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 But Heritage Commercials is not just about old drivers – its strong historical content looks at the various vehicle manufacturers, while it keeps up to date with the current preservation scene with stories of beautifully restored vehicles of a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

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Heritage commercials

Jimmys, ‘Stovebolt’s and Driptroits • Ed Burrows delves into the wartime history of General Motors, which – largely using commercial truck components – between its GMC, Chevrolet USA, Chevrolet Canada and Vauxhall Motors/Bedford divisions manufactured around 1.2 million trucks during the course of World War Two

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Graham’s Tin Lizzie • The Ford Model T is arguably the most important vehicle in automotive history, and several were built as light commercials. Graham Dale from Shropshire owns a recently restored pick-up, as Bob Weir discovered.

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A Fletcher & Co Ltd • Tony Lawrence continues his story about A Fletcher and Co. Ltd. of Ibstock, Leicestershire. Part 7

Grant-funded ERF • Joseph Lewis discovered the story behind one of the stars of the 2022 Abbey Hill Rally, a 1992 ERF E12, which was a first time restoration for owner Gary Grant blessed with considerable help and inspiration from his uncle Ivor!

Austin A30/35 Commercials Part 1 An introduction to the Range… • …they came as a Van, then a Countryman and finally as a Pick-up too!

Commercials at the Classic Car Show – NEC 2022

LA loco the story • Mike and Julie Blenkinsop continue their look at the preservation movement in Europe, highlighting the French event, La Locomotion en Fête

Vantastic • We conclude the story of the Walshes’ restoration of an Austin K8 Three Way, Britain’s first all-new commercial unveiled after WW2. Work only began at the beginning of last October. On New Year’s Day, Ed Burrows met up with the brothers to photograph the not-quite finished result.

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

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Big Apple beauties • A family holiday to New York was not just about visiting Times Square, Central Park and seeing the Statue of Liberty… there were plenty of interesting trucks to enjoy as well!

MAN masters the UK market • MAN sold its first trucks in the UK in 1974, and as it built up its back-up network, it started to win more customers. By the start of the 1980s new models were being developed

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