Classic Truck

Classic Truck is the definitive celebration of classic and vintage lorries, trucks and vans. The historical content includes the entire spectrum of vehicle manufacturers and covers the current preservation scene, featuring meticulously maintained and restored vehicles. The magazine regularly features light commercial vans, buses and coaches, fire engines and military vehicles as well as covering related events held across the year.

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Somerset New Year Commercials • Somerset Traction Engine Club held their traditional New Year’s Day Road Run at the Sedgemoor Livestock Market, near Bridgwater writes Joseph Lewis.

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Commercials at the Great Somerset Tractor Run • Somerset Tractor Runners made a great start to 2025 with their New Year’s Day Tractor Road Run, writes Joseph Lewis.

The Transport Museum Wythall

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A FITTING TRIBUTE • Ashley Lovering meets Eman Camilleri who had his Leyland Buffalo airbrushed with images of the late Queen Elizabeth II.

Driving with John • Tim Bolton meets ex-lorry driver John Hodgkinson.

Classic Commercials from MG Rover… (Part 1) • …Rover Commerce & MG Express vans were the last commercials to roll-offthe production at Longbridge.

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A TALE OF THREE TRADERS • Mike and Julie Blenkinsop look at three examples of the Ford Thames three-ton lorry which performed a specialised task in the 1950s then found a second life in preservation.

TESTING TIMES - PART 1 • The 1960s were to see a huge shake up within the haulage industry, arguably bigger than the 1933 Road Traffic Act, which was to be the final nail in the coffin of steam as a motive power for lorries, and perhaps even bigger too than the chaos of nationalisation immediately following the Second World War. Alan Dale tells the story.

Russian Roulette • In 2015, Pip Dunn went to Russia for a trade show, and also saw plenty of interesting trucks on the roads as well.

Ten of the best • Pip Dunn recalls the ten truck types that left a mark on him with his ten favourite trucks – and why.

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