Rear door cupboards

[Slyone00]

Hi all,
Currently restoring a 1969 wanderer.
Got it running well.
It came with no interior so lots to start on once the welding is finished.
We are replacing the old rear doors with a pair of newer ones that I have rubbed down treated and painted up.
We’d like to build the cupboards that go on the rear doors but have no real plan or dimensions. Does anybody own a plan or are able to provide dimensions for these please.

TIA
Dave

 

[Panky]

Hi Dave,
I can get you some dimensions of the Auto-Sleeper versions which are a little different to the Wanderer type. Give me some time and I'll sort it out for you.
If you need dimensions for the whole interior there's a basic set of plans on the home page that might be of interest, again based on the Auto-Sleeper layout.
Scroll down to the bottom of the page. I cocked up the dimensions here and there unfortunately but the diagrams are pretty much to scale so the ones that look a bit strange should have a decimal point in there somewhere or an added zero

Downloads

Documents for the comemr including free Commer Manual

www.commervanfan.co.uk

 

[Panky]

OK, the cupboards are 16 1/2" wide and 21"long, 3" deep from cupboard face to the van door at the top
The carcass is made from 7/8" approx thick timber with the face and door from 1/2" veneered ply. The door fits against the inside of the frame but is set to one side to fit around the wardrobe in this case.

Hope this helps

 

[renaultvation]

The design of the door cupboards changed over the years, with early versions from1967 having timber cupboards with an oak finish very similar to the Autosleeper cupboards which Panky has provided. Later models (early 70s), had simpler open fronted cupboards with a formica finish. I don't know when the change was made, but I think you are safe copying the Autosleeper design. I seem to remember the original Wanderer design had a pair of doors on each cupboard.