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 But Heritage Commercials is not just about old drivers – its strong historical content looks at the various vehicle manufacturers, while it keeps up to date with the current preservation scene with stories of beautifully restored vehicles of a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!

SEASON’S GREETINGS

Heritage Commercials

Fallen star rises again • Brett Stawart loves Datsuns because his dad, Malcolm, had bought many in the past to use on his milk round. Both father and son had fallen in love with the marque

Sprat and Winkle Run

Pembrey Show

One man show • Diesel-electric freight locomotive engineer Alex Newcombe has two out-of-the-ordinary spec S21 cab Fodens to his credit. One was his toe in the water at truck restoration and finished in two years. As Ed Burrows reports, the second is a magnificent Leyland 680 engined Blue Circle bulk cement tanker. Alex Newcombe restored it in only four years working almost entirely alone.

THE PERFECT GIFT FOR THE VINTAGE LORRY ENTHUSIAST

Disused & Derelict • Michael Marshall takes a second look at abandoned lorries from years gone by

Boughton’s, in the waste business 1970s - 1990s • The name Boughton is a household name in the UK waste management industry. Established as a family owned business in Amersham, Buckinghamshire in 1897, the company is now one of the largest suppliers of waste handling equipment in the UK, as Timothy Byrne explains

Eastern Counties Vintage Show

Leyland commercial vehicle & Classic car run • On Sunday, 16th October 2022, the Leyland Commercial Vehicle & Classic Car Road Run took place. Although it wasn’t organised by The British Commercial Vehicle Museum, the starting point was on the car park adjacent to the museum on King Street, Leyland. Chris Newton was there taking the photos.

LA loco the story • Mike and Julie Blenkinsop continue their tour through the La Loco rally field and the rapidly expanding European truck scene

Steaming ahead • Ed Burrows reports progress by the Walsh brothers on the Austin K8 they began restoring at the beginning of October. Work has included making an autoclave out of a tubular steel lamp post for steam-bending timber fames for the van bodywork

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

BACK ISSUES

Swish Swiss specials • The annual Interlaken Country and Western show might be a nightmare of line dancing and ‘yee hahs’, but it also has an amazing truck show for visitors to enjoy

The last ERFs • The 1990s were a turbulent time for ERF and eventually, in 2000, it was taken over by MAN. As it sought to cut costs, it introduced MAN cabs on the British trucks, and in 2002 it launched the final ERF models – the ECT

STAFFORDSHIRE VEHICLES

BOOK REVIEW • A Lifetime of Waste

CATCH 22BRINGS BACK MEMORIES

WELL SPOTTED!

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