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.

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ERF RESTO RECREATION • Though no genuine ex-Wyatt Transport lorries are thought to remain, that didn’t stop Max Williams from carrying out a ‘restore-creation’ of a lorry his Dad drove and which he rode in as a boy. Peter Simpson tells the story.

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ARMSTRONG-SAURER • A pre-war lorry range which was so advanced that it wouldn’t have been out of place if built in the 1960s? That will be the Armstrong-Saurer. Peter Davies begins a two-part analysis…

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Paid For PERFECTION • Restoring a lorry takes a lot of time, effort and money, but contract hiring out the work can often be quicker and to a better quality. David Lythgoe is a professional restorer with a reputation for top workmanship, as this DAF 2800 demonstrates.

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CAFÉ COB • Mike Neale calls in for a cuppa and look-around at a rather unusual midlands café.

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KELSALL STEAM AND VINTAGE RALLY • David Reed reports on the massive gathering which hosts the annual ERF gathering and attracts many other makes from right across the country.

AEC GATHERING 2024 • AECs lead the way at Newark. David Reed reports

MODEL CORNER • Following our two-part Close-up feature on the famous Foden Mickey Mouse range, Mike Neale looks at some shelf-sized S20s and S21s…

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KENT AND SUSSEX TRANSPORT • Pt24: Les Freathy’s latest episode features one specific Folkestone-based firm that he knew well…

MOVING THE MAIL • Another selection of photographs from the Alan Robinson/Papworth Industries archives, this time showing a few once-common and not-so-common vehicles operated by the GPO/Post Office.

COMMERCIAL FOCUS AT NEWARK • Kelsey Media are sponsoring this year’s Newark Vintage Tractor and Heritage Show at Newark Showground on November 9-10. On behalf of the organisers, leading agricultural journalist Natalie Noble previews some of the lorry attractions.

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