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you see no 1, is very badly rusted, the whole windscreen surround is toast ! not to mention many of the ther other pannels. BUT it does start and move ! It was the first commer i got, so must look after it, and it has the single blinker.

I need spare pannels, and its a choice between no 6 or 7, which gets the axe... Maybe no 7, but i really like the windowed vans. So maybe no 6, but is quite good and no chassis damage......doh....the more i get the more i resist cutting them up for spares.. The cars in the back are early...

I have added friends of No 8. See thread No5,6,7.

I am now have 8 of these lovely Vans. Perhaps i should have collected the corgi versions, take up less space. No 5 has a nice body, but you would not beleive what has been done to the chassis. The front rails where the crossmember bolts on has been cut out from No 7 and welded UNDERNEARTH the...

Thanks for the photo Jostien, i will have a closer look at the color when i get it. But the inside was not red, more a light blue i think....... I would like some idea what year it is...

oh...it does not have any windows on the sides at all !! Only the two windows on the rear doors.

Hi I picked up this odd looking commer. Its complete less engine and trans. It does not have the radiator hole in the front like all the others. Great if any other members can comment on it. PS: I had to evict the goats that were residing in it. Had chicken wire over the empty engine...

Hi Woolfy, i now have 7 of these and all require rust repairs, so i am very interested in this thread. I would appreciate if you can elaborate on how you weld in those patch pannels, - what kind of welder, - what Welder settings. - What weld wire thickness - Stage of protection applied...

Well good news today.... We have Oil pressure !!! - Put lots of engine oil flush in, warmed it up and drainned it. - Changed the oil switch with a new one. (this was the problem) - Started it up and in seconds the oil light went out !!! - Connected the temp gague up, and shows about 60c, i...

I would like to know, if i run it with the rocker cover off, should oil be sprayed all around the place ? It was not, even when i reved it, but there is oil slowly trickling down to the valve ends.

Hi All, Spent more time on it today to find the oil ligh on problem: - Removed the filter and cranked the motor, saw oil comming out the side of the block. - Removed the rocker cover and again i can see fresh oil, BUT it was not squirting our of the hole on the rocker cover for 75% of the...

It is so full of christmas spirit, i mean with red chairs and green carpet. Bit it will need the full complement of rain deers to get it going... maybe the top can become a sail... It is just so slow, no risk of speeding tickets.

Hi, This morning, i finally started the old van. Its dated 71 on the build plate. It did move around the street and the auto was working well. The main problem is the oil light is not going out. Its hard on when not running and slightly fluctating when running, but abou did put new oil in...

its a boy !!! no wait, Its a Girl !!!! no wait, even better its a rusty 50 year old QX. Love at first sight...hope the others dont get jealous.

but i really like the TS3 noise, bappppppp, bapppppppp, and again....then you look at the speedo and you are doing 20mph !!! Speeding tickets gone for every. I now have 8 commer vans...(including shells without motors) i am going to stop,had my fix, feels good. Next to actually get ONE...

Well i ended up finding an old commer QX truck with a TS3 in it, so i will go play with that for a while. The TS3 is a bit big for the little commer vans and i dont like cutting them up.

Hi to my fellow "comnuts", I have acquired the 4 commers that chromo found, they are on a block of land that is about to be cleared by a D8. I am pretty sure i have saved them for now. From the verbal description, most of them are complete, except that they are geographically dispersed ...

I run a small smart metering outfit and spend a lot of time over in China, always looking for interesting new projects. www.mymetro.net.au When i go next in the new year i wll source a small factory to play, and perhaps start sending my vans (and other cars) over there to be restored. There...

Hey Chromo, 1) See if you have somewhere to store them, happy to buy the lot. 2) We can take them apart, then i can use my china outfit to make copy them and make new pannels. Perhaps a complete new commer, with modern drivetrains and sell them to the 1.3B chinese ! hahahaha.. Am serious...

These are some more photos of the roof i had.