CHOOSING YOUR FIRST LORRY Pt2: Last month we sorted out the basics, this time we’re moving on to consider the actual choice of lorry for first-time preservation.

NEWS Motorman’s Café closes, plus some news from Great Dorset…

Marc Russell bought a Matador for restoration, and the wooden cab frame needed renewal. He, however, prefers to work with metal, so the best solution seemed to be to use steel instead! Peter Simpson tells the story.

Bedford TK Restoration Full owner restoration, with lots of help from family and friends!

Alvar and Garry Fitch have three Bedford restorations nearing completion, but the first to emerge is this extremely rare 1958 D type. The job was further complicated by the father and son team living at opposite ends of the country! Peter Simpson reports…

SCAMMELL SCARAB RESTORATION Pt2: Last month we saw Brian & Christine Carter’s completed ex-Dartford Tunnel Scarab recovery vehicle, and looked a little at its life story. This time we go into detail on the restoration, starting with the arrival of a dismantled pile of bits and a realisation that some work already undertaken needed doing again…

Alb ion Chieftain David Reed profiles a lovely lorry that’s now been on the show circuit for over 20 years but still looks as good as the day it was finished.

YARD CLEARANCE! The Editor visits a haulage yard which closed more than 40 years go, but which, with housing development starting shortly, now needs to be cleared.

THE FOSS ARCHIVE: Charlie Foss was without doubt one of the best-known of all the London tipper operators, and as we saw last month, the family now runs of the largest waste recycling companies in Southern England. We take a look inside the family photo album, FREE CLASSIFIED ADVERTISING STARTS: Lots of lovely lorries and parts you need to keep yours on the road...

TONY’S DIRTY DOZEN Plans for Tony Gothard’s Leyland Constructors to become film stars are well-advanced, and filming is due to start later this year. Mike Humble provides an update.

GMC 860 Stateside truck arrived here for testing and evaluation purposes and should have then been scrapped, but thanks to some curious twists of fate it survived and has now been fully restored.

1949 AUSTIN K2 Thirty five years after it was ‘lost’ in dubious circumstances, a family have found and re-acquired the dropside lorry their grandfather bought new and used on fruit and veg work for over 30 years…

COMMERCIALS AT THE NEC This year’s Birmingham Classic Car Show was massive as usual, and attracted a fair few interesting commercials. 42 FODEN S80 Scottish potato merchants 1974 tractor and flat takes the centre spread, and
exhibits some very impressive oldschool roping and sheeting.

LEYLAND COMET TIPPER Very original apart from paint, and still with the family that bought it new in ’52…. 28 SPRAT & WINKLE RUN Hastings is the destination for the final HCVS run of the year, an event with atmosphere that takes some beating!

CLASSIC TRUCK SHOW - Report from the second show of the year at Gaydon; the one where slightly younger old lorries take centre-stage.

GARY COOPER AUCTION - £43,000 Volvo F88, £22,000 Thames Trader, £30,000 Foden S80….

FORD THAMES TRADER Fully rebuilt at home as a precise replica of the lorry Dennis Smith learned to drive on – including a change to diesel power!, NEWS Cheffins Harrogate auction results, plus the remaining 2017 events programme and some lovely unrestored lorries at Welland.

SCAMMELL TRUNKER Chris Parker’s 1970 Scammell Trunker was new to Whitbread Breweries, but spent the bulk of its working life as a recovery vehicle. Chris has therefore chosen to restore it in a way that reflects both, and he’s
done a first-class job, NEWS Latest Cheffins sale results, Ayrshire Road Run…

HCVS LONDON TO BRIGHTON 2017 - We were there for the 56th running of this ever-popular annual run and gathering…

BEDFORD TK FURNITURE VAN - New in Stafford, now preserved in East Sussex.

LLANDUDNO FESTIVAL OF TRANSPORT - Peter Simpson and David Reed both went along to the 25th anniversary event…

ALBION CYLDESDALE - Peter Simpson tells the story of Chris and Garth Strong’s restoration of their 1969 Leyland Clydesdale from a scruffy runner to ‘best in show’ prizewinner.

EASTERN COUNTIES VINTAGE SHOW - Peter Simpson takes a Drive it Day drive east…

LEYLAND MILK TANKER - When supermarket competition forced David Owen to close his family dairy business, he retained and restored the ex Milk Marketing Board tanker that they had used, and it’s now preserved.

HUDDERSFIELD ROAD RUN - David Reed was up in the Pennines on a rather foggy January day.

LEYLAND BUFFALO - The Shire Porters Society of Aberdeen dates back to 1498. Our centre-spread of one of their lorries is a baby by comparison, having been taken a mere 44 years ago.

DEUTZ DIESELS - Nick Baldwin tells the story of this famous – and highly innovative – engine range; there’s more to it than air-cooling!

ALBION CX - Peter Davies begins an in-depth profile of Albion’s final independent product to realise its full commercial potential.

BEDFORD TK - This month’s period centre spread is a 1975 TK860, caught on fruit deliveries when new.

VOLVO N TO END - Volvo’s normal-control range was never a massive seller in the UK, but in the rest of the world it was a completely different story, as Nick Baldwin explains and more...

ERF 44G - Full home restoration!

AEC Collection - Many Mammoth Majors!

Commer Superpoise - Aircraft starter restored! and more...

BEDFORD TK - Nick Howe’s spent nine years restoring his 1963 Bedford, and it’s now is superb condition as well as being right in every detail. Peter Davies meets the man and machine…

VULCAN 6 TONNER - Peter Davies begins an in-depth analysis of a classic ‘premium middleweight’ – cheaper than a Foden, dearer than a Bedford.

AEC Militant, Scammell Highwayman, Classic Commercials show, Commercial Corner and more...

DODGE K1050 Tipper - David Reed takes a trip up to Derbyshire where he catches up with Carl Mellon and his tippers.

Sprat And Winkle Run - The other HCVS run down to the East Sussex coast.

Seddon MK5L - David Reed talks to restorer extraordinaire Colin Pitt, and checks out his Seddon and his Vulcan and more...

Atkinson Black Knight - Restored after 25 years in a field!

Retro Truck Show 2016 - Nick Larkin reports from the British Motor Museum's second major truck show of 2016 and more...

Mercedes Benz 1418 - Stunning new restoration.

Baldwin's Collectables - Another mixed load with a distinctly French flavour and more...

Volvo F88 - Still stunning 25 years after rebuild!

225 ERFS At Kelsall! - Plus nearly 100 Fodens and many more!

Wine Detour With Lorries - Nick Baldwin stumbles on a small museum in an unexpected location and more...

Commer QX - Splendid restoration of an ex Tate & Lyle TS3 engined Commer from virtually scrap condition, and it was completed in just 18 months!

Bristol Lorries - From eight - wheeler to artic; Peter Davies concludes his in-depth analysis of Britain's state - owned lorry manufacturer.

Holebeach Town & Country Fayre - South Lincolnshire show attracted a wide range of commercial entries and more...

In this issue:BEDFORD DUO David Reed meets Peter Broomfield who has recently acquired a Bedford K to preserve alongside the TJ he’s owned for ten years,AEC MERCURY Andrew Leonard’s AEC Mercury was worn out and near-derelict condition when bought, but has been superbly restored by Andrew and his dad David. Peter Simpson tells the story,CLOSE UP ON CLASSICS – BRISTOL LORRIES No advertising, no marketing,no brochures. State controlled Bristol made lorries solely for statecontrolled British Road Services,CARRYING ON Lots of Scanias this month, plus a sprinkling of rare Renaults,SANDBACH TRANSPORT FESTIVAL Not just ERFs and Fodens, though the local makes were certainly out in force! David Reed reports and much more...

Leyland Roadtrain Interstate - An absolutely superb 3000-hour restoration of a rare survivor, carried out by Bristol-based father and son team.

2016 HCVS Brighton Run - Hot report from a hot day on Brighton seafront - was 2016 the best Brighton Run ever?

Classic Commercial Show - We report from the Three Counties Showground at Malvern and more...

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