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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BRILLIANT BEDFORD! • No-one could possibly accuse Alan Robinson, Fred Webb and Peter Jeffrey of rushing their 1946 Bedford O restoration; from purchase to first show took 32 years! The result, however, is fabulous, as Peter Simpson discovered.

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BODLE STREET IS ON APRIL 6

BOOK REVIEW

FENLAND CLASSIC 2025

ATKINSON MK.1 • Pt2: Peter Davies concludes his in-depth analysis of a true British classic.

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WORKING F10! • Bob Carmichael’s old F88 isn’t the only classic Volvo still working for its keep at Charlotte Bradley Transport, as Peter Simpson discovered…

Carrying on

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WHITEWEBBS MUSEUM OF TRANSPORT • Mike Neale continues our occasional series on smaller transport museums with a “hidden gem” of North London.

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IT’S A GAS • Simon Lewis has owned his ex-British Gas 1980 Mk2 Escort van since it was five years old. Russ Harvey finds our more.

BUXTON BOYS RUN 2024 • A new route plus fine weather combined to give participants in this well-established Derbyshire event a great day out.

THORNES PARK RETURNS • A popular Friday evening event made a welcome return in 2024. David Reed reports.

SHREWSBURY STEAM RALLY • David Reed reports on an all-transport event which always attracts strong support from the commercial vehicle fraternity.

MODEL CORNER • Pt1: Mike Neale kicks off a two-part review of shelf-sized Commers with a look at the varied range made by Dinky.

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THE BIG BOPPER

ARMY AND NAVY • More fabulous images from the Alan Robinson/Papworth Coachworks archive collection, this time covering vehicles bodied for the armed services.

KENT AND SUSSEX TRANSPORT • Another Garden of England selection, courtesy of Les Freathy

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COMING UP IN THE APRIL 2025 ISSUE - OUT FRIDAY MARCH 21