Retro/Vintage Vanlife; Campervan Profiles
Classic & retro vanlife, vehicle profiles... In this blog, I am going to take a look back at some campervan profile sheets I produced some years ago for the now defunct 'Motor Caravan Magazine' in the UK. These were a 'cut-out-and-keep' profile included within the magazine over a period of weeks, featuring some of the popular classic British campers and motorhomes. These were written under the pseudonym of 'Perry Thacker', but of course I am better known as Martin Watts, campervan historian/author and general classic motorhome nut! Let's start with one of the best selling motorhomes within the UK throughout the 1960s; the Ci/Autohomes 'Highwayman'. The Bluebird/Ci Motorised, 'Highwayman' The Highwayman was first released by Bluebird Caravans in 1958, based on the Austin-Morris 152/J2 light commercial chassis. With the release by Rootes in 1960 of the Commer range, customers were given the option of both the Austin-Morris and Commer as...