1966 60s sixties Rootes Group Green restored retro Commer Van travelling at speed on the M6 motorway in Greater Manchester, UK
Commer was a British manufacturer of commercial and military vehicles from 1905 until 1979. Commer vehicles included car-derived vans, light vans, medium to heavy commercial trucks, and buses. The company also designed and built some of its own diesel engines for its heavy commercial vehicles. History Front of a 1909 Commer bus This business belonged to Commercial Cars Limited, a company incorporated in September 1905 by directors H C B Underdown,[note 1] barrister and director of Direct United States Cable Co with H G Hutchinson a director of Royal Exchange Assurance[1] to manufacture: commercial cars, omnibuses, charabancs, fire engines and every kind of industrial vehicle. In 1920, it was described as the first company to specialise in the manufacture of internal combustion industrial commercial vehicles.[2] In order to go into volume production a site was bought in September 1905 at Biscot Road, Biscot, Luton.[3] Construction of extensive new workshops began on the five-acre site which was mostly complete by late 1906. Commercial Cars became a member of the Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders in August 1906.[4] It was one of the first manufacturers of commercial vehicles in the United Kingdom, its speciality being the Commer Car.
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Location: Greater Manchester, UK
Photo credit: © ZarkePix / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No
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