July 2020

Classic & Vintage Commercials

The best-selling magazine dedicated to heavy commercial vehicles

Classic & Vintage Commercials1 min read
Classic & Vintage Commercials
www.cvcmag.co.uk Kelsey Media 5 Yalding Hill Downs Court Yalding ME18 6AL Tel: 01959 541444 Editor: Peter Simpson, Station House Publishing Ltd Email: cvc.ed@kelsey.co.uk Technical consultant: Peter Davies Editorial Assistant: Katie Simpson ART EDITO
Classic & Vintage Commercials3 min read
Comment
Welcome to the July 2020 issue of Classic & Vintage Commercials, and a special welcome to Classic Van & Pick-up readers, whose magazine is being fully incorporated into CVC from this issue. While clearly it is regrettable that coronavirus has made th
Classic & Vintage Commercials8 min readAutomotive
Brilliant Bedford
Surrey-based Cliff Benton had one objective when, back in the early 1970s, he started in road haulage. He wanted to own, and operate, his own lorry. Through hard work and determination, he achieved that by the time he was 25. What’s more, despite mor
Classic & Vintage Commercials2 min readAutomotive
CLASSIC & VINTAGE COMMERCIALS EXCLUSIVE
Legendary Lincolnshire haulier, collector and enthusiast Kevin Dennis is, apparently, retiring! He effectively closed the haulage side of his business in April and has now told Classic & Vintage Commercials that an onsite auction is to be held at his
Classic & Vintage Commercials2 min read
More Covid Cancellations
As many have been expecting, more events for 2020 are now being postponed or cancelled, with events in September now starting to be affected. Firstly, JCB have announced that their planned one-off ERF open Day, which was to take place on September 6
Classic & Vintage Commercials1 min read
Drivers Cpc Online
Here’s an idea for anyone with an LGV (or PCV) licence who is bored during lockdown, and looking for something interesting and potentially useful to pass the time. Get your Driver’s CPC up to date! Due to coronavirus making classroom and face to face
Classic & Vintage Commercials1 min readAutomotive
Cooks Coaches
Yes, we know it’s a bus book, but it came in for review this month, it’s press day, we’ve got a space to fill at the bottom of the page and, most importantly of all, we think it’s a bit special… Cooks Coaches is a story of a small independent Sussex
Classic & Vintage Commercials1 min readAutomotive
PD’s Archive
In the ‘fifties and ‘sixties AEC and Leyland were among Britain’s leading manufacturers while the likes of Volvo, Scania and DAF were virtually unknown. Each generation has a different perception of what qualifies as a classic commercial but one thin
Classic & Vintage Commercials4 min readAutomotive
Erf Lv
The ERF LV is probably one of ERF’s most memorable models. Just two years before it appeared, the Sandbach company was dealt a sad blow when it received news of the death of its Managing Director, Dennis Foden, who had played a leading role in the co
Classic & Vintage Commercials8 min readAutomotive
Letters
Further to your request for confirmation on the above, in the early eighties I visited Bedford’s test ground at Millbrook. We were investigating the availability of some TM 6x6s and were told that a couple did exist in the military high security test
Classic & Vintage Commercials4 min readAutomotive
1975 Atkinson Borderer
Owner: David Authers Seen on: The Somerset and Devon Road Runs The Somerset and Devon Road Run takes place in early October. The initial idea for the run and organiser of the first outing was the late Peter Thorner, but since his tragic death Tony Th
Classic & Vintage Commercials1 min read
Carrying On
From this month, Classic & Vintage Commercials incorporates Classic Van & pick-up. We have therefore decided, from next month onwards, to extend the scope of this column to include light commercials. The acceptance criteria are the same as for the he
Classic & Vintage Commercials1 min read
SUBSCRIBE & SAVE
Classic & Vintage Commercials is the bestselling magazine covering the truck manufacturers from the heyday of road haulage over the past eight decades. We’ve got some really great stuff coming up over the next few months. Don’t miss out! Subscribe to
Classic & Vintage Commercials1 min read
Family FAVOURITE
Milk is one of the staple products that most families rely on. Years ago milk supplies were controlled by the Milk Marketing Board using tankers like this AEC Mammoth Major Mk.III. Every Mk.III is a reminder of an era when Great Britain had a proud m
Classic & Vintage Commercials4 min readAutomotive
1980 Leyland Bison
Owner: David Birch Seen on: English Lakes Run The Mediterranean island of Malta has long been a destination for holidaymakers looking for some sunshine. Over the years, it has also become a long-term home for numerous vehicles that have been exported
Classic & Vintage Commercials1 min read
North West Trucker’s Isle of Skye Road Run
When you mention the Isle of Skye, thoughts usually turn to Scotland. However, there is another location in the UK with the same name. This is the A635 that runs across the Pennines between Greenfield on the Lancashire side and Holmfirth in Yorkshire
Classic & Vintage Commercials2 min readAutomotive
Major Maxiload Restoration
I have seen a few recent mentions in the classic commercial press recently of ‘my’ old 1968 Commer Maxiload CEGV1615 004255 URR435G. May I tell you the story of its restoration? The lorry was bought by Brian Male and I from J M F Royce of Clifton Hou
Classic & Vintage Commercials7 min readAutomotive
Pick-up Perfection!
I had not really gone out to buy a Leyland 15. I wanted a Fordson E83W I had seen but when I called to enquire it had been sold. My plan was to have a classic commercial to use as a support vehicle for my 1946 Stampe Biplane that is based at Headcorn
Classic & Vintage Commercials5 min readAutomotive
Village Commercial
The LC van and pick-up truck were introduced in late 1937 by Morris Commercial Cars Ltd as replacements for the smaller capacity versions of the previous C-Type vehicles that had been in production since the early thirties. The C-Type range had cover
Classic & Vintage Commercials1 min readAutomotive
Nick’s Bits
Hartlepool Borough Transport, or West Hartlepool Corporation Transport until 1967 or Hartleoook Transport Limited post deregulation, and its fine maroon and cream bus fleet served the North East town as the local municipally owned operator for 81 yea
Classic & Vintage Commercials6 min readAutomotive
DENNIS without MENACE
Touring through North West Devon in my role as pub finder general for my wife’s team of bell ringers, I had plenty of time to read village gravestones before testing the ales and ciders. At Heanton I saw lots of memorials to services personnel from n
Classic & Vintage Commercials2 min read
Club DIRECTORY
Website aecsociety.com, membership secretary Howard Berry, 7 Donaldson Drive, Cheswardine, Shropshire TF9 2NY, e-mail membership@aecsociety.com Website www.albionclub.org.uk, address 7 John Street, Biggar, Lanarkshire, ML12 6AX, telephone 01899 22070
Classic & Vintage Commercials2 min readAutomotive
Next Month
Ian Chadwick seems to be building a collection of these rare all-wheel-drive Fords! Peter Simpson finds out about his latest restoration. Restored with a replacement cab from the other side of the world! Ex-BRS lorry which owes its survival to time s

Classic & Vintage Commercials

More Issues From Classic & Vintage Commercials