Classic & Vintage Commercials

Classic & Vintage Commercials magazine is dedicated to heavy commercial vehicles. Focusing on the truck manufacturers from the heyday of road haulage over the past eight decades. Take a trip down memory lane with Britain’s best-selling classic road-haulage magazine. From reader’s restorations and recollections to company histories and archive images, you’ll find a welcome mix of nostalgia and news and even some classic trucks for sale.

Classic & Vintage Commercials

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OUTSTANDING OCTOPUS • David Reed met up with Andrew Davies, whose recently restored 1978 Leyland Octopus has been admired at rallies and on road runs throughout the year.

GAYDON GOINGS-ON • If you have News story, e-mail cvc.ed@kelsey.co.uk or write to The Editer, Classic and Vintage Commercials, PO Box 1243, Spalding PE11 9HE

HISTORIC VEHICLES & LIVING HERITAGE

CHRIS’S CLASSIC SEND-OFF

LEYLANDS AT LEYLAND

SEALEY TOOL PROMOTION

THORNYCROFT SOCIETY AGM

PD’S archive

SEDDON ATKINSON STRATO • Peter Davies begins a two-part in-depth look at the ‘Spanish Seddon’ range.

Letters • YOUR VIEWS, COMMENTS AND RECOLLECTIONS…

NEW YEAR SALE • Discover your new favourite magazine in 2026! We have something for everyone!

FABULOUS F89 • Chris Mason’s stunning Volvo F89 is one of the best presented show lorries to debut over the past couple of years, and it’s got the trophies to prove it! Peter Simpson finds out more…

Carrying on

TOUCH OF FROST…

NEW YEAR SALE

TELEPHONE HYBRID • A hybrid, but not as most people today think of one. Mike Neale explains…

BUXTON BOYS RUN 2025 • With words from David Reed and images by Ian Neal, this is our report on a superb and friendly event in Derbyshire…

CORNISH CAPERS! • Cornwall’s home to many classic lorries, a lot of which aren’t often seen further afield. Here are a few that took part in the West Cornwall Vintage Vehicle Road Run.

AUTUMN LEAVES RUN 2025 • David Reed reports on a 100-mile road run around Lancashire and Cumbria, with a fair few step ups and downs along the way…

Scammell Scarabs • Pt2: Mike Neale’s profile of even smaller versions of small Scammells continues with some Scarabs.

STEEL CITY CLIMB!

PAPWORTH FINALI • Our long-running series featuring photographs from the Papworth Coachworks archives that have been preserved by Alan Robinson, ends with a final mixed-load of assorted images.

GARDEN OF ENGLAND

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