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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Classic & Vintage Commercials

FABULOUS F7 • Richard Turner first encountered this 1985 Volvo F7 as a schoolboy. Thirty years on, he bought the exact same lorry and y , following a full restoration, it’s absolutely stunning! Peter Simpson and Alan Turner tell the story

GREAT DORSET STEAM FAIR CANCELLED FOR 2023

COMMERCIALS AT NEWARK!

THORNYCROFT RUN RETURNS

CROWLAND BUFFALO PROGRESS

ERNEST THORPE TRANSPORT

LEYLAND MARATHON

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BUSINESS-STARTING BEDFORD • These days, Paul Riches Skips run a fleet of 14 modern lorries. But back in 1985, the business started with just one ver y secondhand Bedford KM. That lorr y has now been restored. Ian Shaw tells the story.

Carrying on

HIGHT OF PERFECTION

THE 52ND EAST COAST RUN

BUXTON BOYS RUN 2022 • The now-annual Buxton Boys Run took place on the roads around Derbyshire at the end of July. The event, organised by Andy and Julie Dyson, saw around 25 vehicles take part, with a shorter route being taken this year, reflecting the price of fuel. There was still some spectacular scenery to enjoy though, even if the weather was a bit misty over the Derbyshire tops.

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CIRCUS LORRIES • Following the success of our ongoing occasional series on fairground lorries, we thought we’d widen the (safety..) net a little, with a look at some older lorries working around the big tops.

AUSTIN OR MORRIS? • The Editor compares and contrasts BMC’s in house rival offerings from the fifties and sixties from the viewpoint of buyers then and now.

MODEL CORNER • Though no toy Y Types were made while the vehicles were current, the whitemetal kit makers have made up for it since, as Mike Neale discovers…

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