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.

Classic & Vintage Commercials

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BROADCASTING BEDFORD • Peter Simpson tells the story of a rather special Bedford VAL, and its new life in preservation.

TRANS PENNINE RUN RETURNS • If you have a News story, e-mail cvc.ed@kelsey.co.uk or write to The Editor, Classic and Vintage Commercials, PO Box 1243, Spalding PE11 9HE

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RÉTROMOBILE PARIS 2024 • Mike Neale pops over to take a look at some of the commercials on display at France’s premier classic event.

ATKINSON VIEW-LINE • Peter Davies begins a new in-depth look at Atkinson’s attempt at a modern image in the 1960s which was, perhaps, a bit too far ahead of its time.

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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, PEl 1 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.

BLUE LIGHT DELIGHTS! • Mike Neale took a trip to Sheffield, and the National Emergency Services Museum, and comes away impressed.

MR MARSHALL’S MERCS • Peter Simpson looks at Phil Marshall’s pair of semi-preserved 1990s TN-Series Mercedes trucks.

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SPRAT AND WINKLE RUN 2023 • Robert Meller reports from the 1066 coastline…

SOMERSET &DEVON ROAD RUN • The 2023 event took in Cornwall too, as David Reed reports…

HALLOWEEN LORRY RUN 2023 • David Reed reports on an annual run which in 2023 had added poignancy.

LOADS OFLDVs • Peter Simpson meets a man with many Pilots…

MODEL CORNER MORRIS 6/8CWT COMMERCIALS • These may be among the most popular classic light commercials of all, but next to no models were available when they were current. The specialist model makers have, however, more than filled the gap since. Mike Neale begins a three-part look at what’s available.

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ROAD TO RECOVERY • Carl Johnson presents a selection of recovery vehicle photos from times past.

FULL STOP • Written a week before he died, Nick Baldwin’s last-ever magazine article, with an appropriate title of his choosing, covers the development of vehicle braking systems.

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