Classic & Vintage Commercials

1984 Seddon Atkinson 401

Back in September 2019, the spotlight fell on B435 WFJ, Kevin Ward’s 1984 ERF C Series that had just been restored in his firm’s livery. Now it has been joined by another vehicle. Meet A748 DWP, a 1984 Seddon Atkinson 401 owned by Lennie Hilton.

To recap, Kevin’s ERF C Series was registered on January 8 1985 and was supplied by Frank Tucker of Exeter and has been restored for a couple of years now. “It was owned by D Marston and probably used on milk tanker work in the Chepstow area,” Kevin said. “It was bought to replicate one of the ERF C Series that Ward Brothers used to run, and has been painted in the Ward Brothers’ original

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