Foster and Day....very rare?

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hairydog said:
I had a recollection of a motorhome converter getting into trouble for selling motorhomes on vehicle bases that they had neglected to pay for. Was that Foster & Day?
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Be an interesting repossession job.:dance:

No idea about F & D , the smaller converters were always at a disadvantage, They generally had to outlay for the chassis "up front" .The larger guys had the benefit of stocking plans like a dealer, so many days free stocking , interest only, then pay for the chassis, by which time and converted ready to sell.

Channa
 
We visited F&D's site, in 1998, while looking for our first motorhome.
It was a smallholding, near M62, Junction 19 ... Now lost to road improvements.
It was a bit like Steptoe's yard.

He was converting a batch of ex Cambridge ambulances, on Dodge chassis..a big beast of an engine, auto box... and must have weighed tons, before the " tin shed " conversation.
Next time we looked, they had disappeared.
Then we saw an Auto Sleeper Amethyst... It was love at first sight.
 
I remember helping Pete & Terry bring some old Bedford vans back from auction when they first started their venture back around 1979 , the original workshop was based at the back of Partington's Caravans in Castleton, Rochdale.

I actually bumped into Terry (Day) about 10 years ago in a local pub ...... I'll leave it there I think ............
 
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