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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EXCELLENT EC11 • Bob Birchenough’s ERF EC11 was good when bought, but six months on it’s even better. Peter Simpson tells the story.

The JCB EC11 Fleet

NEW HOMES FOR KEN’S VANS

BRS BOOK UPDATED

SOLD AT EURO AUCTIONS

RARE MODEL T AT SHREWSBURY

CARTERS IN DUDLEY

CLASSICS AT CRYNANT • The Neath Steam and Vintage Show, which takes place on Ian Davies’ premises adjacent to the Cefn Coed Colliery Museum at Crynant, always attracts strong support from the local lorry-preservation fraternity, writes Ashley Lovering.

FODEN S21 • Peter Davies begins an in-depth look at the cab design now known to most as the Mickey Mouse but which had a very different and very futuristic nickname when launched.

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Carrying on

BEAVER’S BACK! • David Reed tells the story of a remarkable vehicle which was bought for preservation in 1968, but the restoration of which was only completed in 2022.

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GLORIOUS GAYDON! • The 2024 Classic & Vintage Commercials Show at the British Motor Museum was a huge success, and several new restorations were out for the first time. Peter Simpson reports…

42ND HCVS TYNE-TEES RUN • Sun, sea and sand on June 2. David Reed reports.

PREWAR PICK-UP • Mike Neale tells the story of a conservation-based restoration of a 1936 Fordson Model Y.

MODEL CORNER LEYLAND COMET MODELS • Mike Neale kicks off a two-part profile of Leyland Comet models with a look at the contemporary Dinky model and a few ideas for reworking chipped originals.

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GENESIS OF THE GODDESSES • Papworth Coachworks were one of ten firms who built bodywork for the Auxiliary Fire Service’s famous fleet of civil defence fire appliances, and the cache of photographs rescued by Alan Robinson includes several of them under construction…

OLD DOGS NEW TRICKS • David Vaughan presents a selection of shots featuring lorries having a second lease of working life on fairgrounds…

POST OFFICE STORES TRANSPORT • With photos from the Alan Robinson/Papworth Industries archive and words from the Post Office Vehicle Club, this is a brief account of a vital, but relatively unknown, aspect of Post Office transport.

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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