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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MARVELLOUS MERC! • David Reed met Neyland Dale on the 2024 Cheshire Run, and decided to find out more about his 1988 Mercedes 1617L and his family’s history in road haulage.

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ATKINSON MK.1 • Peter Davies begins an in-depth analysis of the model range which saw the Big A from Preston switch from coachbuilt cabs to glassfibre.

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BRS BACK HOME • Martin Webb was looking for a first preserved lorry, and found one that matched his needs and him perfectly! Peter Simpson tells the story

Carrying on • We welcome photos of older lorries (15 years and older) that are still in service for publication in this section.

FAMILY FAVOURITE • Ivor Owen & Sons from Wrexham is still going strong after seventy years. Current boss Brian Owen has found time along the way to collect some classic lorries. Bob Weir tells the story of one.

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ROLO THE RASCAL • Garry Fitch owns several Bedford lorries, but this 1990 Rascal is a little different, as Peter Simpson explains.

DUNCOMBE PARK STEAM &VINTAGE RALLY • The name may say steam, but this June event is always well-supported by the commercial vehicle fraternity. David Reed reports…

AUTUMN LEAVES ROAD RUN 2024 • It takes more than a lot of wind and rain to put classic lorry drivers off, as David Reed witnessed.

OUT AND ABOUT ON HALLOWEEN • David Reed reports on the not-quite season closing event in West Yorkshire

MODEL CORNER • Mike Neale concludes his look at shelf-sized Guy lorries, with models using the 1958-on part-glassfibre cab.

THE FLOODS OF ’53.. • Flooding was in the news during the final weeks of 2024, but it was much worse in 1953 when flood defences were weaker and much of Britain’s east coast was devastated…

PAPWORTH ASSORTED • Afurther selection of images from the Alan Robinson/Papworth Coachworks archive collection.

HE AIN’T HEAVY • Carl Johnson presents a further selection of images, this time with heavy haulage as their theme.

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