Heritage Commercials
July 2015
A world of classic lorries, trucks and vans.
06 Ignition
News and event from around the classic
commercial vehicle world.
10 Readers’ letters
Your chance to ask a question or tell a story.
16 Cover story
We visit the oldest working ERF B Series
eight-legger in Britain. It’s even worked in
Thailand too!
22 Subscription form
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24 A family affair
Bob Weir went to meet Murdo Mackay who
owns a late example of Leyland’s Lynx.
28 Classic lightweight
Dean Reader looks into the history of the
Renault Estafette and has a look at a rare
survivor.
32 Manufacturer’s history
This month we focus on a very innovative
piece of commercial vehicle engineering –
Commer’s two-stroke TS-3 diesel engine.
38 Lift & carry – part 2
We continue the story of the Thornycroft
Amazon, highlighting the famous north-
eastern plant hire company, Reeds Cranes.
44 Saving a Sussex
Dave Bowers visits Jim Dykes to see how –
and why – he decided to restore an
extremely rotten Fordson.
50 From our archives
This month’s archive sales brochure
features Bedford’s TL. Did you drive one?
56 Get Carter
If you wanted to increase your efficiency in
the car-carrying world in the early 1960s,
then you called on Alastair Carter. At the
time, his Carveyor wagon & drag outfits
were bigger than everything else then on
the market.
62 Transport heritage
In his spare time during a 50-plus year
career as a haulier, Cheshire-based
Malcolm Sample has preserved a range of
classics, including the actual Foden coach
he journeyed to and from school in as
a boy.
68 Archive album
Four pages of total nostalgia from the
superb NA3T photographic archives.
72 Cruiser control
Mark Gredzinski looks back at the working
days of the Leyland Cruiser.
78 Haulage company history
We tell the first part of the story of the
famous transport concern set up in 1945 by
Edward Beck.
86 Buyer’s guide
Parry Davis tells us what to look for when
purchasing a Scammell Mechanical Horse.
90 Workshop
Richard Lofting looks into the basics of
doing your own electroplating.
97 HC Marketplace
The place to buy or sell anything to do with
classic commercials.
06 Ignition
News and event from around the classic
commercial vehicle world.
10 Readers’ letters
Your chance to ask a question or tell a story.
16 Cover story
We visit the oldest working ERF B Series
eight-legger in Britain. It’s even work....
