Robin’s Red Rover
On a cold damp December morning, Dean
Reader set out on a quest in the New Forest to
view something small and red - but this was
no well-known winter bird. What he tracked
down was a rare version of a Land Rover fi re
appliance, Scania’s rigid six
Mark Gredzinski looks into the history
of the Scania 86...

M A N – The Early Years: Since starting the production of commercial vehicles in 1915, a year after the First World War started, MAN has developed to become one of the leading European truck manufacturers. However, the history of the business can be traced back even further to the beginning of the Industrial Revolution in Germany, as
Alan Barnes found out, The Austin K series –
Part 1 Austin produced quite a range of trucks from the
1930s, but although it was a commercial lorry
initially, the range was quickly developed for the
war eff ort which took up most of the production
facilities at its Longbridge factory. Mike and
Julie Blenkinsop investigate the ‘Special Ks’ as
they transported the nation through the Second
World War...

Whoppers: For some tasks at the heavies end of the haulage business, big may not be big enough, and a mainstream manufacturer’s response might be ‘Thanks, but no thanks.’ In the circumstances, in times gone by, operators would be given a warm welcome by the likes of Scammell or
Hendrickson. In other instances, a handful of entrepreneurs who wouldn’t take no for an answer have engineered one-off s or a few-off s
in house. Ed Burrows celebrates vehicles at the extremes of awesome, in terms of capability or sheer ingenuity, Highland Restoration Old ERF lorries are popular in the Scottish Highlands, and are very active on the vintage vehicle circuit. Bob Weir went to the Black Isle to meet Hamish Fraser and recently restored B20 VJS...

Leyland Lorries pre-1968 The origins of this famous maker can be traced back to 1884, when James Sumner, the son of a blacksmith from Leyland, Lancashire designed and
built a steam wagon. Jeff Colledge investigates, Mud and Tugs 2019 marks the 150th anniversary of Terberg, the
Dutch blacksmith-turned multi-axle, multi-wheeldrive
truck manufacturer. As a new book relates, although Terberg switched from producing its own extreme duty trucks to specialised Volvo conversions in 2013, another arm of the group is a world leader in terminal tugs and distribution depot tractors. Many of these are at work in the UK, where in 2016 refuse truck builder Dennis Eagle became part of the Terberg group...

Electric tilt cab KM The KM range was Bedford’s 1966 response to the new mid-Sixties Construction & Use
Regulation changes that introduced heavier axle loadings and longer overall lengths. Unlike the TM that followed, the KM lacked a tilt cab. Bedford’s omission has been rectifi ed by classic truck restorers Ken and Ray Walsh, who have produced a KM makeover re-engineered with an electric tilt mechanism, Time warp stunner With the un-timely passing of William Hunter at the age of 73 in November ’14, many vehicle restoration projects were left behind. However, he also left a highly dedicated team who are ensuring this work is gradually being finished. With the unveiling of their stunning 1960 Leyland Octopus Shell Mex and BP eight-wheel tanker, the Huntapac crew can at last admire one of the most testing projects they have ever undertaken...

Commer Q4 Part 1: On 1st April 2018, it had been 50 years since the Auxiliary Fire Service and the Mobile Fire Columns in the UK were disbanded, Mike and Julie Blenkinsop pass by the iconic Green Goddess Bedfords to look out an overlooked Rootes product further down the convoy, Poms Down Under Having a special interest in Seddon Atkinson history, having been their advertising agency’s Creative Director, Ed Burrows has gone the extra mile to get us this feature. Here his feature chronicles an export venture that in the end was British in name only...

The Corbitt Company – the early years While the name Corbitt may not be a familiar one among transport enthusiasts in the UK, the vehicles produced by The Corbitt Company from the late 1800s to 1954 have an enthusiastic following in America, 1992 VOLVO F12 K907 DHH “For the amount of use the lorry gets, I suppose it is actually quite diffi cult to justify keeping the vehicle on the farm, but it does come in rather
handy when we have livestock to move or during harvest when it is used with the bulk grain trailers,” observed Paul Spours...

70 Years of Land Rover: For many, the highlight of the Goodwood Festival of Speed in July, was the parade up Goodwood Hill of seventy rare and important Land Rovers. Among the historic vehicles was a replica of the very first Centre Steer Prototype Land Rover as well as the
famous ‘HUE 166’ the fi rst Series I pre-production
vehicle from 1948.Oversized and Over Here!
Earlier this year Pete Norton and his family went
along to the Billing Aquadrome Autumn Nationals
event for American vehicle owners along with
their American day van they call ‘Vandamonium’...

Scammell Samson In September 1968 Scammell unveiled its new Crusader 6x4 tractor unit at the Earl’s Court Commercial Motor Show. Some two years later the Scammell stand was again occupied by something new, this time, the impressive Samson 8x4 tractor, essentially a Crusader 6x4 with an additional steering axle, Lowdown loads Mark Gredzinski takes us on a photographic tour of classic low loaders, A Quest Fulfi lled AEC enthusiast Alistair Baxter spent many years trying to find a suitable Mandator to take to rallies. Bob Weir went to Pathhead near Edinburgh, to check out AIL 4565...

Back from the deep: Recovering an ageing Scania from a scrapyard
with a view to carrying out a complete restoration will obviously present the owner with a variety of challenges. However, rescuing the vehicle from the bottom of a lake, before any work can
begin, presents a whole new set of fairly unique problems!, Charlie’s Angel: Graham Charles drives petrol tankers for a living at the nearby oil refi nery and when the chance came
to take ownership of a classic tanker, he jumped at
the chance. As Dean Reader found out, he didn’t have far to go to fi nd one as it was right under his nose.

Busman’s holiday The quest for something unique to restore over the winter months led brothers Ken and Ray Walsh to a 1949 alloy integral underframe Beadle bus converted by operator Crosville into a mobile
publicity and coach tour ticket office, Blowing hot on cold Back in 1967, the use of hovercraft technology was introduced to the ultra-heavy haulage world in the guise of ACE 1 and then ACE 2. They may have denoted their presence with a deafening noise,
but the Air Cushion Equipment allowed the Central
Electric Generating Board (CEGB) to ensure the
movement of some phenomenal weights...

The need for speed Ever since man fi rst enjoyed the freedom of the mechanised wheel, the need for speed has prompted
the search to get the most suitable gearing available.
And while there may be a trend to automated transmissions in the modern-day load carrier, Bob Tuck goes back to the days of double de-clutching for a personal look at the joy of shifting gears, Fair dinkum Once laws were reformed that previously favoured rail at the expense of road transport, Australia’s economy took off . Ed Burrows records the development of truck building Down Under, from
the subsidiaries or US makes to some impressive
local heroes...

The Viking saga Alan Barnes looks into the history of what Volvo consider to be their most famous series of trucks, In estate of emergency – part 1 We are the fi rst to admit that we have not really featured many classic ambulances in Heritage Commercials, just the odd example that may appear now and again - but we’ll change that now, as Dean Reader looks into the lightweight world of estate-car conversions...

Jim goes round the world: When Jim Wilkinson signed up for his wartime military service, he didn’t anticipate that he would enjoy the experience of a lifetime when his unit was amongst the first Allied forces to land back into Hong Kong after peace was declared in 1945. Although he was worried he may have been contravening military regulations, Jim kept a meticulous written record of the 678-day trip. And as soon as he landed in the Far East, he bought a camera to record many of those memories...

Marshal lore
Dave Bowers visits Lewis Weaver to have a
look at his restored AEC Marshal, Going Dutch
A new book is a reminder that 2018 marks the
seventieth anniversary of DAF assembling its
fi rst prototype truck. Ed Burrows chronicles the
history of a nameplate that can justifi ably claim
to have saved truck manufacture in the UK...

Boiled dry
The fi rst steam wagons coincided with the
birth of the internal combustion engine. But as
Ed Burrows recounts, although steam lost the
power war, British steam wagons had an epic
last hurrah – in Patagonia, HC Marketplace
The place to buy or sell anything related to
classic commercials...

Cylinder honing: This month Richard Lofting goes through the process of honing brake and clutch cylinders, You invest in an Austin
Dean Reader heads south to peruse a classic
hearse that has only just been finished after
a five year restoration...

The PACCAR family: Ed Burrows surveys the history of an organisation that last year delivered over 140,000 trucks, Young at heart: They were never the biggest haulage operation on Teesside but the high level of service given by three generations of
the Young family of High Leven kept their
customers happy for more than 70 years...

Pennine Vanguard: Alan Barnes tells the story of the restoration of a classic Atkinson Borderer, Miles of memories for Meikle: Now an octogenarian, the passage of time may have forced Meikle Tennant to hang up his HGV driving keys for the last time.
But that doesn’t stop him enjoying the many memories he has of more than 70 years behind one form of steering wheel or another....

Master of all trades
Graham Booth has nearly forty Scammell
heavy hauler restorations to his credit
and is now working on his seventeenth
Diamond T, Welcome back
He may have sold up his small, but very
distinctive road transport fl eet almost
30 years ago but there was perhaps no
doubt that Derek Parnaby would eventually
re-invest in a classic load carrier – a 1951
ERF LK44...

Leyland’s lightweights - Russ Harvey continues his look at the car derived vans and light commercials produced by British Leyland and Austin Rover.

A Gaydon classic - Dave Bowers visits the 2017 Classic & Vintage Commercials Show and more...

Flying the flag - Peter Slade joined Scammell at the age of 15 in 1954, and he was still there when the Watford plant closed in 1988. It’s not surprising that during these 34 years he did all manner of jobs, including seven years in the 1980s as Area Manager Africa.

Mack Man – part 2 - Mike & Julie Blenkinsop continue to chart Geoff Maskell’s fascination for the American Mack truck.

Still at work! - 1990 Scammell S26 wrecker.

WW2 - Military Mack collection.

British heavy haulage specials and more...

Restored! 1961 Atkinson L1366

Mercedes SK twin-steer

Elliott of York Pacific

The Sterling T26 story

Mechanical Horse - Mike & Julie Blenkinsop continue their look into the history of the 'Mechanical Horse' concept.

Mark Gredzinski looks into the working life of the Volvo FL7.

HC Marketplace - The place to buy and sell anything classic commercial and more...

Wagon and drag - Mark Gredzinski looks back at the working days of the classic British drawbar outfit.

A tale of two Saurers - The very fine DAF 2205 owned by Laurent Dircks was featured in the March 2016 issue of HC but this is not the only classic commercial vehicle which he owns, as there are also two rare and qually fine Saurers in his collection.

Volvo's golden anniversary - 2016 marked 50 years of Volvo's articulated dump truck.

Manufacturer's history - Ed Burrows tells the story of Jensen's innovative lightweight flyers and more...

The Fairclough story - Arthur Ingram continues the story of a very well-known haulage concern.

Glyn’s Commer ‘Knocker’ - A trip to the Scottish Islands can sometimes throw up a pleasant surprise, as Bob Weir recently discovered.

Part of the family - Alan Barnes tells us about how a chance discovery on the internet led to the restoration of a classic Albion.

Showman's favourite - Mark Gredzinski has a look at the working days of the LV-cabbed ERF eight-legger.

Forward Control at work - Geoff Fishwick looks into the history of the Morris-Commercial CVF, including the story of one operator and more...

1970 Scammell Handyman MkIV - Bringing home the Danish.

Rare - Austin FFk140.

Classic restoration - 1935 Albion LJA473 and more...

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