Back in the April issue, Classic & Vintage Commercials called in on Jamie Newton, a Norfolkbased enthusiast who has, over the past decade, assembled a rather remarkable collection of preserved lorries. In that issue, we looked at Jamie’s Fords and his solitary AEC. This time we’re moving on to consider the three Leylands.
To recap briefly, Jamie is now in his early fifties, comes from a farming background and his initial preservationbased interest was vintage tractors; plus a 7½ tonner for ‘tractor transport’. He has, though, “always liked lorries”, and in the past decade he has finally found himself in a position to put that enthusiasm into practice.
But once he did start, he found it rather hard to stop, and over the past decade he has assembled a collection
