CAR CRUISER

MANUFACTURED     1960

BERTHS                           4
LENGTH                       207 INCHES   5.17 METRES
HEIGHT                         97 INCHES    2.42 METRES
WIDTH                           78 INCHES    1.95 METRES
WEIGHT                       1904 LBS  (MAXIMUM GROSS WEIGHT)
WHEELSIZE                16 INCH CROSS PLY
COLOUR                       GREY
CHASSIS NO.               617 RO
BODY NO.                     607
MODEL                          CAR
DISTRIBUTOR               W
  

THIS CARAVAN WAS THE CARAVAN SHOW MODEL AT

EARLS COURT IN LONDON IN 1960.
 

THIS CARAVAN WAS BOUGHT BY MR. HERBERT SIDNEY

FLETCHER FOR £450.  HE OWNED THE VAN UNTIL 1976

WHEN HE GAVE IT TO HIS SON AND DUGHTER-IN-LAW

JOHN AND JOAN FLETCHER AFTER THE BIRTH IF THEIR

FIRST SON.
 

EARLY IN 2003 THEY PASSED THE VAN ON TO THEIR

ELDEST SON AND HIS WIFE, DAVID AND CORAL

FLETCHER.
 

THE VAN IS NOW ON ITS THIRD GENERATION OF

OWNERS.
 

ALL THREE GENERATIONS HAVE BEEN MEMBERS OF

THE CAR CRUISER OWNERS CLUB.

CCOC AS IT IS KNOW IS A SMALL CLUB SET UP IN 1963

FOR THE OWNERS OF CAR CRUISERS TO MEET

SOCIALLY.

TO DATE THERE ARE APPROXIMATELY TWENTY

FAMILIES IN THE CLUB.

THE CCOC RUN SIX TO EIGHT RALLIES EACH YEAR

AROUND THE COUNTRY.
 

THERE ARE APPROXIMATELY FIFTY CAR CRUISER

CARAVANS KNOWN OF.
 

CAR CRUISERS WERE HAND BUILT TO THE CUSTOMERS

REQUIREMENTS.
 

THE CAR CRUISER RANGE CONSISTED OF
 CARISIMA
CAROUSEL
CLUBMAN
CLIPPER
CAMBRIDGE
 

EACH CAR CRUISER WAS INDIVIDUAL IN COLOUR AND

SPECIFICATION.

 CAR CRUISERS WERE FIRST BUILT IN THE 1920’S BY O.G.

LYWOOD OF MIDDLESEX.

LATER THEY WERE BOUGHT OUT BY COOPER

COACHWORKS OF CAMBRIDGE AND WERE MADE UP

UNTIL 1965.

For more information on the Car Cruiser Owners Club please email: car.cruiser@btinternet.com

or call

David Fletcher on: 01908 618243