1972 commer (s?)

Am pleased to say I have sorted out travel arrangements and should get it back to Sunny Shropshire for the cost of a trailer hire. 32.50+VAT.
Just got to finalise the pickup times etc with the guy selling it and I should shortly have a Commer 'On moi land'.

Have fingers crossed that I can get it on the road and tidy for the next Commer meet that comes up.
 
Well, I have bought the van 'blind' from the pictures alone, the guy described it as being pretty much a rustbucket and I am going there expecting that.

I paid a lot more for my car and it looked mint......until I had to do some examining to get the inner wing's solid.......Still looking for any trace of them 3 weeks later. Apparently the MOT man does not class Silicone, mesh and filler as metal :(
 
Unfortunately, the bodywork was too much for Jon, that owned it [V] So lets hope you have more luck. the last time I spoke to him, the roof was in bits, is it still that way [?]

http://www.commervanspares.co.uk/

http://www.yorkshireclassiccampers.co.uk/
 
Was speaking to him a few minutes ago, seemed a really nice guy.
Yeah, the roof is still in bits but it will be better out of the way to get the top half sorted out anyway.
I have been checking out the panels and parts available from coventrycamperpanels (Is that Woolfy?) and the link in your signature (Is that your personal business?) and cannot believe the amount of panels and parts available, my current resto project (Which I am putting on hold to do the Commer) has no available panels that are of any use, so all inner wing curves etc are hand made out of smaller pieces of metal and then ground down smooth. I am a bit fussy when it comes to bodywork and vehicles in general. I hate filler and like to keep it to the bare minimum.
 
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Originally posted by Bazil

......cannot believe the amount of panels and parts available....



Believe me it wasn't always like that[V] Martin and woolfy have certainly made a big difference[^]
Yes woolfy is Coventry Commer Panels - for hand made repro panels(I'm surprised he hasn't been along yet;)) and Martin is your man for mechanical bits and trim - and a few choice fibre glass panels.

Harvey the RV
 
Its great to see people going the extra length for such a lovely classic vehicle.

I prefer Commers to VW's (Can I say that here?)
 
I used to own a '79 Bay Window. Could never come up with a decent interior design with that damn engine in the back. Does not help being 6'5"!!!
 
I did a bit of research and found it to be a wanderer, obviously minus an interior, but the intention is to do a faithful wanderer replica.

I am like an excited little kid, its going to take forever to get to sunday when I am off to get it :(
 
We are as excited as you :D
Don't forget your camera to capture the pick up and journey home for posterity - and us :)

Harvey the RV
 
The design of the interior of the Wanderer did change over the years. In my opinion the earlier examples were the best. I suspect there was a bit of cost cutting with later examples. I remember visiting a camping exhibition at Olympia in 1971 and comparing our 1967 model with the latest model. Small details like the doors on the rear door mounted cupboards were omitted, as was the small larder cupboard at the rear offside.

Have a look in Studio Commer's Image Archive - you will find a road test of a 1967 Wanderer and a brochure for a later model. Better still, see if you could have a look at Jonny's van Joggler, a 1967 example identical to ours. :D

Whatever option you choose, I wish you the best of luck and hope you end up with a van which you can enjoy. ;)

'It's not a proper slider'
 
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