Modern Commer Replacement

[Steve Pyro]

A Commer has just come up for sale on *bay.
£0.99 starting price

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=4543553580&ssPageName=ADME:B:SS:UK:1

[Andy Zarse]

I must profess to being a little perplexed, not to say vexed, that no one else on this forum has taken the plunge and invested in a Commer.

At risk of repeating myself, it truly is the ideal LM support vehicle. Buy one registered before 1974 and there is no road fund tax to pay. Insurance is £100pa including European breakdown assistance. There's room to take fridges, cookers, showers, BBQs and all sorts of other stuff you wish you could have on hand were it not for the fact that you don't have room in your poxy hatchbacks. And I sleep in a proper bed instead of grovelling around on the floor like pigs in filth, like the rest of you f**k*ng tent-dwelling peasants.

There are several for sale on ebay, and I concur fully with the bloke who is selling these:

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&category=14256&item=4543531479&rd=1&ssPageName=WDVW

As he quite rightly states at the bottom of his advert -

"It is my conclusion that a Commer is an ideal friend and companion. Affordable and CLASSIC that is truly practical.
Couldn't put it better myself. When-oh-when will somebody else see the God-dancing light??  

[Andy Zarse]

A Commer has just come up for sale on *bay.
£0.99 starting price

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=4543553580&ssPageName=ADME:B:SS:UK:1

Steve, thanks, this one is a late model PA (mine is a PB). You can tell the difference because it only has single secondary lights (ie no side lights!) and a sqare shaped grill instead of the famous PB lozenge grille. But best of all, it has the drivers grab handle in the cab, which I covet so much.

[Steve Pyro]

......... But best of all, it has the drivers grab handle in the cab, which I covet so much.

Andy, does that serve as a straining bar for those high speed, cloth touching moments?

[Andy Zarse]

Precisely Steve! Apart from being aestetically pleasing, it would be very functional too.

[Canada Phil]

Hi Andy,
            I am tempted but surely a Camper Van without the camping interior is JUST a VAN. Nice Handle door sill reveals a little rust?
Canada Phil

[smokie]

Dunno about Modern, but it could be a Commer replacement I spose....

http://tinyurl.com/3zwlp

[Ron Jeremy]

you'd get one hell of a squirt in the water pistol fight from the goddess pump

[Brian(Liverpool boys)]

One here for you Smokie.
http://www.witham-sv.com/infopage.php?ID=296&Overide=1

[smokie]

Do I need armoured? I hope not!! (Not at that price anyway!!)

[Ferrari Spider]

  :-XTwice Round the Daffodils  

has there ever been a list of films where a commer has appeared?

[Ron Jeremy]

italian job  

[smokie]

http://tinyurl.com/d6qqp

from Dr Who - Daleks - Invasion Earth 2150 AD. Might be a Commer...

Also there is a commer like vehicle in a Pathe News film which shows the destruction of 10 Rillington Place...you may need to register to d/l

http://www.itnarchive.com/cgi-bin/taweb.exe?x=d&o=d&q=(10%20AND%20rillington%20AND%20place)&d=BPATHE&i=84026&p=1&t=doc.tmpl&v=tabbed

[Andy Zarse]

http://tinyurl.com/d6qqp

from Dr Who - Daleks - Invasion Earth 2150 AD. Might be a Commer...

Smokie, I like your use of the word "might", it's so loaded with expectation. Unfortunately the Daleks are seen here exterminating a Morris Type J2. I don't think even someone as powerful as the evil Davros could destroy a Commer.

Also there is a commer like vehicle in a Pathe News film which shows the destruction of 10 Rillington Place...you may need to register to d/l

http://www.itnarchive.com/cgi-bin/taweb.exe?x=d&o=d&q=(10%20AND%20rillington%20AND%20place)&d=BPATHE&i=84026&p=1&t=doc.tmpl&v=tabbed

It would be nice to imagine Mr Christie luring his victims back to Rillington Place by promises of a ride in a Commer. Regretably, it's not a Commer in your film clip, it's a bit hard to tell, but I think it's a good old Bedford CA.

However, a quick search on the ITV site brought up this clip of the 1961 Motor Show. Link ddoesn't work directly, so you'll need to copy and paste it.

http://www.itnarchive.com/cgi-bin/taweb.exe?x=d&o=d&q=(commer)&d=BPATHE&i=71725&p=1&t=doc.tmpl&v=tabbed

Apart from the new E Type, I love the little model Commer wizzing round on the overhead monorail and also the dollybird making tea in the back of the Commer Camper is a treat too.

[Canada Phil]

Hi Andy,
            as one who critisized your earlier avatar let me just say. I like your current piccy of the bread van
I was tempted to bid on the blue one but he said no overseas bids would be considered.
Canada Phil