SunTor brochure

[Paul Goldsmith]

As promised a week or two ago, I've dug up and scanned the rather nice colour brochure for the TorCars 'SunTor Major MKII' camper conversion (which is the sister conversion to our 'HiTor' camper).

http://s215.photobucket.com/albums/cc85/PaulandSally/Our%20Commer/Commer_SunTor_page_1.jpg

http://s215.photobucket.com/albums/cc85/PaulandSally/Our%20Commer/Commer_SunTor_page_2.jpg

http://s215.photobucket.com/albums/cc85/PaulandSally/Our%20Commer/Commer_SunTor_page_3.jpg

http://s215.photobucket.com/albums/cc85/PaulandSally/Our%20Commer/Commer_SunTor_page_4.jpg

ps. I've emailed the originals to you Kes, for the archive

 

[Paul Goldsmith]

DOH - and now for the embedded images !

 

[Jostein]

Lovely, Paul !!

Obviously, it hasn't got your out-of-space perplex panorama windows at the rear (which I love!), but lovely still.
I love the way the roof extension wraps itself around the roof. It may be a bit tall, but is a very harmonic re-design of the roof section by increasing the height all over.

Nice!

 

[Paul Goldsmith]

Thanks Jostein.

I'm excited as both models clearly had bunks too, I was thinking with the top cupboards in our Hi-Tor this wasn't possible

Keen to do some investigating as to what's behind the panels when it comes out of storage in the spring ...

Nice to see this brochure in colour as it has an almost identical layout to our Hi-Tor - you can almost smell the 1970's

 

[Jostein]

Yes, the bunks are just wonderful! Has yours got them, do you say? I must say that this is greatly missed in my Highwayman(s). One of them has the bunk (or stretcher... ) across the front - just behind the cab, the other one none. But these Highwayman bunks are nowhere near as practical or cute as the bunks in this one, and most of the other van-based campers.

I think the fact that the Highwaymans are chassis-based with their own pretty thin structure means that the stress of these bunks would be too much for the main structure to handle. And then there is that space issue of course with cupboards and the lot.. which they obviously must have solved in some genious way on the high roofed Hi-Tor with bunks.

Intersting stuff! And I love the photos as well

 

[renaultvation]

After we sold our Commer Wanderer we used to hire a Highwayman and that had two bunks which stretched across the main body above the main double bed. You had to scramble across one bunk to reach the other. This was a 1972 model, but I assume that the construction was essentially the same as the earlier models.

 

[Jostein]

quote:
Originally posted by renaultvation

After we sold our Commer Wanderer we used to hire a Highwayman and that had two bunks which stretched across the main body above the main double bed. You had to scramble across one bunk to reach the other. This was a 1972 model, but I assume that the construction was essentially the same as the earlier models.



Yes, I suppose that would be the 6-berth version. They've got two bunks beside each other fitted on steel structures in the window frames (on my one anyway, but only one bunk as it is a 5-berth..). I think the practicality can be questioned when compared to the "draw out, roll in" bunks in the van derived campers.

Better with some bunks than no bunks, but the scaffolding-style stretcher design is a bit cumbersome in my view, and they are a pain when not in use with regards to access from cab to camper section - where they hang right in the middle of opening forwards/rearwards.