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(5/5)
But the Commer also marked a significant milestone in my motoring history: it was the first vehicle I had ever bought that wasn’t carried away on a recovery truck or just scrapped. I sold it with a year’s MoT to someone who drove off in it. I had cash in my hand!

But what could satisfy my desire for a van – it had to be a van – with ease of use in the city, but the potential to be radically customised? Find out next week...
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#MyCarHistory
(4/5) It took a while to realise I wasn’t getting all the performance available. To be honest, it took being overtaken by a funeral procession on Highgate Hill… The disbelieving looks on the faces of the mourners, passing a Commer lumbering uphill at walking pace, foot to the floor in second, still haunt my nights.

Once sorted, it had pretty good acceleration, despite the gear lever moving about two feet for each gearchange.

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(3/5) Early on I customised the front end, using the tyre rack on the rear of a Land Rover to achieve the shape I wasn’t looking for, but most of the damage was fixed by the firm application of a size 9 from inside the cab.

Amazingly, despite such a low mileage the carburettor was completely shot. Fortunately I had hung on to my old Nikki carb which, rejetted, would have been perfect. If I had only sorted out the throttle linkage.

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(2/5) A genuine one owner 15cwt Commer van, freshly resprayed, tidy and a good runner. Apparently having covered 33000 miles in its shortish lifetime it was meh at first sight. Getting it home and tidying the interior a little, it emerged that its one owner seemed to have been Dyno-Rod, judging by the business cards down the seat backs and other crevices.

A set of chrome moon discs and custom mirrors were soon added.

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Commer PB vans... as bumblebees.
#weirdcarmastodon #Commer #bumblebee #bee

Here's an old #postcard showing the entrance to the Singleton campus of Swansea University. The card looks like its from the 1960s (I'm judging this by the buildings and the van)

The van looks to me like a Commer, but maybe someone knows better!

#HigherEducation
#HigherEducationPostcard
#Swansea
#Singleton
#Commer
#History

Outside of an old car showroom in Llandrindod Wells. All of the brands have now gone from the car industry. Swallowed up by Chrysler initially.
#CarShowroom #BritishCars #Hillman #Humber #Commer

"COMMER UK" is an anagram of

RT @addict_car@twitter.com

Commer, originally the commercial vehicle marque of the Rootes Group, was well-known for its forward-control light van, already over a decade old by the date of this 1972 Chrysler UK brochure. It would later be rebranded as a Dodge when Commer was retired. #carbrochure #Commer

🐦🔗: https://twitter.com/addict_car/status/1594971446840725505