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by Troika
Fri Oct 27, 2017 8:35 am
Forum: For Sale or Wanted
Topic: Dormobile At Auction
Replies: 2
Views: 3480

Re: Dormobile At Auction

Damn.....I registered with Brightwells for this auction but was diverted with so much other stuff to do, somebody has picked up a bargain with that one.
by Troika
Sat Oct 14, 2017 12:32 pm
Forum: For Sale or Wanted (LR/Camping only)
Topic: Dormobile
Replies: 3
Views: 5596

Re: Dormobile

Reading the sales blurb and all the work done, with 17 MOT's, could be a long term keeper for somebody, price estimate is spread quite wide, £10,500 to £15,000 may just be worth consideration simply to avoid the rebuild experience.
by Troika
Sat Oct 14, 2017 9:55 am
Forum: For Sale or Wanted (LR/Camping only)
Topic: Dormobile
Replies: 3
Views: 5596

Dormobile

Nothing to do with me, for auction through Brightwells, looks fairly complete, perhaps missing original table. Is current owner known to the forum?
by Troika
Thu Oct 06, 2016 7:29 pm
Forum: Miscellaneous items for sale or wanted
Topic: Dormobile seat fixings for AKM 217K
Replies: 6
Views: 8912

Re: Dormobile seat fixings for AKM 217K

As Alex says, 4 tangs on the front passenger, two for driver seat, but I think with age of your vehicle they would have modified the seat to stop it being tippable for safety reasons so yours may never have had the tanged driver seat. You will see in the pics below one of the driver seat rails with ...
by Troika
Wed Oct 05, 2016 2:35 pm
Forum: Miscellaneous items for sale or wanted
Topic: Dormobile seat fixings for AKM 217K
Replies: 6
Views: 8912

Re: Dormobile seat fixings for AKM 217K

Right, lets see if this makes sense to you. On the front face of the seat box there should be 4 knurled knobs, these engage with the tangs located on the lower front edge of the dormatic front double seats. The front double seats require slackening of two of the knobs to allow the seat to swivel bac...
by Troika
Wed Oct 05, 2016 9:06 am
Forum: Miscellaneous items for sale or wanted
Topic: Dormobile seat fixings for AKM 217K
Replies: 6
Views: 8912

Re: Dormobile seat fixings for AKM 217K

I will get the camera out this morning.
by Troika
Mon Oct 03, 2016 9:28 am
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Dormobile Chassis
Replies: 4
Views: 4349

Re: Dormobile Chassis

Dormobiles were built on export model SW chassis, when I ordered from Richards I ended up with a generic incorrect one with drop down tailgate brackets on rear crossmember, a number of other incorrect items, not least engine brackets were 1 inch higher than they should have been on one side :cry: . ...
by Troika
Thu Sep 08, 2016 7:23 am
Forum: Welcome
Topic: Sort of new here
Replies: 5
Views: 6925

Re: Sort of new here

My father bought a dual cab CF bedford with demountable Sunseeker 6 berth back in around 1974, it came with large box section supports that were stored horizontally under the pod and required the use of a bottle jack to raise and lower each leg, one at a time. The demounting process commenced with t...
by Troika
Mon Aug 29, 2016 12:57 pm
Forum: For Sale or Wanted (LR/Camping only)
Topic: dormobile for sale
Replies: 3
Views: 4148

Re: dormobile for sale

AlexB wrote:I was outbid on that a couple of weeks ago. Half the asking price.
Alex, are you still in the market for one or just saw it as source of parts?
by Troika
Thu Jun 16, 2016 5:54 pm
Forum: Classic Campers
Topic: Burnt out
Replies: 14
Views: 13462

Re: Burnt out

gossamer wrote:Now to find a replacement vehicle.
Head must rule over heart, still too many ongoing projects which includes the other two Dormobiles, so promised the current other half no replacement:whistle: