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.

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STUNNING S-TYPE • Peter Simpson tells the story of a fine restoration that’s been finished using some very traditional brush-painting techniques.

ERNEST THORPE TRANSPORT 1921-2022

SEASIDE RUN

NEW NORMAL FOR NORFOLK!

WISBECH ROAD RUN

LATEST LCV AUCTION PRICES

BELT UP?

MADEIRA TERRACE REPAIRS STARTING SOON

BACK TO BUCKS?

A NEW ADDITION • The most recent addition to the Herritts Collection is somewhat younger than the rest. But as Peter Simpson discovers, it was bought for a reason…

LEYLAND MARATHON • Peter Davies begins a two-part look at Leyland’s 1970s heavy-duty classic that was an AEC in almost all but name…

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Carrying on • We welcome photos of older lorries (15 years and older) that are still in service for publication in this section. We can accept contributions by email - cvc.ed@kelsey.co.uk, or by post to The Editor, Classic & Vintage Commercials, PO Box 1243, SPALDING, PEI 1 9HE. Please provide as much (or as little) information about a vehicle as you are able and, before entering or taking photos on private property, please ensure that you have all tbe permissions that you need to be there, and to be taking photographs.

LIGHT HEAVYWEIGHT

AEC GATHERING 2022

FAIRGROUND CLASSICS • We present another selection of recent – and not so recent – arrivals in fairground service…

DAGENHAM ORIGINAL • Mike Neale tells the story of a remarkable thirties Ford restoration with a surprising twist when it came to the signwriting…

CONSERVE OR RESTORE? • Although vehicles are only ever original once, sometimes a sensitive restoration is the only way of ensuring it sur vives. Mike Neale looks at one such before work begins.

MODEL CORNER • Mike Neale continues his look at shelf-sized Ford lorries.

FILM FUN

PEA HARVEST CLASSICS • The Editor describes a little known but vital annual operation of which older lorries are a vital part.

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