Restoration Efforts

Historic Photos

Great shots of Commers from the Truck Show at Alice Springs, August 2005, courtesy of David Kent

Ben Page - Looking for a 'gate guardian', taking a short cut and you end up with an old Commer

Peter Godkin is beginning a restoration on an A he recently acquired

Steve Lamb has a similar S Superpoise he is restoring. Compare the slight differences with Peter Godkin's similar model.

This B series spends it days on a farm in Hargreaves, NSW

Graeme McKie is a keen two-stroke fan from Canberra who is restoring this 65 CC tractor

Bruce Gunter, a keen Commer man like his father before him.

A great story from Eddie Tylor about coming across a rather unusual 'S' type and his restoration of this truck back to its former glory.

David Freeburn has a hard working Karrier Bantam he has had for 20 years which still earns its keep on his farm

Micheal Belperio of Spectrum Transport Systems in Adelaide has a very early Karrier Bantam he is restoring

Graham Kircher of Queensland sent in these shots of Rootes Group vehicles of the Historic Commercial Vehicle Association of Queensland

Malcolm Coffey of Queensland has a nice collection of Commers plus sends in some photos of other Commers in the NSW area.

David Kent of South Australia completed a total rebuild of a 1958 Mk III in time to take it to Alice Springs - 2600 kms at 18 mpg! Read and view the full story of this restoration here.

Some great shots of Commers used in line haul work, sent in by Wayne Strachan. Lots of interesting details in these shots which give a great feel for what it was like driving in those days.

Some more Interstate Commer shots from Norm Higgins in New Zealand

Greg Richardson - carting sugar with Commers

Some great historic shots from Bruce Gunter of Commers coming to grief on the Highway, plus others of the Hume Highway, giving some indication of what drivers had to cope with 'in the wet'

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Andy Wright has sent in a number of shots of Commers in Western Australia

John Squire has a number of interesting 1930s Commers

Ian Clark has done a tremendous job of restoring this TS3 powered CC model

Lloyd Webb of Western Australia has this amazing 1948 Q15 Superpoise

Still in Daily use. A shot from Bruce Gunter of a pair of Commers still used daily in Sydney, plus a forgotten Mk II

Larry Cole has this very early Bantam he is working on

More shots from Graham of Commers (and Dodges) he has spotted

Mark Johnson has done an amazing restoration of this Q Superpoise in a very short space of time. You need to see the before and after shots to see what a great job he has done.

More shots from Graham Kircher, this time of Commers for sale in Dalby, Queensland

Graham Kircher sends in shots of Dale Barnards GM powered VC in Queensland

Denis Cupit has 4 Commer knockers for sale plus a rare CA is also for sale. Check the details here

Show Reports

Dave Bingham sends in this report from the Allora gathering at Warwick, Queensland

Laurie Koster has this Superpoise B that has been in the family since new. He is looking forward to the challenge of bringing this old girl back to her former glory.

Ric Ireland, north of Sydney has a Superpoise Q he is working on restoring. It is great to see these smaller Commers being brought back to life

Another NSW Superpoise. Ian Bowkett has this S25 he has obtained from a farm where it has lain for many a year.

Bruce Gunter has a new Commer. Check it out here.

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Robert Sutcliffe of Western Australia has this great tractor unit set up as a logger.

Mal Wotherspoon is restoring this CDY cabbed special with all the good bits underneath. Make sure you also read Mal’s great memories of driving Commers as an 18 year old in New Zealand. Read these memories here and you’ll understand why he is so fond of them.

A 1912 CommerCar bus at a Melbourne Truck Show, sent in by Bruce Gunter

Bob Sharp shares his memories of hours in the cab of a Commer V series on Interstate

Lindsay Smith of Queensland has this 1958 petrol powered Interim model Mk III with four speed box and two speed diff. The truck has only 60 500 original miles on the speedo

Brian Blunt, the Collection Manager, Museum of Fire, Sydney, Australia (where they have a number of Commer fire appliances), has sent in two historic shots of Commer buses in Australia.

Shots of Commers at the 2008 Dubbo Show from Bruce Gunter and Andy Wright

John Gramlick has gradually restored yet another CDY back to its former glory

Glyn Richards shares his experiences of long haul and other work in Commers. A great read

Don MacFadyen used a couple of V series Perkins powered Commers on car haulage. Check out the interesting loads.

Cam MacFadyen recently visited Price’s amazing spares yard in Dalby, Queensland and took these shots of Commers looking for a good home!