JANUARY 2015

06 Ignition
News and events from around the classic
commercial vehicle world.

10 Readers’ letters
We hand the pen over to you now – so
what have you got to tell us?

18 Steaming along
Ever wondered what your Member of
Parliament got up to during their
summer recess?

24 Subscription form
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32 Austin Sheerline
Dean Reader takes a trip back in time
aboard a real piece of coachbuilt class.

36 On location
This month we report from the Glasgow
Vintage Vehicle Trust.

42 Archive album
More nostalgia from the superb NA3T
photographic archive.

46 Manufacturer’s history
Alan Barnes tells the story of the only lorry
to have been designed and built in Ireland –
Dennison.

56 Working with lightweights
John Sturgeon looks back at the 70 year
evolution of transport in his family firm.

58 Heavylift champion
Not only has Staffordshire-based
engineering group ALE built the world’s
biggest crane and jacking and loading
systems, as Ed Burrows reports, it is also
building its own state-of-the-art 8x8
ballast tractors.

66 Haulage company history
It’s more than 30 years since the two
Salkeld brothers – Melvin and ‘Bossy’–
decided to sell their road-going fleet to
what would be the amalgam of JSY. But
to those of a certain age, the stunning
turnout of both Salkeld’s Rowley depot
and their eight-wheel Foden tippers will
be something they’ll never forget.

JANUARY 2015

06 Ignition
News and events from around the classic
commercial vehicle world.

10 Readers’ letters
We hand the pen over to you now – so
what have you got to tell us?

18 Steaming along
Ever wondered what ....