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badhuis



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PostPosted: Wed Sep 27, 2017 5:13 pm    Post subject: Walk Thru Reply with quote

There is a Commer Walk Thru for sale on Ebay:

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/commer-van/332392451985?ssPageName=STRK%3AMEBIDX%3AIT&_trksid=p2055119.m1438.l2649

What I cannot understand is that there seems no or little interest in this kind of van, whereas other ordinary vans are worth lots and lots of money. Citroën HY vans used as food trucks, VW vans fetching stupid money.
I can see the attraction of a nice HY truck, the (non)styling of it and basic construction.
But a Commer Walk Thru such as the one in the ad also has its virtues, it is nicely styled with the sliding doors, little nose, split windscreen, big wings / wheel arches. Surely they must be more practical to use as a food truck (interior height one thing) than a VW?

Or is it the same story as usual - unknown, unwanted?



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PostPosted: Wed Sep 27, 2017 7:22 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

That one has 6 days to go still, but yes there are some bargains out there if you ignore the "scene" cars and vans (eg VW, Ford), and look for more obscure but equally good vehicles. Rootes Group vehicles often appeal to me.

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PostPosted: Wed Sep 27, 2017 7:29 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

That is a nice van but I think what puts a lot of people off something like that in the UK is the class seven MOT, its really not as bad as some think if you keep up with the maintenance. I would like it but enough things now.
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PostPosted: Wed Sep 27, 2017 11:01 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

They are nice vans and not very common these days. How many do you see at shows these days?
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PostPosted: Thu Sep 28, 2017 7:41 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

So few still about considering how many were around in the 60s & 70s,
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PostPosted: Fri Sep 29, 2017 12:13 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

There is a point at which there is a divide between "van" and "commercial". A van is assumed to be up to the size of a long wheel base Transit or Sprinter and people will drive it (some of them cautiously) on their car licence. The Commer just nudges over into the "commercial" category. A bit bigger, a bit less sophisticated, a bit less performance - a bit less of everything really.

Therefore, the market is much smaller for such a vehicle and explains the gap between a "classic van" pricewise and what is perceived to be a small truck. I've been looking for a J4 project for years now as part of a club project and the (very) few survivors go for idiotic amoiunts of money for what was, at best, a poor vehicle even at the time.

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PostPosted: Fri Sep 29, 2017 7:23 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Agreed, small vans now fetch a fortune. They are small enough to fit in a garage whereas vans this size would require larger storage making it more difficult for many would be restorers.
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PostPosted: Fri Sep 29, 2017 8:20 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

I think things like the Morris LD fall into the same category, ie too large for the average garage, not big enough to interest many fans of "full-size" commercial vehicles.

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PostPosted: Fri Sep 29, 2017 10:09 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Going back to the photo at the start of this post, there's something that's been nagging me about it. I'm surprised that the fleabay listing doesn't mention it either. This van must, at some point, have featured in Heartbeat (still miss that on TV) as there's no real town called Ashfordly. Did anyone else spot this?
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PostPosted: Fri Sep 29, 2017 11:30 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

I wonder if it did?
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PostPosted: Fri Sep 29, 2017 1:48 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

It seems it very probably was in Heartbeat transporting condemned meat (Season18, Episode 22).

http://heartbeat.wikia.com/wiki/The_Open_Door

"An unidentified man is found badly injured by the roadside near Aidensfield and PC Mason thinks he was assaulted. A complaint about a van blocking the way in Back Lane leads not only to the identity of the unknown man, but also to a load of condemned meat which has now disappeared." It later states the van was owned by Hardcastle Butchers

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PostPosted: Fri Sep 29, 2017 3:52 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Well spotted folks Smile
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PostPosted: Fri Sep 29, 2017 8:25 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Hi
http://www.imcdb.org/vehicle_189638-Dodge-Walk-Thru-KC40-1976.html reckons there was a Dodge Walk-Thru
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PostPosted: Sat Sep 30, 2017 9:33 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Looking at the first post I can't believe the size of the garden gnomes in the background.
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PostPosted: Sat Sep 30, 2017 10:12 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Kenham wrote:
Looking at the first post I can't believe the size of the garden gnomes in the background.


Asda have been selling giant plastic gnomes like that for a while now. Ghastly things but they're obviously selling and have popped up in several front yards locally.
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