Post pictures and stories about your cars both present and past. Also post up "blogs" on your restoration projects - the more pictures the better! Note: blog-type threads often get few replies, but are often read by many members, and provide interest and motivation to other enthusiasts so don't be disappointed if you don't get many replies.
It has been mentioned but goodness knows when This Thames is an unregistered example which was sadly stored where the interior got damp hence the total lack of camper fittings. The owner had the van painted in this primrose colour after seeing this period film http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jRcgE_Zek0M
The elevating roof remains intact and the vehicle is a relaible starter and runner. The owner contemplated putting a V8 in this little motor but thank God he resisted. He is something of a classic ford guru and an all round decent bloke.
A quick Wikipaedola search suggests that Allis-Chalmers and Chalmers were in fact not connected and that the Chalmers who built the cars was the same Chalmers who was behind the NCR company, makers of the world's tills before Casio even existed. It seems that Chalmers was one of the brands that formed Chrysler, most interesting, sorry for the distraction.
J "Home is where you park it", so the saying goes. That may yet come true..
Well, you learn something every day. The Chalmers isn't my sort of thing, I cant help wonder what it would look like channeled and sectioned with a hemi engine up front
Well they built tens of thousands of them, the only reason they weren't heard of in most other places being the sheer scale of the USA I suppose. So if somebody modified one example I can't see any of the anally retentive concours types Chalmers aficionados being too upset. After all, it would be great for publicity!
Suggest you sneak into your work at dead of night and start the job, they'd thank you eventually.
J "Home is where you park it", so the saying goes. That may yet come true..
Understeer: when you hit the wall with the front of the car.
Oversteer: when you hit the wall with the back of the car.
Horsepower: how fast you hit the wall.
Torque: how far you take the wall with you.