Indholdsfortegnelse for November 2024 i Heritage Commercials

In her speech she recounted how the Society was formed with it accumulating with the inaugural rally in 1978. Then the steam engines in the ring blew their whistles in a vote of thanks. Yet again the head of the commercial section, ex ministry inspector Mike Chandler had assembled a wide and varied range of exhibits. Apart from his own 1978 AEC Mercury flatbed with attached ramps for his Fordson Dexta which he had on display in the tractor section, they ranged from a Standard Vanguard van to the modern Scania 144G of local company GP Services. One of the rarest on display was the 1959 Ford 402E Thames pick-up of Roger Young of Talyllyn. The Radnorshire registered 15cwt pick-up had been repainted in British Railways colours stirring memories in…

Commercial vehicle entries ranged from a Leyland Hippo and Leyland Octopus owned by David Hoare from Chepstow to an ERF EC11 all the way from Portadown, Northern Ireland. Highlights included two classic entries from Richard Edmonds from Tedburn St. Mary. The first was a 1966 Atkinson Mk1 with a Cummins engine and believed to be a heavy duty low loader tractor unit from new, working out of the East End of London. The Atkinson was purchased by N C Cammack & Sons Ltd, a Colchester based haulier and converted to a recovery in 1976 adding a diesel hydraulic breakdown jib crane. Richard acquired the Mk1 in 2017 and has re-built the engine, chassis and running gear with signwriting by John Corah of North Tawton. The second was a great ERF…

It was John McGlade’s email in the letter column of this magazine that inspired us to consider that we should follow our ‘hero’ Sam Goddard, taking his Diamond T 980 for his latest adventure across the Channel. John’s letter accompanied a photograph taken by his father when he drove a similar Diamond T tractor loaded with trailer and Sherman tank in Beirut in 1945. You, the readers, may recall that we brought you the final days of Sam’s seven-year restoration of his Diamond T 980 tractor, British Army number 20 YZ 65, Wartime Census number H5109766 and UK road registration MXS 441 in the May 2024 edition of HC which was brought together with its Rogers trailer as its owner and restorer Sam of Devizes battled to have the FV3601…

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It only seems like yesterday when British commercials ruled the highways, and foreign intruders were a rare sight. Austin lorries had a healthy market share and looked set for a bright future. Mediocre management, industrial strife, and poor build quality all played their part in thinning the herd, but the coup de gras arrived in the form of foreign competition. Within a decade, the British commercial vehicles industry had been put to the sword and, alas, there was no reprieve. The few surviving Austin commercials are now consigned to the vintage vehicle circuit and have become an endangered species. Shaun lives in Shrewsbury and the family are well known on the classic lorry show circuit. His father Paul Griffiths also collects old lorries, and they spend the summer travelling around…

At the time of its introduction into service, the Pathfinder airfield crash truck was sharing airfield tarmac space with the newly introduced Boeing 747 jumbo jet. One got far more of the media’s attention than the other. But the Jumbo Jet with its 300-400 plus passengers onboard was at the heart of the thinking behind the designofthe new crash truck. How to safely evacuate hundreds of passengers and to deal with the crash was of primary concern for airports facing the challenges of introducing new long-range air travel on the American airliner. The prospect of having to deal with 100 tons of flaming aviation fuel anywhere on an airfield meant that the new vehicle had to be large enough to contain sufficient materials to extinguish any blaze but still agile…

Organised by the South Somerset Agricultural Preservation Club Ltd, star attractions included 300 agricultural tractors, five combine harvesters and around 20 commercial vehicles. Paddy Foley from Yetminster, Dorset was awarded the Best Commercial prize for his 1970 Morris 1000 Pick-up. Previously owned by Parmiter Aerials of Yeovil the Morris was likely used by one of their fitters. Gratitude to Commercial Section Leader Zac Anderson and the SSAPC.…

I kid you not, you will not find a better Minor pick-up than Minor LCV Register member Chris Nuttall’s superb Austin example (not all Minor commercials were Morris), it’s a concours winner with the MMOC for the last two years. Those who were at the 75th MMOC at the Chateau Impney will have seen it I am sure, it’s a stunner. It even has a genuine original rubber mat too, more on that later. At the Chateau Impney we managed to move the pick-up to a suitable location to snap it for this article. A particular quirk with the commercial Minors is that there is an Austin version, this being produced from 1967 to the end of production, typical BLMC badge engineering at its best. As the Austin A35 van went…

Had the Austin been upside down it would suggest that it had toppled off the edge, down the slope and inevitably landing in the gully, but the chances of it arriving at exactly that point on its wheels seems quite amazing! However, the close-up pictures show deep depressions in the top section of the cab roof, suggesting that at some time it had indeed been upside down. Our picture set is based on an incident at the Aero Oil Company premises in the 1960s. The company was based in Barking, Essex and this Austin was fleet no. 61, registered with the county registration. Its number is a bit odd; 3968 HK wasn’t easy to ascertain until it was realised that the double letter HK had been segregated by Essex Council…

It was a glorious late July Sunday evening in Fife, the weather was superb and I’d had an enjoyable day visiting friends and taking a few pictures in this glorious part of the world when my mate, who was driving, and a native Scot, suggested we call into Burntisland on the Fife coast for what he said would be superb fish and chips. As we approached the car park my eyes were instantly drawn to the funfair that was in town; and not because I have and desire to go on any of the rides (with, perhaps, the exceptions of the Dodgems, I do like those!) No, funfairs mean old lorries! So after our fish supper, as they call it in Scotland, and yes it was excellent fayre as promised,…

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Henry Ford was no slouch when it came to business and changed the face of the motoring industry. He was also keen to make a dollar or two and realised the potential for building light commercials. The ‘Tin Lizzie’, as it was affectionately known, was produced between 1908 and 1927, and the first car was completed on 27 September at the Piquette plant in Detroit, Michigan. It was the start of a revolution that would transform the motor industry. The car that ‘put America on wheels’ was the brainchild of Childe Harold Wills and two Hungarian immigrants, Joseph A Galamb and Eugene Farkas. Key to the ‘T’s design was its simplicity. Allied to the ground-breaking concept of assembly line production, it became in Henry Ford’s own words: ‘a car for…

Showgoers that turned out for Beaulieu’s event were assisted by the glorious weather for both days. It was wonderful to see the overseas visitors back in their droves, noted by the registrations plates on the cars/vans parked in the exhibitor’s car park. I visited on the Sunday and the weather was fantastic and warm, commercials were a bit thin on the ground but walking around odd ones are seen on the stalls, I did see a lovely Citroën Acadiane, well I nearly missed it, as it was covered with items for sale. As always, the Vintage Tyres red Mini van was proudly displayed on their stand. As always, the event was well laid out with some new great facilities buildings for 2024 not to mention the excellent museum and Bonhams…

The Iveco Turbostar has been sat outside the dealership for at least adecade, I remember passing in 2009 and it being there, and possibly even earlier than that. However, I have never had the time to try and locate it properly. Though, this time our timings were different and we ended up with plenty of time to kill in Greece, and so exiting the motorway and navigating the small streets yielded a result! Despite it being sat there so long it is in surprisingly good condition, although with one window repaired a la Mad Max it is looking a little forlorn. The same dealership also produced the wonderful Magirus Deutz fire engine. There seemed to be far fewer working F Series Volvos and 2-3 series Scanias, but still plenty of…

If you didn’t know already, I am a huge fan of the Retro Truck Show, which was heldatGaydon on September 8/9 this year. In my eyes it’s a must attend event on the calendar every year for any truck enthusiast and Lee Herbert and his team continue to put on a great show packed out with some superb hardware, but with an emphasis on the 1970s, 1980s and 1990s. I’m running out of things to say about it without running the risk of repeating myself, it really is that good, and assuming you get good weather – which usually you do – then it’s one of those days that just flies by. Itend to go on a Sunday, and I usually get there about 10am, and I’m often still there…

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