This cheap used camper was made famous by Keith Richards

This cheap used camper was made famous by Keith Richards


This used camper looks exactly like the timeless Volkswagen Transporter, but it’s a Commer 1500. That’s why you can buy this used car, made famous by Rolling Stones guitarist Keith Richards, for free.

Go around the world with Volkswagen Transporter. It is the dream of free-spirited young people, war-weary old people and everything in between. This Commer 1500 may not be a Volkswagen, but it is a dream that is only 6,000 euros away from reality. It also has fewer kilometers on the clock than most walkers.

The Volkswagen Transporter looks like a used car

In the garage company Henny Veenings in Wormerveer they have a great opportunity in their warehouse: a used camper of the type Commer 1500 for 6,000 euros. It uses petrol and was born in 1975, but it still has only 79,615 kilometers on the odometer. With the upgrade it should be able to last a few more road trips.

used volkswagen camper van
(Photo: Henny Veenings)

What’s interesting about this used Volkswagen is that it will be 50 years old in 2025. From then on it is normal and no longer needs an MOT check. The other side of the coin is that the camper does not currently have a valid MOT. Either you’ll have to fix it yourself and get it inspected, or you can leave it for a year (though take it for a few spins around the parking lot every now and then).

Commer 1500: famous camp by Keith Richards

You don’t see second-hand Commer campers on the road these days, but they were once Britain’s answer to the German Volkswagen car. A cheaper and less reliable answer, yes, but it has been popular as a round bus for decades.

There is a rock and roll story that The Rolling Stones visiting the country by Commer car. Keith Richards is sleeping in the back of a camper equipped exactly like this used car, when suddenly the back doors open and he falls out of the moving bus and rolls down the slope. They find Keith at the bottom of the mountain, still in front of the pampus. He hadn’t seen anything.

volkswagen retro camper dealer used second hand
(Photo: Henny Veenings)

During the 1970s, Commer was taken over by American Dodge. Since then, campers of this brand have become a common sight on the road. For those who love the project and who love luxury cars, skip it this site for 6,000 euros his blow

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This event is a real Volkswagen and at least rare, but also more expensive than the Commer above.