Heritage Commercials
October 2003
A world of classic lorries, trucks and vans.
Comment
Are current trends leading to the fragmentation of the heritage commercial vehicle movement?
Hampshire Newcomer Proves its Worth
Alan Barnes follows the inaugural Hampshire Road Run, and hopes it will grow into an annual event.
News
Including the majestic rebirth of a former Wynns Pacific heavy haulage vehicle in Somerset.
Good Vibrations!
A dream comes true for Pete Kelly as he accompanies Ted Hannon in Tom Frenchs two-stroke Foden S36 for the entire 425-mile distance of the Anglo-Scottish Evaluation Road Run over the weekend of August 16/17.
Readers Letters
Five pages of letters from the informed readership of Heritage Commercials.
The Promise
Pete Kelly discovers the heart-rending reason behind the restoration and appearance at the recent Weeting Rally of a 1957 former British Road Services Bristol eight-wheeler.
Revving it up in Ulster
How REVS, the Register of ERF Vehicles Society, pushed the boat out at a recent big event in Northern Ireland.
Glorious Devon!
Roger Hamlin reports on the 25th Devon Coastal Run.
Midsummer Madness!
Alan Barnes joins members of the Compo Club (nothing to do with the long-running TV sitcom Last of the Summer Wine) for an enjoyable day out chasing a 1960 Morris JB post van around Warwickshire and Worcestershire.
On Location
Jeff Colledge brings our centre-spread picture this month, of a former Smiths Crisps 1950 Albion Clansman in Perthshire.
Days Out in South Wales
Day trips have remained popular since the dawn of the motor coach, and with some wonderful archive photographs Viv Corbin looks back over the past 60 years.
Academically Albion!
Keith Langston interviews Albion enthusiast Mark Farrall, for whom the sun rises brightly on every day he spends with his beloved vehicles.
Posing at Pontefract
Jeff Colledge visits the Ackworth Historic Vehicle Show in South Yorkshire.
High, Wide & Handsome!
Alan Barnes seeks out an immaculate wartime AEC Matador in rural Hampshire.
All Exceptionally Classy!
Jeff Colledge reports from the AEC Rally at the Newark Showground, rescheduled from its usual May date this year.
HCVS Trans-Pennine Run
Keith Langston follows the annual trek across the Pennines, now in its 35th year, and reflects on days gone by.
Diary Dates
Still Gliding Like Huddersfield Ghosts
Mike Berry pays a nostalgic visit to the Sandtoft Trolleybus Museum 35 years after the closure of Huddersfields trolley system, and Jeff Colledge reports from the big Sandtoft Gathering.
£300 Corgi Competition
Your chance to win one of five superb Marley Scania models each worth £59.99.
Reviews
The Claymore and the Ant
The recent rescue of a former WD Guy Quad-Ant by Bert Atkinsons well-travelled Albion Claymore brings the Preston mans fleet of breakdown vehicles to four, reports David Bowers.
Rallying to Whitley Bay
Tony Tolson attends a North-Eastern bus rally at a seaside venue.
Still Searching for a New Home
David Bowers visits the British Commercial Vehicle Museum at Leyland, which is presently considering a move to Preston.
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Comment
Are current trends leading to the fragmentation of the heritage commercial vehicle movement?
Hampshire Newcomer Proves its Worth
Alan Barnes follows the inaugural Hampshire Road Run, and hopes it will grow into an annual event.
News
Including the majestic rebirth of a former Wynns Pacific h....
