Classic cars forum & vehicle restoration.

[1.5ran]

This is The Colonel Mustard,The Colonel for short not a caravan but unique none the less.

I would be very happy to recieve any information about him as I know very little,I don't believe the interior to be original & would love to know what it should be like,
more pic's here
http://www.flickr.com/photos/commerchrisgoldstar_a65/sets/72157624896265955/
I have been in contact with the classic camper club & I am also on the Commer forum.

[Tow Itch]

Dear Mr 5ran

Highly unlikely that I could tell you anything you don't already know.
The name Dandy was used by The Murray Caravan Company.
These are reproductions of advertising pieces for their better known product.
http://f1.grp.yahoofs.com/v1/4KiRTuKnWEc7QacEhXXAJrQ1bq0AoWzp02eaGLy5OSxnASashmVwtMztO_a5QSHQc5TepDGUuj_bCaDzdw7r4nRqEH-nI-sTrg9oB1RhGJZA9g4/Riva%20publicity/Dandy%20History%203009.jpg

http://f1.grp.yahoofs.com/v1/4KiRTloiqMQ7QacE-Q8CY49T81jOLEi3ci_838hagqVZwANBgI3fpu1DkyQB7r9v5IvCk-tbpmfBxPvHNSwT3kujGtuvAvjBigohPtKDoRRVkBE/Riva%20publicity/Dandy%20History%202008.jpg

This last piece is a bit of a potted history and includes a side on motorhome photo.
http://f1.grp.yahoofs.com/v1/4KiRTnV4cN87QacEaAig3pf8cqagtO5lXG4zzv8CVwkW0HPzxZlu4Qz1JN2Nhu9zp-NlOs6zPdnOf9-C13UWupay-TJQllq3LhFF2iTnROsPhWQ/Riva%20publicity/Dandy%20History%201007.jpg
I don't know if you will need to have a Yahoo account and sign up to the forum to look?
The Dandyman may have been produced by The Dandy Owners Club, an organisation I believed to be all but defunct. Yet looking at the site to confirm it i found a report from a 2011 camping rally penned by the same person as the above history.
Ian at Riva leisure may well be able to add more history and finally there is a Howard V Murray listed as a supplier of commercial vehicle parts who I would have a fair bet is part of the original producing family.
I have a 1960's/70's green Dandy folding camper and contribute to the Dandy campers http://www.dandycampers.org/ on which I have posted your picture of Colonel Mustard.

TI

[1.5ran]

Thank you! I have finally managed to log in to the dandy forum!
The links you posted did not work any chance of trying again please?