Ford Transit Camper Vans

The Transit van came off the line at Fords Langley plant and in just a few months the camper van companies had the new Transit campers on the road and with the new wide body and chassis cab versions they were very fast in using the Transit to come up with every type of camper you could imagine.

Companies such as Martin Walker put large amounts of money into research and design and the camper van we know today was born. This was great for us Transit enthusiasts as these summer vans, as I call them, were used in dry conditions by older drivers who had all the time in the world to give their vans the attention they needed to keep them on the road and rust free. 9 times out of 10 they were stored inside during the winter months making them some of the best early model Transits left on the roads today. 

Off the back of the camper van came the custom side of the van scene which was around at that time and even today people still look at custom vans to get ideas for their campers and this works both ways, as I know only too well, custom vanners  still look at campers all the time to get ideas of what was around so that they could incorporate those ideas into their custom vans.

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Thanks peter