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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A FINE (FARE) RESTORATION! • This 1984 ERF C Series is a very significant lorry for the father and son team who have carried out an absolutely stunning restoration. Peter Simpson tells the story.

ERGOMATIC AT 60 • 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

FATHER’S DAY AT BRESSINGHAM

COMMERCIALS SELL WELL AT KING’S LYNN

NICK REMEMBERED

WEST COUNTRY TRUCKS

ATKINSON VIEW-LINE • Pt2: Peter Davies concludes his look at Atkinson’s revolutionary late-sixties cab which, despite everything, never really took off in sales terms.

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Griff’s EAGER BEAVER • Paul Griffith’s 1948 Leyland Beaver is a popular sight on the vintage vehicle circuit. Bob Weir recently paid him a visit.

THE BEAVER X RAY UNITS

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.

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HEROIC STUFF!

JOLLY WET! • David Reed reports from a rather damp day in Derbyshire.

CUMBERLAND TRUNK AT 20! • David Reed reports on a popular road run in the northwest that celebrated its 20th anniversary but remains as popular as ever…

HIGHWAYMAN UNMASKED • With summer finally fast approaching, Mike Neale looks at a classic camper from the 1950s…

ME AND MY BEDFORD • CVC’s unofficial South Wales representative Ashley Lovering tells the story of his Bedford CA Utilabrake…

MODEL CORNER MORRIS 6-8CWT (MINOR) VAN AND PICK-UP • Mike Neale continues his look into Minor LCV models with a look at those made by Corgi and Lledo

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MOVING BLUEBIRD • Donald Campbell used a Surrey based fleet of Seddons to transport his Bluebirds round the world.

KENT AND SUSSEX TRANSPORT • Pt.22: Les Freathy continues his Vintage Roadscene series on commercial vehicles in the south-east from times past.

SUTHERLANDS OF PETERHEAD, Pt.1 • Bob Stroud starts a new series on Scottish fleets he visited while working as an out-based driver for Reckitt & Colman Distribution.

EVENTS DIARY • This diary has been compiled from information supplied by event organisers, and while every effort is made to ensure that it is accurate and correct at the time of going to press, neither Kelsey Media or Station House Publishing can accept responsibility for changes, cancellations or errors. We strongly recommend that readers check details, and the type of vehicle expected, with organisers before travelling long distances to events.

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