Commer Walk-Thru Airport service van
Commer Walk-Thru in Malam Pengantin, Movie, 1975
Class: Cars, Van / MPV — Model origin: 
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◊ 2025-11-06 23:30 |
The window beneath the triangular one and the shape of the front wheel arch makes me believe this is based on a Commer Walk-Thru Van https://www.britishtelephones.com/vehicles/specialist/225.htm . The rear wheel arch: Link to "www.stilltimecollection.co.uk" The white lines behind the small window: Link to "i.pinimg.com" |
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◊ 2025-11-07 21:05 |
It seems my second link disappeared https://www.stilltimecollection.co.uk/collection/aaa/aaa093.jpg . |
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◊ 2025-11-08 23:28 |
The last link contain an Ambulance that came up when I searched on Commer Walk-Thru Van, but it says 'Karrier'. After some more research I found partly some ambulances already listed here /vehicles_make-Karrier_model-Walk-Thru.html and partly a Karrier-Dennis (marketed by Dennis Brothers of Guildford, Surrey) Walk-Thru https://www.flickr.com/photos/teessideambulances/12205631765 bodied by Wadam Brothers of Waterloowille, Hampshire. My suggestion is that this is a Commer, Karrier or Karrier-Dennis chassis bodied by Wadham, but instead of an Ambulance made a Panel Van on roughly the same design. |
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◊ 2025-11-09 01:13 |
Agree it's a Walk-Thru - front arch, mini window etc are distinctive; most likely a Commer, as Karriers are a rare breed - I'm not sure what the differences were, but I don't think were particularly significant. There's a suggestion that it was simply traditional by this time that Commers supplied to public bodies (in UK at least) were badged Karrier instead. And there's another permutation that in the late 60s, following the Chrysler take-over, Commers and Karriers became Dodges. No idea what happened for Walk-Thrus in Indonesia, but simplest to assume Commer. However most Walk-Thrus seem to have had angular arches, echoing the styling theme of the front one with similar extension, although overall were smaller; plain round arches were unusual and my guess is it means coachbuilt, maybe by an ambulance supplier such as Wadham or whoever else did them. I guess there'd have been a batch order to ship several over in one go and distribute to whichever government/public agencies needed them to justify the effort. |
