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Wartime Commer Project
With only a few finishing touches to carry out on our 30cwt Commer, mainly the painting of the decals and insignia which I will be undertaking myself over the next month or so we are now looking forward.
We very much enjoy the restoration side of these projects and so we have decided to go for another project, as Commers ore our thing I have started to put out feelers here and there for the next project... Trouble is we all know that wartime Commers are very rare but we will keep looking cause you just never know what will turn up one day. Be it a 15cwt RAF van or a Q4 3 tonner we would be interested to hear and be keen to save another wonderful vehicle of this marque. If anyone hears or knows of anything that would be up our street then please get in touch. |
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Commer project lead #1: Q4 in Denmark
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I'd love to see a Q2 15-cwt RAF Van restored but AFAIK there are none left... As for leads for projects: 1) See the Q2 Tractor in the Commer Q2 thread: it may be worthwhile to contact the current owner as there may come a time he's willing to let it go? 2) As Alex mentioned, a Commer project was mentioned on here a long time ago. I can't find the tread, but here is the link to the seller's website: https://kfjhandel.dk/biler/72-biler-...angravemaskine This is a wartime Q4 truck in Denmark which was converted with an excavator on the back. Asking price is approx 5,650 EUR/ 4,800 GBP, but this has been for sale for approx. 10 years and there is no interest in these sort of vehicles in Denmark, I have been assured. So there should be some room to haggle? Automated translation: Quote:
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Thanks for that Hanno.
If that were in the UK we would be chasing that one up. Looks just about right for a good restoration. I do wonder though how expensive and difficult it would be transporting a truck over to the UK? |
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The owner is not easy to deal with Hanno.
Most like problem with getting it to the Uk would be the height, when lowloading I suspect it could be pushing the limit of 4.1m
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Out of interest, I have actually contacted the vendor to find out more information. Even if its just to fill out a few of my records of surviving Commers. |
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Hi Kevin
It was about half price last time it was listed on facebook (25kdkk), where the seller is also active. But he is some what of a character If you dont get a reply on the other you could try and contact him that way. Its not that far away from me, so if you go for it, I could potentially provide a temporary, pitstop for getting rid of the crane. Capture3.JPG
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Still no reply from the vendor...
Maybe just one that we will leave to simmer and see what happens. I must admit to being quite taken by the truck, without the crane its the sort of project we are looking for. I do wonder about putting some feelers out to see how much it would be to transport something like this back to the UK before we get too carried away? |
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