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J type Overdrive gearbox from a Sunbeam Alpine, good working order. £200 Ono. also oil pump and other engine parts available! Contact Chris on 07776 054345. collection from Rayleigh or Colchester, Essex.

Hi All, long time no speaky! Hope you and your Commers are all well. Is anyone thinking of going to the Rootes heritage day on the 21st July. at Gaydon motor museum?? Thinking of camping in Jigley the Saturday night and thought it might be a good chance to meet up with...

Hi all, I have for sale. tubular steel manifolds for a1725 iron head. Inlet manifold takes an SU hif 44 carburetor. Both in good condition! I also have the engine that these came off, which still ran well when removed although breathed a bit heavy from the engine breather. 40+ psi normal...

Evening All, due to the cancellation of my holiday on the Isle of WIght from the 7th May, i find that there may be a possibilty of arranging a meet at the Homesteads site rally field in Weeley near Clacton, Essex, where we were last time. I have still to speak with them to confirm but according...

Hi All Oil pan (sump) required from a later (1970)ish engine required if anybody has one knocking around that i could purchase please. will collect if not tooooo far away. I'm in Colchester Essex, i'm going to Newark, Notts on Sunday should anyone have one in that sort of direction. Thanks

After a year of intermittent starting problems I bit the bullet and invested in a Hi-Torque starter motor from Jules at Ratsport and a new Bosch battery. After having to remove the manifolds to get the 12 year old starter off and a bit of a clean up in that area, then disposing of the 40?odd...

Complements of the season Everyone, hope you've all had a reasonable time over the festive period given the circumstances. Sue and I decided if we couldn't spend time with families, that we would do something a bit different for Christmas day, so we agreed that dinner in Jigley by the sea would...

This van was owned by an elderly gentleman not far from where I live, but hadn't moved for some considerable time. I had been toying with the idea of leaving a note asking if it was for sale, but I hadn't had room for it and when we got back from Moffat via Yorkshire (Thanks, Martin) I walked...

Pleased, not to be the only Commer at a local show today. The Commer Coffee Camper was also there. A superb day with lots of interesting vehicles and vintage show at Cressing Temple Barns near Braintree, Essex

Just doing a reccy of the potential run and suddenly Bang!!! and the screen lands in our laps. Got away quite lightly with cut legs and Sue had to have medical attention as her leg was cut quite badly. Was only doing 30mph fortunately otherwise could have been worse. I have a spare screen but...

After threatening for sometime, I am now going to try and organize a meet in Essex near the Suffolk border. I am looking to use the rally field at The Homestead Lake Park, [email protected] , which is very popular with many clubs in East Anglia, as it is reasonably priced and has...

"Bonnie" M reg Autosleeper on the A12 Kelvedon By-pass. Going along very nicely 60ish heading towards Chelmsford, having been off the radar for a good while, I've not seen this one before. A very nice looking van though, I assume it must be from the East Anglia area.:cool::cool:

This will be taking all my spare time for the foreseeable future:p The 2nd picture is taken from were my 3 garages and a workshop will be built;). back to my "rootes"

Jigley out from hibernation!:p A little run down to Thorpe bay, Southend-on-sea on Sunday evening. Had tea and cake on the front:D:D;)

Has anyone got a fridge for sale that fits an Autosleepers cubboard unit [?], Electro-lux RA10 or similar :p. Cheers Trev back to my "rootes"

A very nervous old eastender on the motorhome channel last night. I think I got most of the important stuff right but it's quite nerve racking when you get in front of that camera.:I:I:I:I[8)][8)][8)][xx(][xx(] back to my "rootes"

For once I wasn't the only Commer at the show I was at on Sunday. It was more of a country show but had a road run for classics and was a good day out. It was held at the Hollesley shire horse colony near Ipswich and had varied attractions including very large wrecker trucks going through their...

These pic's taken on the drive it day run to hedingham castle. Just a few of the 250 vehicles that started the run Billy no mates at the end of the day:( It's ok my faithful Imp buddy's still there.;) back to my "rootes"

Pic's taken at Layer Marney Tower nr Colchester, which was built in the 1520'sby one of Henry VIII's right hand men. 0ne for Bernie and Heidi ;) An interesting Slider for the more macabre back to my "rootes"

Coming soon to a SKY box near you!!! A rose amongst thorns !! While I was at the Battlesbridge classic show in Essex last sunday week a fella was taking a particular interest in my van. It turns out he runs firm restoring darksiders and asked me if i'd be interested in taking part in a program...