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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PICTURE PERFECT • Amazed at opening a magazine to find an archive picture of the 1967 Bedford KM his dad, Bill drove, Kerry Allen was inspired to pay him a wonderful tribute. The result is a magnificent replica of the lorry. Nick Larkin tells the story.

NEWS • 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

NO MORE NORWICH

FIRE IN THE FENS

WENDY’S FUTURE SECURED

CHEFFINS VINTAGE COLLECTIVE JULY 20 • The Cheffins Summer Vintage Collective at Sutton, Cambridge, held on Saturday July 20 turned out to include the largest selection of restored commercial vehicles to be offered this year so far, writes Peter Love.

FODEN S21 • Pt.2: Peter Davies concludes the story of Sandbach’s famous and highly-regarded Mickey Mouse range…

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Letters • YOUR VIEWS, COMMENTS AND RECOLLECTIONS…

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.

RARE RIGID RESTORED • Steve Jessup’s 1975 Volvo F88 rigid was built from several when new when the lorry that its owner had ordered wasn’t delivered. Now it’s been restored and is absolutely stunning! David Reed tells the story.

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THE WAY WE WERE…

IPSWICH TRANSPORT MUSEUM • Mike Neale visits a fabulous East Anglia museum containing much that will fascinate visitors from anywhere…

40 YEARS OF THE RIDGEWAY RUN • Peter Love reports

BRESSINGHAM GATHERING FATHER’S DAY, SUNDAY JUNE 16

LLANDUDNO 2024 • David Reed reports from the North Wales Coast…

MODEL CORNER LEYLAND COMET (NORMAL CONTROL) • Pt2: following last month’s look at models made when the lorries were current, Mike Neale turns his attention to more recent production aimed at collectors.

THE OLD EAST END

BUILDING FOR BRS • Continuing our photo-series of Papworth Coachworks vehicles, we look at some of the bodies built for British Road Services, plus its associates and successors.

MORE MALTESE MEMORIES • A further selection of Maltese lorries from times past, seen and snapped by Carl Johnson in the early 1990s.

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Next month • COMING UP IN THE OCTOBER 2024 ISSUE - OUT FRIDAY SEPTEMBER 27