Date:         Sat, 26 Jan 2008 14:58:40 +1300
Reply-To:     Andrew Grebneff <andrew.grebneff@STONEBOW.OTAGO.AC.NZ>
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From:         Andrew Grebneff <andrew.grebneff@STONEBOW.OTAGO.AC.NZ>
Subject:      Commer... WAS: RE: Nearly creamed by a Syncro AW NVC
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>Hi Andrew,
>Interesting tale,
>Few of us in the states would know what a  "one of those inboard-wheeled 60s
>Commer vans"
>is, and what are inboard wheels ?
>an extra narrow track on one end, or ?
>Scott

They were English tubs (sorta looked like a tub too... lots of
tumblehone at the bottom), with the classic front-midengined layout
adopted by the Japanese, eho retain it to this day. The track was
extremely narrow... you wouldn't want to take a bend at any speed at
all. They looked terrible from in front or behind... how anybody
could design, let alone sell, such a blatantly unstable vehicle is
alomost beyond me. If the wheels were any further inboard I'd be
afraid they'd rub together! I don't have any pics, unfortunately...
they were lots of them around in the 70s and early 80s, but haven't
seen one for a long time. They were made in the 60s, but the latest
ones were made in the 70s, with a new modern square grill with DODGE
badges!
--
Andrew Grebneff
Dunedin
New Zealand
Fossil preparator
Seashell, Macintosh, VW/Toyota van nut
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