Classic & Vintage Commercials

Classic & Vintage Commercials magazine is dedicated to heavy commercial vehicles. Focusing on the truck manufacturers from the heyday of road haulage over the past eight decades. Take a trip down memory lane with Britain’s best-selling classic road-haulage magazine. From reader’s restorations and recollections to company histories and archive images, you’ll find a welcome mix of nostalgia and news and even some classic trucks for sale.

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CLASSIC & VINTAGE COMMERCIALS

Super Seddon • New on the show circuit this year, Mark Ricketts’ 1972 Seddon 32:Four is absolutely stunning. Peter Simpson tells the stor y…

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COMMER COMMANDO • Pt.1: Peter Davies begins a close-up look at a lorry range which wore Commer, Dodge and Renault badges during its production life…

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TJ TWINS T • Mike Neale looks at a pair of Bedford TJs with more in common than meets the eye…

Carrying on • We welcome photos of older lorries (15 years and older) that are still in service for publication in this section. We can accept contributions by email - cvc.ed@kelsey.co.uk, or by post to The Editor, Classic & Vintage Commercials, PO Box 1243, SPALDING, PE11 9HE. Please provide as much (or as little) information about a vehicle as you are able and, before entering or taking photos on private property, please ensure that you have all the permissions that you need to be there, and to be taking photographs.

LONG-SERVING TRANSCON • This 1979 Ford Transcontinental HA3424 was still going strong in the fleet of Samuel Brothers, based in Edmonton in North London, as late as 1995 when Itookthisshot. Samuel Brothers owned warehousing as well as running a fleet of around seven lorries, mainly on food transport and supermarket distribution. This was one of two Transcons on the fleet. ANY293T was powered by a Cummins NTE290. Peter JDavies

CLASSIC &VINTAGE COMMERCIALS SHOW BRITISH MOTOR MUSEUM, SUNDAY JUNE 11 • The Editor reports from an extremely busy and successful show

ON THE ROAD IN CHESHIRE • Held on April 30, the 2023 Cheshire Run brought another selection of commercial vehicles to the county’s roads that started off atLymmServices, heading south for abreak at Prees Heath before heading north, primarily along the A49, to afinishing point at Rixton near Warrington.

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MODEL CORNER • Mike Neale begins a two-part look at these giants in miniature…

FIREGROUND:THE GREATER MANCHESTER FIRE SERVICE MUSEUM • The Greater Manchester Fire Ser vice Museum in Rochdale has recently undergone a major makeover, Bob Weir reports.

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