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No Mr P. Ours is the best looking Commer out there. Oh.....this could get exciting. Anyone else in contention?

Welcome ..........that's a super looking van. Plenty of room in there. In the old days when I ran petrol engines, I always used Lumenition ignition systems. They cope well with distributors with a bit of play in the rotor.

There's a problem with all these old "four in line " engines, in that muck collects between cylinder 4 and the back of the engine, because there's not enough flow from the water pump to keep it flushed clean. This can result in local boiling in that location. It may be possible to winkle it...

If it's a seized handbrake cable take a look at this thread https://forum.commervanfan.co.uk/threads/stiff-handbrake-cable.9784/ But don't use the cable if it has broken strands at either end.

Yes me too. I now have to resize pics to get under the size limit. It would be good to know what the limit is.

Nice trip to Wales over Easter week. Two nights at Newgale beach, up the coast to Aberystwyth Rugby club. A trip on the Vale of Rheidol railway. Here we are at a new eco campsite near Borth. Getting there was an adventure in itself...... And this is at the nature reserve on the Dovey...

..........until........... Head gasket failed again. :oops: The van went like a dream all around Wales, pulling like a train up some serious hills. Mushroom cloud of smoke just as we were reversing into our drive. Sorry neighbours! At least it could have been worse.......didn't need the flat...

Sorry Luke. Otherwise occupied next weekend.

The colour scheme is the same as when we bought it. What the colour is sprayed on is very, very, different. Some of the filler was 1 1/2 inches thick! I think the van is more or less done now...........until...........

But I'm teasing, of course. Beryl is back from paint, and I've refitted all the bits and pieces...... The cab hasn't been painted this time. Still needs a new step at the back. I'll see if I can get one folded up from aluminium checker plate off eBay. So we're ready to go again. :):cool:

So now here are the photos you've all been waiting for........ Here's one of the old banjos. You can just see the hole on the far side that's been squashed flat. Not quite completely blocked, but not far to go. Of course the other disadvantage of banjos made of cheese is that the tubes break...

In other news, recently I've been having some trouble bleeding the fuel system by manually operating the priming handle on the fuel lift pump. Like the bubbles just weren't moving through the translucent pipe. The special little banjos on top of the injectors are the original ones made of cast...

Vans gone to paint......watch this space.

Buy a 6x50mm stainless rigging ring on eBay then cut and shut it to fit with the TIG welder. Yes I know it's round section, but it should seal OK when tightened up. Just a suggestion

That looks like a good spot.

Yes, it was indeed us. We were going to collect a £50 eBay preloved greenhouse from near Taunton. It's very useful having a truck like that!

They'll need one of these signs that says "No pies left in this van overnight" Sign on eBay

These are the ones I bought..... Brake shoes on ebay Sorry, just read your post more carefully. They aren't suitable for 1961. DOH!

For a long time, I've wanted to replace the lower panels of the coachbuilt rear of the van. Out of the factory, the panels were 1.2mm Aluminium, but the drivers side and half of the rear were 0.5mm (thin enough to wrap a turkey:oops:), as a result of a shunt back in the distant past. Added to...

We've been repairing another broken transmission. This time an 1800 hp four speed automatic gearbox controlled by a hydraulic digital computer. Here's the top going back on. Carefully! The torque converter fits on this end. Soon we will have to test it. Not quite sure how at the moment...