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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ATTENTION TO DETAIL… • There aren’t many Volvo F7s on the show scene, but one of the best is owned by brothers Andy and Jason Simmonds. Pip Dunn went to see it…

MCGOVERN COLLECTION TO BE SOLD

SHAP MEMORIAL RUN

NICK BALDWIN COLLECTION

RED WHEEL FOR A82

HIT AND MISS AT CHEFFINS

NATIONAL RESTORATION SHOW, NEC BIRMINGHAM MARCH 23-24

ERF EC • Peter Davies begins an in-depth analysis of this highly-successful and very British range of 1990s heavyweights.

PD’S archive

LETTERS • YOUR VIEWS, COMMENTS AND RECOLLECTIONS

MARSHAL LORE • The Marshal was one of the last lorries to wear the famous AEC badge. Allan Day from Market Drayton is owner of much-travelled EHA144T, writes Bob Weir.

A brief history of AEC’s Marshal

Carrying on

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50 YEARS ON…

AHUNDRED AT THE HOLLIES • There were well over 100 vehicles on display at The New Hollies Truckstop near Cannock on April 15, where Mark Wilkes organised another of his surprise birthday gatherings. This time, the recipient was Harry Brierley, otherwise known as Jersey Joe.

THE BRITISH COMMERCIAL VEHICLE MUSEUM • Mike Neale takes a trip to Leyland in Lancashire, and its famous lorry museum.

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IMPISH CHARM • Mike Neale samples a rare surviving Imp van which, as you might expect from a Rootes Group commercial vehicle, carries Commer branding.

MODEL CORNER MORRIS MINOR LCV VAN AND PICK-UP MODELS • Pt3: Mike Neale concludes this trilogy with a look at the offerings from Oxford Diecast, Saico and Trax

LONDON BRIDGE IN 1965

DOWN BY THE DOCKS

OVER WATER

ROVER DELIVERY

MOOVIN’ ON! • A selection of livestock vehicles that were active in the late 1980s, presented by Carl Johnson

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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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