"It’s a bit too new for me really.” That was Kent-based Keith Laming’s possiblysurprising initial reaction when a schoolfriend, whose daughter’s wedding Keith had just arranged transport for, told him about a 1954 Commer Superpoise recovery lorry, complete with hand-operated crane, that had recently been pushed out of a barn a few miles down the road.
You see, 65 year old Keith’s real automotive interest is cars from the 1920s – Austin 16s in particular. He currently owns seven pre-war cars, plus three motorcycles, and when offered the Commer was part-way through another major project. But while he did politely decline to buy at this point, he did “strongly recommend” that the Commer was covered up to prevent further deterioration.
Over the next decade, Keith did, however, keep a sort-of discreet eye on the old Commer and was disappointed that his cover-it-up advice wasn’t taken, and it deteriorated as a consequence. he decided that something had to be done, and with no personal project on the go at that point, Keith, in his own words “did a deal” and the Commer was transported the short distance
