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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AN AMBITION FULFILLED • In retirement, Steven Lock is finally managing to acquire a few vehicles that he has always wanted. One such is this fabulous heavy-haulage Scammell Crusader. Peter Simpson tells the story…

THE TONY MCGOVERN COLLECTION DISPERSAL SALE • Fabulous lorries from the Tony McGovern collection sold for fabulous prices on September 21. Peter Simpson reports from the sale…

MORRIS-COMMERCIAL FIVE-TONNER • Peter Davies looks at Morris Commercial’s first post-war model, and the little-known Swiss connection.

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THE GAFFER’S ERF • ERF ECS was a basic model, but the low price made it popular with buyers who weren’t also drivers. It had a very short production life, and few survive in the UK, but Pip Dunn tracked down one that has.

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 Commericals. PO Box 1243, SPALDING, PE11 9HR. 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 photoraphs.

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TK IN THE PINK!

NON-STANDARD TRIUMPH • Though the chassis-based construction enabled Triumph to offer several alternative Herald bodystyles, they never made a pick-up. Mike Neale meets a man who has filled that gap by converting a rusty estate car.

THE SUSSEX STEAM RALLY • Some interesting local commercials turned out at Parnham Park on July 13-14. Mike Neale reports.

CUMBRIA STEAM GATHERING • A healthy commercial vehicle turnout for this late-July event, as David Reed reports…

ATKINSON GATHERING 2024 • The third annual Atkinson rally was superb. David Reed was there.

LOTS TO SEE AT LEYLAND • David Reed reports on the spring gathering at the British Commercial Vehicle Museum

MODEL CORNER • Pt1: Mike Neale begins a two-part look at shelf sized replicas of lorries made at the famous Preston factory, beginning with models of lorries made from the 1930s to the 1950s.

THE 1973 FUEL CRISIS

BODIES FOR BEDFORDS • Our look through the Alan Robinson/Papworth Coachworks archive continues with some Bedfords…

KENT AND SUSSEX TRANSPORT • Pt25: Les Freathy continues his long-running series that started in the standalone Vintage Roadscene magazine prior to its merger with Classic & Vintage Commercials.

THE CHRISTMAS GIFT • THAT LASTS ALL YEAR!

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