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== Buses == {{Expand section|date=November 2008}} [[File:Don Everall Tours VJW 882.JPG|thumb|A Commer TS3-engined bus at the [[Isle of Wight Bus & Coach Museum]]'s 2008 running day]] Commer produced buses and is recorded as delivering four to [[Widnes]] in 1909.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.holmes.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/commer_details.htm |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060524171846/http://www.holmes.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/commer_details.htm |url-status=dead |archive-date=2006-05-24 |title="Commer" Commercial Cars Ltd Luton |access-date=2008-11-05 |quote=These four vehicles took 4 days to be delivered from Luton to Widnes in 1909. There was no motorways, roads were in general very poor and at a height of 16ft 6ins "still very high for a vehicle nowadays" quite a few tree branches had to be cut down to get to Widnes. }}</ref> The Commando was released after the Second World War, and the Avenger on 28 February 1948, fitted with the TS3 engine from 1954.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.commer.org.nz/Commer_Connections/Avenger_Bus.html |title=Avenger Bus |access-date=2008-11-05 |quote=While not as common as other bus chassis, many excellent bodies were mounted on Avenger chassis, including Duple, Harrington and others. |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081014115834/http://www.commer.org.nz/Commer_Connections/Avenger_Bus.html |archive-date=14 October 2008 |df=dmy-all }}</ref> The Commando was used as a Crew Bus by the Royal Air Force following the Second World War with a 1 1/2 Length Observation deck.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://mycoolcamper.com/buses/crew-bus-1947-commer-commando/|title=www.mycoolcamper.com|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160927075335/http://mycoolcamper.com/buses/crew-bus-1947-commer-commando/|archive-date=27 September 2016|df=dmy-all}}</ref> {{clear}}
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