I want a Starcraft...

Pretty sure that was at the Gathering camped with Bias...

It is pretty darned cool!

Rysz.

Here you go, I have an original brochure for the related Sherwood. When i went to the Pinxton factory to look at the Sherwood, the Starcraft production line was in full swing at the time. I remember thinking how hideous they were and that they would never catch on.....
I never bought a Sherwood in the end, opting for an NCF Diamond from Newcastle. But I have to admit the Sherwood still looks rather cool.

NCF was based on the Cortina running gear as many kits were at the time. On collecting mine, in the office he had a Sierra 4x4 gearbox rear diff and driveshafts V6 engine and front diff all brand new in the crate. That was his next project to make the NCF a proper 4x4.
I also remember going to look at the Carlton Commando before settling for the NCF, and nearly buying the Carlton Carrera, which is one seriously cool looking kit car even if it is based on a capri.
Ahh the memories!!

You're an odd fellow for wanting one of those, but my kinda fellow :-)

I believe it's a separate chassis, using most of the Cortina running gear : front subframe, rear axle (for the front rear axle, if that makes sense). The bulkhead and windscreen area still carrying the doors were cut from the Cortina and fitted to the chassis Replacement GRP panels included door skins to go on the Cortina doors.
The rear rear axle IIRC was on Indespension units... and possibly unbraked ??

John Wickersham (who has written a couple of Haynes manuals, including "Build your own Motorcaravan", and writes in the motorhome press) started out with a Starcraft and noted it was a "challenging" build.


Best online pic I can find of his later 'Mystique' home-built 'van.
Pic from what appears to be John's own website, so credit given.

don't know if this is a home build or not but spotted it in Elvaston in derbyshire.. rumour hasi t from time to time for sale notices appear on it but it never sells.. appears to be p100 based judging by the huge rear spring hangers..

That looks like a home-build to me, modifying a caravan shell onto a P100 as you reckon.

This is Retro-rides, and I think we all admire a bit of home-engineering.

Sorry if I'm going off at a tangent. I converted a Citreon Relay panel van into a camper a few years ago. I do like to see something slightly shonky like that in a campsite (and I really don't mean any disrespect). Somebody is achieving their holiday by applying a bit of ingenuity. Motorhomes don't have to mean forking out £30k+

The starcraft? Na mate uses the whole cortina front end back to the rear seat xmember then a chassis extension bolts onto that to support the rear undriven axle
I used to have an artical where one was built from dcratch but lost in a PC crash years ago before I knew tp back up files
theer was also a starcruiser which haas 4 round headlamps .
starcraft



starcruiser


Omly differance i can see is the headlights ?

the srarcraft has a full chassis with cortina running gear + a pair of indespension units for the rear most wheels the cortina from bulkhead to B post was used with most of roof skin removed to help rear access from the cab.
the chassis drop after the rear wheels to give standing room in the kitchen rear bathroom area(osr corner).
the original fuel tank was mounted under the frt end of the table seats behind the driver.
the frt ;panels where mounted on an inch tube frame.
the sherwood was the same vehicle with a different rear body & the axle moved back a p100 prop was used (wheelbase was now the same).
the sierra vervion was only avl for the p100 which utilised a short bolt on chassis extension at the rear & did't bother with a second axle.
the cab rear window was also removed.

a handfull of coachbuilt campers where built onto p100's the red one appears to be one the stiffer rear springs meen the tend to cope better than the starcraft in the long term.

Think I'll just leave these here, not a Starcraft but camper bodies on a car base......


Possibly an ambulance conversion...




Can't find the aforementioned Austin Wedge starcraft style camper - there did used to be on in Belfast on just off the Lisburn Road entrance to Charles Hurst gradually turning ever greener....