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ArishMell · 70-79, M
@Munumbis Beautifully restored!
Was Dodge a Chrsyler division or brand?
I ask because I think the British van-builder Commer, part of the Rootes Group, was Chrysler-owned in the 1960s, when it produced a van with a somewhat similar general outline. The Commer had a more rounded front, one-piece windscreen and slightly simpler side-panel profiles, but there do seem "family likenesses" in the vehicles' external appearances; suggesting the same designers.
I don't know that Didge van's machinery but the Commer had a 4-cylinder petrol engine, inclined, in-line and in a compartment between the front seats; linked by a 4-speed manual gearbox to the rear axle.
Our Dad had a motor-caravan based on a Commer van - still owned in the family - and I owned a basic Commer van for a couple of years or so.
Was Dodge a Chrsyler division or brand?
I ask because I think the British van-builder Commer, part of the Rootes Group, was Chrysler-owned in the 1960s, when it produced a van with a somewhat similar general outline. The Commer had a more rounded front, one-piece windscreen and slightly simpler side-panel profiles, but there do seem "family likenesses" in the vehicles' external appearances; suggesting the same designers.
I don't know that Didge van's machinery but the Commer had a 4-cylinder petrol engine, inclined, in-line and in a compartment between the front seats; linked by a 4-speed manual gearbox to the rear axle.
Our Dad had a motor-caravan based on a Commer van - still owned in the family - and I owned a basic Commer van for a couple of years or so.