Heritage Commercials

Heritage Commercials magazine is Britain’s brightest full colour magazine for classic and vintage commercial vehicle enthusiasts. It celebrates the days when roads were still quiet and lorry driving was fun as well as hard work. But Heritage Commercials is not just about old drivers – its strong historical content looks at the various vehicle manufacturers, while it keeps up to date with the current preservation scene with stories of beautifully restored vehicles of a bygone age, and their owners, being featured. The magazine also regularly features light commercials – vans to you and me – buses and coaches, fire engines and military vehicles, as well as keeping in touch with the ever growing number of superb long distance road runs and events held throughout the year. This is living history on the move!

New year, new home!

Heritage commercials

Seventy and still counting • The Marshal was one of the last lorries to wear the AEC badge. Bob Weir went to Craven Arms in Shropshire to meet Lewis Weaver and RTD 680L

A brief history of AEC’s Marshal

Successful bus rally at kent railway

OWENS GROUP 50th

HERITAGE BOOKAZINES

Reader’s challenge • Heritage Commercials reader John Booth emailed editor Charlie Waters to enquire if the Walsh brothers would be interested in his two seriously deteriorated Austin K8 vans. Restoring one or both has been his ‘next job’ for 30 years. The Walshes decided to accept the challenge. Ed Burrows begins the story of the project to save an example of the pioneering forerunner of today’s manufacturer-produced light vans.

THE PERFECT GIFT FOR THE VINTAGE LORRY ENTHUSIAST

A Fletcher & Co. Ltd • Tony Lawrence continues his story about Fletcher’s and in this part he focuses on M.D. Ron Johnston, the brains behind the company

BACK ISSUES

Disused & Derelict • A look at abandoned lorries from years gone by. This article written by Michael Marshall, is about lorries that have come to the end of their working lives and have been abandoned, in some cases for many years, and are seen in varying states of decay and dereliction

Citroën GS & GSA (Breaks) commercials… • …These are rare vans in the UK, Citroën at your Service!

Tinkers park open day • Tinkers Park in East Sussex held an open day on Saturday 24 September that attracted numerous commercial vehicles. The site is home to The Claude Jessett Collection of historic steam traction engines and several of these were on show on the day. The open day attracted several hundred visitors who enjoyed vintage bus rides and investigated how roads were repaired with a collection of vintage diggers and rollers.

Dartford’s fire engine • It used to be said that every boy wanted to be a Fire Engine Driver, it’s something that John Meakins from Kent got to do professionally with Kent Fire Brigade and again in retirement as he spends the summer months displaying the glorious Leyland Pump Escape fire engine. John takes up the story…

LA loco the story • Mike and Julie Blenkinsop reflect on the European truck scene while considering the influences on both sides of the Channel, which will affect the world of preserved commercial vehicles, by looking back at what was the biggest European vintage truck show, La Locomotion en Fête, held annually in France at the Cerny Aerodrome, near Etampes, just south of Paris.

Catch 22 • We start Part 2 of Catch 22, with something a little different. As well as photographing lorries on the road, there is something equally as satisfying photographing them in a working environment as Chris Newton completes his two-part feature

Restorations Q&A • Need advice or tips on restoring and running a heritage commercial? Help is at hand from our resident trouble-shooters

Rich pickings at Scampston • Classic trucks...