Old Tischers
Posted: March 19th, 2015, 8:23 pm
Hi folks
Just discovered this forum, interesting bunch of people. I'm in the expedition/adventure camper industry so it's always nice to see what people are up to, but I'm not here to plug my business. I see several members have old Tischers and that brought back some fond memories as I was the original Tischer importer back in the 80s. Back then we managed to get them into the VW dealer network so we sold a lot of them, especially on the Caddy. Did some memorable T3 ones too including a couple of 2.1 Syncros with full caravelle spec cabs. Very nice. Sadly it all came to an end when the exchange pushed the prices through the roof but it started the whole thing off and it's nice to see so many still about. For a while they became almost mainstream and several other manufacturers jumped in too. Suntrekker had been building old fashioned coachbuilt vans for years (nice but heavy) and then came out with a radical GRP unit. It was affordable, light and robust, but a bit too modern inside for most tastes. Tandy launched the Pony which was a great little unit, then when we finally gave up fighting the exchange rate they had a little go with Tischer too (but not for long). Anyway enough memories, the reason for the post and my ramblings is that I still have some original Tischer brochures and magazine road test prints from back then so if you have one of these old beauties and would like an original sales brochure to go with it just let me know. I'd be delighted to pop one in the post for you.
Best wishes
Gary
Just discovered this forum, interesting bunch of people. I'm in the expedition/adventure camper industry so it's always nice to see what people are up to, but I'm not here to plug my business. I see several members have old Tischers and that brought back some fond memories as I was the original Tischer importer back in the 80s. Back then we managed to get them into the VW dealer network so we sold a lot of them, especially on the Caddy. Did some memorable T3 ones too including a couple of 2.1 Syncros with full caravelle spec cabs. Very nice. Sadly it all came to an end when the exchange pushed the prices through the roof but it started the whole thing off and it's nice to see so many still about. For a while they became almost mainstream and several other manufacturers jumped in too. Suntrekker had been building old fashioned coachbuilt vans for years (nice but heavy) and then came out with a radical GRP unit. It was affordable, light and robust, but a bit too modern inside for most tastes. Tandy launched the Pony which was a great little unit, then when we finally gave up fighting the exchange rate they had a little go with Tischer too (but not for long). Anyway enough memories, the reason for the post and my ramblings is that I still have some original Tischer brochures and magazine road test prints from back then so if you have one of these old beauties and would like an original sales brochure to go with it just let me know. I'd be delighted to pop one in the post for you.
Best wishes
Gary