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.

Classic & Vintage Commercials

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TERRIFIC TANKER! • Paul Le Strange’s latest restoration project made its public debut at this year’s CVC Show. Peter Simpson meets lorry and owner to find out a little more about this rather special restoration.

STRONG PRICES FOR JCB’S EC11S • If you have a News story, e-mail cvc.ed@kelsey.co.uk or write to The Editor, Classic and Vintage Commercials, 5 Yalding Hill, Downs Court, Yalding ME18 6AL

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CHELFORD’S BACK…

ROGER AUSTIN SALE ANNOUNCED

SEDDON 32:FOUR • Pt2: More power and a famous merger with Atkinson; Peter Davies concludes the story.

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BEST OF BRITISH AT TRUCKFEST! • There might be too many bullbars, air horns and monster trucks for some, but Truckfest shows also attract restored classics. Pip Dunn popped along to the 2021 Peterborough event.

THE BOURNE INTERVENTION • Pip Dunn spots a rare working ERF EC11 while returning home on a Sunday afternoon. Naturally, he sets off in hot pursuit, and finds out more…

Carrying on

MOTION PASSED • When taking action shots of lorries it’s sometimes worth trying a tracking shot if it can be done safely and discretely. It might not be the easiest option but the result can be rewarding when you get it right. This shot I took of a Scania 112 artic of Adam Jones Group on the M6 back in 1993 makes the point. It captures the true sense of motion and, after all, motion is what transport is all about.

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MODEL CORNER BEDFORD S-TYPE • Pt2: Following last month’s look at British toys made at the same time as the real thing, Mike Neale looks at a lesser-known Danish make, and the many models made since 1990 for the collector’s market.

BEDFORD 90 (OR 93!) • A three day 90th anniversary celebration for Bedford attracted 93 examples of the marque. Nick Larkin reports.

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MINOR MAIL • Mike Neale tells the story of another Mills Brothers light commercial restoration….

FLAT AS A PANCAKE • Nick Baldwin looks at the part played by flat engines in commercial vehicle history.

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Next month • Coming up in the December 2021 issue of Classic & Vintage Commercials OUT in the shops, Friday November 26