Recent content by carcamper

Thanks for the kind feedback. It really is appreciated. I know that I took a bit of a punt going down the self-publishing route with this one, but I firmly believed that it needed doing. The Commer community have proved me correct, so thank you.

Kind words Panky, it is really appreciated, thank you.:)

That fairy is taking a while to reach you :)

As many of you might be aware, I have recently published a paperback book 'cum' manual about all the various campervans and motorhomes built on the Commer 1500/500, PA/PB and Dodge Spacevan chassis. With regard to size, it is similar to the well known 'Olyslager' motor manuals, with a gloss...

It's gone to a young classic vehicle enthusiast, which I'm happy about, and even better, he's a welder fabricator by trade. He's over the moon with it, and yes, I've told him all about the forum, so hopefully he'll be along soon, happy days.

Fingers crossed this is not another classic motorhome which will end up as a street food van, mobile bar ect, way too many being lost that way just lately. Looks like it has frame issues as well, and unless you have the skills those are very expensive repairs, so getting it running is a minor issue!

Yes I really wanted to get this on the road for the summer, but life got in the way lol.

Yes, Beatles Commer 1963

Seasons greetings everyone, have a great Christmas;)

quote: Originally posted by admin Different Car Camper roof from mine though? Member of the V8 Club It's the MK2 Sherwood elevating roof, a bit of a lump compared to the earlier version. I started with nothing.....and I still have most of it!

"Using the old panels as patterns, but they aren't a very good fit, so there's a lot of adjustments to make. Still a lot easier than making new patterns. The original panels were replaced on 15th February 1997 by FR. I wonder who that was". That was a previous owner by the name of Fred Rickett...

Gorst Road, Ealing? Later became Renault Trucks Ltd with head office in Dunstable:) (Second picture). I started with nothing.....and I still have most of it!

http://www.bresco.com/acatalog/Metal_Moulding_Clips.html They are called 'moulding clips', like these? I started with nothing.....and I still have most of it!

www.lyndonjamesdavies.co.uk :p I started with nothing.....and I still have most of it!

It became the Chrysler Commer in 1964 Sue:) I started with nothing.....and I still have most of it!