Heritage Commercials
September 2001
A world of classic lorries, trucks and vans.
4 News - Truckfest 2001; Classics at Festival of Speed; Stalwart takes a dip; Beltring; Events diary.
20 A Bostin Effort!
Peter Durham visited the Black Country Living Museum at the invitation of the HCVS West Midlands Branch and found a vehicle gathering that was A BOSTIN effort!.
24 The Magnificent Seven
With a view to mass production, Rob Clarke takes on the challenge of scratch building seven model E83W vans.
28 Buses of Yesteryear
Robert Coates dug into his archive and found a selection of old pictures of buses. Jeff Colledge took up the challenge to find captions for them.
30 On Location
A superbly restored 1958 Scammell Highwayman photographed by Peter Durham.
32 With a Welsh Flavour
Brian Gooding took a long day out to cover the Swansea to Carmarthen road run, held last June, as part of the annual Swansea Festival of Transport.
36 Hidden Gems
Clive Shearman returns with another helping of fascinating fire fighters.
40 One of a kind
Cameron Bell tells the story of a one-off Australian-built truck which was a monster in its day.
42 Letters
48 Military Medicals
Ex serviceman Ken Rimell travelled to Aldershot to visit the excellent Royal Army Medical Corps Museum.
50 A chip off the old block
A chance encounter uncovered a vehicle which had been owned by the same family twice. Brian Gooding investigates.
53 Classified Commercials
Reader and trade advertisements.
58 Gloucestershire Leylands
Colin Martin has selected these photographs of Leylands which give an indication of the wide range of uses to which the Lancashire manufacturers products were put.
4 News - Truckfest 2001; Classics at Festival of Speed; Stalwart takes a dip; Beltring; Events diary.
20 A Bostin Effort!
Peter Durham visited the Black Country Living Museum at the invitation of the HCVS West Midlands Branch and found a vehicle gathering that was A BOSTIN effort!.
24 The Magnificent Seven
With a view ....