (was at Uni & it paid for a years
beer - 7 grand in 1985)
My 56' Oz delivered cabriolet (still at Uni)
My 21 window (another south Oz car!)
Anyway, the wife says no more than 20 cars at a time (thats the ones she knows about  ) |
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| posted on May 13th, 2003 at 10:45 PM |
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I like those plans
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| posted on May 13th, 2003 at 11:50 PM |
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Hey Guy_H NICE BUS:thumb
any chance of getting a close up pic of the PMG emblem on your bus one day as I have been trying to find one so I can paint it one the door of mine
when I get around to restoring back to original as possible:thumb.
Cheer's CBK |
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| posted on May 14th, 2003 at 08:12 AM |
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Col all the PMG vans were RED when everyone used to work the Post Matser General
Orange and Yellow only came along when the government had a fancy name change to Telstra
If every blood thing that the PMG owned used to be RED.
1302 Steve used to work for the PMG
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| posted on May 14th, 2003 at 11:04 AM |
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kool old skool posty vans :P very retro especially in original form |
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