Heritage Commercials

Welcome to the February 2024 issue of Heritage Commercials. Crikey, it only seems five minutes since I sat down for my Christmas dinner and we are already on the February issue of the magazine. Brian Culpan starts this month with a feature on two Aus

The red C-cab van UX 4810 represents an early Type AD. It has some very interesting vintage features, such as levers at the steering wheel centre to control the ignition and fuel mixture. However, this very smart little van has a secret past, it was

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One of the biggest and most popular shows in the calendar, the Tractor World Show returns to the Three Counties Showground in Malvern, 24-25 February. Showcasing everything tractor, truck and trading related, the two-day extravaganza sees even more e

Like so many of us, I have a moderate, if somewhat diverse, collection of truck brochures. Excitedly scurrying around the Earl’s Court Commercial Vehicle show as a schoolboy, I gathered everything that the young ladies attending the stands could dish

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The Elite chassis made its debut at the 1992 Torbay Wastes Management Show on Dennis Eagle’s stand. Displayed were various 4x2 17, 6x2 mid lift axle 24,700, and 6x4 26-tonne chassis, fitted with Dennis Eagle’s Phoenix refuse collection bodies. This c

The first armoured trucks rode on 12.00.29 tyres, raised on axles well off the ground, for their work in Malaya, with the weight of the armour putting quite some strain on the standard suspension. Due to the shortage of metal, the, probably 8mm, shee

Born in Glasgow, Scotland, and christened Desmond James, he came out to Australia in 1928 with his mother and two sisters. At age 14, he worked as a telephone switchboard operator at the Wentworth Hotel in Sydney city. Later on, he held the same posi

A Fletcher & Co. Ltd., was a major player in the R.E. Mason Group of companies, and as such this group operated the largest fleet of Sentinel diesel trucks in the country at any one time. Later, many of these trucks were converted to TVW’s using Gard

Earlier this year, an 800hp tractor unit was unveiled in China, where, admittedly there are higher gross weights – not to mention more than a few cases of ‘overloading’ – and so it probably makes sense. Here we currently have the 770S Scania at 770hp

At the Retro Truck Show in Gaydon in September, my eyes were naturally drawn to a restored Leyland DAF 95.350 FT sleeper cabbed tractor. Despite ‘only’ dating from 1987, examples of early 95 series – the original look of the Cabtec cab DAFs – are act

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Catching up on my reading and two articles in the December 2023 issue of Heritage Commercials, brought back memories. There was an article on vehicles to Kosovo and another on Scania T cabs in the UK. I worked in the sales office for the Scania deale