MMM’s team share the ups and downs of their motorhoming month
Peter Vaughan Road Test Editor
MAJOR ATTRACTION
Nothing could have been much more different to the Coachman Travel Master Imperial tag-axle A-class that I was testing recently (have a look at next month’s issue to read the review) at the Clumber Park Caravan and Motorhome Club site, but I reckon that this beautiful early 1970s Commer was attracting even more attention than ‘my’ nine-metre leviathan.
Apologies to the owner (I didn’t get your name), but this gorgeous classic – a Torcars Sun-Tor Major campervan – was a recent acquisition, bought as a project in association with his son after the sad loss of his wife. It looked in amazing condition for its 50-plus years, had just sailed through an MoT and even had most of its original interior intact, complete with a rear lounge and hinged side door (both rare on a Commer).
For me it sparked happy memories of the yellow and white 1976 Commer Auto-Sleeper my dad drove to Bulgaria in 1980 – a trip that launched my love of campervans. Others on the site seemed equally enamoured; the owner was constantly chatting to folk with stories of their own Commer experiences – after all, 50 years ago these vans were a common sight on British roads, many of them in red and run by the Post Office.
FEEL GOOD FESTIVAL
Iain Duff Campervan Editor
I’m just back from this year’s Campervan Campout – our mini festival in West Sussex – and, after last year’s torrential rain, it was great to enjoy a mostly dry and sunny weekend.
The highlight was Saturday night’s DJ set by Chris Moyles, who whipped up a storm with his selection of 90s bangers
