6 Remembering Percy
It’s more than 42 years since the two-stroke powered ‘C’ Series Commer of Dave Roberts-Malpass left the production line, but Bob Tuck reckons you’d be hard pushed to find a more original vehicle. This example still has less than 17,000 miles on the clock!

12 News
News from around the classic commercial vehicle world plus a look at some of the latest products on the market.

18 Company history - Hobbs Bros Ltd
Alan Barnes tells the story of a Gloucester based fuel company that started back in 1898 and today is the only independent fuel supplier left in the area.

24 Meat at Smithfield - part 1
Arthur Ingram takes a quick look at the early days of meat transport at London’s famous market.

27 Readers’ letters
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34 Life in transport
Dave Bowers talks to Len Peacock about a life in transport that started when he was just four years old!

38 It’s crash and carry time!
Josephine Roberts meets some of Cardigan Bay’s classic recovery trucks.

44 Scrapyard survivor
Alan Barnes tells the story of ‘Cinders’, a 1967 Bedford that only just survived the clutches of the scrapman.

50 Cornish gold
Roger Hamlin talks to the Cornwall-based Vercoe family about a growing collection of classic lorries and machinery.

54 Centrespread
This month Gyles Carpenter captures on film three special vehicles on this year’s Huddersfield Halloween Run.

56 Classic lightweight
Dean Reader tells the story of his very rare Austin A55 hearse conversion.

60 From our archive
This month’s archive sales brochure was kindly sent in by Tony Osborne and features demountable bodies from the 1970s/80s.

64 Monumental movers
The ingenious electronically controlled hydraulic modular transporter systems developed by heavylift equipment specialist Scheuerle are described by Ed Burrows, with a passing lament for stalwart the Scammell, Rotinoff and other British heavy haul prime movers of yesteryear

70 Bucksburn beauty
The Atkinson Borderer is probably one of the most popular lorries of all time, and is a firm favourite with commercials enthusiasts all over the UK. Bob Weir went to meet John Mair from Bucksburn, on the outskirts of Aberdeen, who owns a cracking example.

74 On location
This month our roving reporter Gyles Carpenter brings us the sights from this year’s Limestone Run in Derbyshire.

76 Marathon men
Mark Gredzinski takes a look at the working life of Leyland’s flagship lorry of the 1970s.

80 99 Not out!
At 71 years young, Arthur Joynson continues to earn his daily crust by punching his 1984 Volvo F12 up and down the road every day. Bob Tuck heads for their home city of Hull and ponders whether this much travelled combination will pass the magic combined age of 100 before they finally call it a day.

86 Magnificent Seven
Paul Fox visits Trevor and Jody Rowell to see their ‘pride and joy’ - a multi-award-winning Volvo F7. Painstakingly restored to its original specification, it’s a vehicle which has been catching the judge’s eye at events all over the country.

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6 Remembering Percy
It’s more than 42 years since the two-stroke powered ‘C’ Series Commer of Dave Roberts-Malpass left the production line, but Bob Tuck reckons you’d be hard pushed to find a more original vehicle. This example still has less than 17,000 miles on the clock!

12 News
News from around the classic commer....