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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CLASSIC & VINTAGE COMMERCIALS
PERFECT PATINA • Parry Davis’s latest restoration isn’t intended to win prizes. Rather, it’s a recreation of the classic Davis Brothers Scammell R8 as it was back in the day. Peter Simpson tells the story.
STRONG LCV PRICES AT ACA
GEORGE WOOD
SUBS AND BACK ISSUES
SCANIA 2 & 3 SERIES • Scania’s massive success in the 1970s meant that whatever replaced the 110/111 and 140/141 had to be something ver y special. And it was, as Peter Davies explains.
PD’s archives
YOUR VIEWS, COMMENTS AND RECOLLECTIONS...
Midland Automotive Parts Ltd
S.J & C.W Wilkinson Ltd
CARTERS TOURING FAREWELL • 45 years after John and Anna Carter started their traditional steam fair, it’s stopped touring, and a new chapter begins….
Carrying on
COLD SNAP
CHESHIRE RUN 2022
EASTERN COUNTIES SHOW, NORFOLK SHOWGROUND OCTOBER 8/9 • A new end-of-season date, record lorr y attendance and lots to see and do. The Editor reports on a successful show…
FIFTIES LEYLANDS
BEDFORDS ON THE BOX • This fine-looking pair of Bedford CAs may be familiar. Mike Neale explains why.
ANDREW’S ESCORT • Andrew Hardy had to pay twice for his Mk2 Escort van, as Brian Culpan explains…
CAB MATTERS • Pt2: Nick Baldwin continues his short series on cab design with a look at the arrival of safety and tilt designs.
Next month • COMING UP IN THE JANUARY 2023 ISSUE OUT TUESDAY DECEMBER 20 – THREE DAYS EARLY, DUE TO CHRISTMAS BREAK!
Club DIRECTORY • EVERY care has been taken in compiling this list of clubs and organizations, however, if you would like to alter any details then contact us at cvc.ed@kelsey.co.uk or write to Classic and Vintage Commercials, Kelsey Media, PO Box 1243, Spalding, PE11 9HE. If your club has not been listed then, once again, please get in touch and we will make sure it is included.