'67 Traveller - Re-Commissioning
Posted: Tue Mar 06, 2012 1:48 pm
Hi All,
Here is the thread for my 1967 Traveller. It was given to me by my grandfather back in 2002 when he decided he wasn't giving it the use it deserved. He had a traveller many years ago and bought this one in the late 90's with a plan to buy a classic caravan to tow with it, but ill health meant this never came to fruition and he sadly passed away in 2005.I believe it had been recently restored when he bought it, by a specialist somewhere in the Midlands. Other than that and the few bits of paperwork I have I don't know much about the history of the car, but my grandfather was a member of the Northants branch of the MMOC, the car still bears the stickers in the windows, so if anyone knows anything about the history of the car I'd be interested to hear about it.
Since I've had the car it's been mostly dry stored due to me being at uni and other commitments, but in the past few years it's been stored under a tarpaulin in all weathers at my parents
.
Anyway I had the car brought over to mine late last year and I plan to put the car back on the road in the next few months in time for the good weather! I've actually only driven the car once, so understandably I'm itching to get it done. It needs the standard re-commissioning work, brakes, bulbs, tyres, new coolant hoses, service and a little bit of welding on the N/S/F chassis leg and floor. I thought I'd be in for a lot more work than that with it having been stood in the elements, but after a wash I think it's come up quite well!
Any comments gratefully received
Here is the thread for my 1967 Traveller. It was given to me by my grandfather back in 2002 when he decided he wasn't giving it the use it deserved. He had a traveller many years ago and bought this one in the late 90's with a plan to buy a classic caravan to tow with it, but ill health meant this never came to fruition and he sadly passed away in 2005.I believe it had been recently restored when he bought it, by a specialist somewhere in the Midlands. Other than that and the few bits of paperwork I have I don't know much about the history of the car, but my grandfather was a member of the Northants branch of the MMOC, the car still bears the stickers in the windows, so if anyone knows anything about the history of the car I'd be interested to hear about it.
Since I've had the car it's been mostly dry stored due to me being at uni and other commitments, but in the past few years it's been stored under a tarpaulin in all weathers at my parents
.Anyway I had the car brought over to mine late last year and I plan to put the car back on the road in the next few months in time for the good weather! I've actually only driven the car once, so understandably I'm itching to get it done. It needs the standard re-commissioning work, brakes, bulbs, tyres, new coolant hoses, service and a little bit of welding on the N/S/F chassis leg and floor. I thought I'd be in for a lot more work than that with it having been stood in the elements, but after a wash I think it's come up quite well!
Any comments gratefully received