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 The historical content includes the entire spectrum of vehicle manufacturers and covers the current preservation scene, featuring meticulously maintained and restored vehicles.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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Lovely Lorries And Ladies At Leyland! • While putting a piece together for Classic Truck magazine looking into the Commer/Rootes TS3 engined vehicles, I remembered that The British Commercial Vehicle Museum at Leyland have on display one of only four surviving experimental TS4 Commer/Rootes engines, writes Alan Dale.

SOMERSET TRACTOR SHOW CLASSICS • Joseph Lewis discovers the truck interest at the 2026 Somerset Vintage & Classic Tractor Show.

Wythall Museum

LONDON’S METROBUSES

SCANIA RESTORATION • It must be two years or more since I first had the pleasure of reading an article which had been penned by fellow truck and railway journalist Pip Dunn, writes Chris Newton. It covered a restoration that had been carried out by Tarleton-based Dave Lythgoe. I learned that not only did he restore all makes of classic truck but that he carries out these restorations to a very high standard.

HOLIDAY SNAPS • My wife and I have recently had an eight-day break in the Canary Island of La Palma which is the fifth largest or maybe one could say the third smallest of the seven main Canary Islands. Wherever I go my camera goes too but much of the commercial road transport there is modern but I did manage a few photos which I felt were suitable for Classic Truck, writes Andy Ballisat.

Travellers choice

The Marshall Municipal chassis launched in 1997 • In May 1997, one of the UK’s leading waste collection vehicle manufacturers, Partek Cargotec, launched the Marshall Municipal chassis. This was to be offered in conjunction with its range of Norba waste compaction units. The chassis was jointly developed by Partek Cargotec and Marshall Specialist Vehicles over an 18-month period.

THE GUY J4

Auction pick-up – a Bedford CF1 Plus • Mike and Julie Blenkinsop bring you Bedford enthusiast Peter Oliver with a second look at his growing commercial vehicle ‘mini fleet’ in his Vauxhall collection; a serious bout of nostalgia.

SCAMMELL ‘YANKEE’ HIGHWAYMAN UPDATE

LOCAL LIVESTOCK • Joseph Lewis discovers some notable livestock lorries in Somerset

BLUE BIRD BEAUTY • Joseph Lewis discovers a notable 1996 Volvo FH12 recovery lorry working for Blue Bird Coaches at Chickerell, near Weymouth, Dorset.

How MAN tried to save ERF • MAN acquired ERF in 2000 and the new German parent company soon looked to cut costs - and replacing the popular fleet spec EC models with the new ECS with its hand-me-down old F2000 cab.

Campbeltown road run 2025 • Over the weekend of September 20/21 last year, a group of classic truck owners got together to take part in the Campbeltown Road Run. Pictures by Grant Sharkey, Captions by Pip Dunn.

AN INTEREST IN LORRIES