A cache of Commers | Classic Commer & Karrier lorries & vans of the 1930s - 1970s

A collection of Commer & Karrier lorry, van, breakdown truck, coach, camper and ex-military vehicle photos make up this video. If classic British lorries, and Commers/Karriers in particular, are your particular interest, then hopefully there'll be something in this selection of interest.
The vehicles range from the 1930s and 1940s, into the post-war 1950s and through into the 1970s, by which time the writing was on the wall for Commer and Karrier-badged vehicles within the Rootes Group (later Chrysler) empire.
Many of the Commers were seen at vintage vehicle shows, classic lorry road runs, and also in museums, while a few were caught on camera "at rest" in whichever hedge, field or barn they'd been left in many years previously.
Being keen on old lorries it was no hardship to spend hours trawling through folders of photos going back 15+ years, in order to put this collection together. The majority of the Commers and Karriers are shown in civilian hands, but a number clearly were built with military service in mind - especially the charismatic Q4s, the militarised cousin to the bonnetted civilian Superpoise lorries of the 1950s. Smaller vehicles here include the Commer Cob van, the forward-control PB, the Commer Imp van, and the super-rare Express Delivery van of the mid-1950s.
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Thanks, RJ.
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