Classic & Vintage Commercials

Warwickshire-based Simon Sleep is, by any measure, a lorry enthusiast of the first order. By day, he runs Kenilworth based Warwickshire Waste, one of the area’s leading waste disposal and skip hire companies. 52 year old Simon is very much a hands-on

This year, 2022, would have marked the centenary of one of the UK’s most famous lorry manufacturers. That manufacturer is Scammell Lorries Ltd of Tolpits Lane, Watford. Sadly, along with many other British makes, Scammell ceased production in the 198

One of the joys of being a lorry enthusiast is that you need never be bored when you’re out and about – there’s always the chance of seeing a vehicle of interest and it’s a good idea to always carry a camera. Whether in the UK or abroad, the transpor

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On very slight positive of the 2020 and 2021 Covid lockdowns was that they gave many owners an opportunity to get their restoration projects completed. One such is Anthony Barton – known universally as Bill – whose 1951 Albion Chieftain FT37N made it

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Like Peter Davies (in December’s CVC) I well remember International Harvester’s fruitless attempt in the mid-1960s to enter the UK truck market. I was technical editor of the monthly Commercial Vehicles at the time and headed up the A1 to Doncaster t

We welcome photos of older lorries (15 years and older) that are still in service for publication in this section. We can accept contributions by email – cvc.ed@kelsey.co.uk, or by post to The Editor, Classic & Vintage Commercials, PO Box 1243, SPALD

A remedy for the pandemic – we may not be able to go to the rallies that we cherish, but within the 100 pages of the latest bookazine in the Vintage Roadscene Archive, we are able to go down Memory Lane and enjoy rallies past – some which you may rem

Not so long ago we were worried about winter snow causing havoc for the haulage industry with treacherous road conditions holding up deliveries. Nowadays it seems that ‘climate change’ pundits are more worried about mild winters and the absence of sn

A surprise gathering was arranged at S Jones Containers in Aldridge near Walsall at the beginning of August for long time former employee Frank Hicken, who had just celebrated his 100th birthday. Organised by Mark Wilkes, with the help of the staff a

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The Minor pick-up you see before you resplendent in the superb livery of the West Berkshire Brewery, was originally built for export, and exported when new to North America. It has been a superbly restored by the current custodian Minor LCV Register

The Citroen 2CV was announced at the 1948 Salon de l’auto in Paris, going on sale in 1949. The first Type A cars had a 375cc air-cooled, flat-twin engine driving the front wheels, which equated to two horsepower on the French ‘Cheval-Vapeur’, or CV s

We left the story last month with Astra becoming increasingly reliant on Fiat, or perhaps one should say, IVECO power. IVECO had been formed in 1975 as a heavy vehicle business incorporating Unic, which had belonged to Fiat since 1966, OM, Lancia Spe

After taking a break last year due to we-all-know-what, the Lancaster Insurance Classic Car Show with Discovery (better known to most as, simply, the “NEC” Classic Car Show), returned with a bang for 2021. This is generally considered to be the premi

Ford’s modern-looking 100E car range was launched in late 1953, with the two-door Anglia going into production in October and the four-door Prefect in December. The engine, however, was still an 1172cc sidevalve unit, albeit a completely different on

Pip Dunn tracks down a Perkins-powered EC tractor unit, and travels to Fraserburgh to see it and learn about its renovation. This 1933 lorry was initially the remains of a picked-over vehicle that had been used as a spares source on another restorati