Classic & Vintage Commercials

Classic & Vintage Commercials magazine is dedicated to heavy commercial vehicles. Focusing on the truck manufacturers from the heyday of road haulage over the past eight decades. Take a trip down memory lane with Britain’s best-selling classic road-haulage magazine. From reader’s restorations and recollections to company histories and archive images, you’ll find a welcome mix of nostalgia and news and even some classic trucks for sale.

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FABULOUS FIRST RESTORATION! • Steve Enderby was inspired to restore his own lorry by driving his boss’s on the HCVS Brighton Run. Twelve months later, this absolute stunner was the result.

HGV BRAKE TESTING CHANGES • If you have a News story, e-mail cvc.ed@kelsey.co.uk or write to The Editor, Classic and Vintage Commercials, PO Box 1243, Spalding PE11 9HE

WELSH MAMMOTH RETURNS!

CHINESE SIX D SERIES HEADS TO NEWARK!

D-SERIES AT 60! • 1965 was a very significant year for Ford of Britain, with the launch of both the Transit van range and the D-Series lorries. Peter Simpson begins a two-part history and analysis of the latter.

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YORKSHIRE-DIESEL • For a change this month, Peter Davies looks at a little-known, but far from insignificant, lorry range from the 1930s.

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DARTFORD IN 1963

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RUGGED ROMEO • Alfa Romeo didn’t just make cars; they also sold commercial vehicles though not in the UK. Mike Neale tracks down one that has, however, come here, via Holland.

KELSALL STEAM RALLY 2025 • Last month we featured the ERFs at Kelsall 2025, now it’s the best of the rest. David Reed reports…

50th HADDENHAM STEAM RALLY • The 50th Haddenham Steam Rally took place in South Cambridgeshire over the weekend of September 6-7. Report and photographs by Peter Simpson.

THE CELTIC TRUCK SHOW 2025 • A new venue and strong support for this South/Mid Wales event. Report and photos by Ashley Lovering.

AEC Mk II and Mk III Forward Control Lorry Models • Mike Neale begins a two-part look at some older AECs in miniature

TRIBUTE TO THE TM! • Following our recent Close-up on classics feature on the Bedford TM range, regular reader and TM enthusiast Andy Ballisat thought we might like to see some photos he has taken of them over the years. The answer, of course, was yes please.

THAMES AT PAPWORTH • Our look-through the rescued-from-a-skip Papworth Coachworks archive continues with some bespoke bodywork on Thames 12-15cwt chassis.

EVENTS DIARY • This diary has been compiled from information supplied by event organisers, and while every effort is made to ensure that it is accurate and correct at the rime of going to press, neither Kelsey Media nor Station House Publishing can accept responsibility for changes, cancellations or errors. We recommend that readers check details, and the type of vehicles expected, with event organisers, especially before travelling long distances.

Next month • COMING OUT IN THE DECEMBER 2025 ISSUE - OUT FRIDAY NOVEMBER 21

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