camper extraudinair wrote:Hi i'm back with next instalment.
While taking my car to the m o t shop i found myself following a breakdown
truck with a landliner on the hook.
I had always fancied landliners because they were based on the mark 1
transit and i liked their body shape compared to all the other campers
i had seen in the past.
Fortunately the truck turned into the same industrial estate i was visiting
so it was a good opportunity to chat to the driver who had stopped for a cuppa.
He was taking it to a breakers yard. It had been partly restored but the owner
had been beaten into submission by his nagging wife who did not share his
enthusiasm for landliners.
After talking to the driver and looking closely underneath,
A compromise between what was asked and what was offered was struck,
including delivery.
When it arrived the look of horror on my wife's face was a picture.
"what have you bought now she stammered?" " you can take that away now
i don't want that cluttering up my back garden parking place".
After i made her a nie cup of tea she calmed down and agreed to look
inside. I think the recovered Captain's chairs with built in headrests and
two arm rests won her over as they were so comfortable.
It sat for about a year while i looked for an engine and gearbox to fit into it
that would have the power i wanted to climb hills and attain cruising speed
effortlessly. It also had to have a auto gearbox.
Im enjoying your thread
the above memories reminds me when my one arrived on a lorry and i put it on the driveway 
