Sink the Bismarck!
Chris Graham on 13th March 2020
Prime Minister Winston Churchill provided the battle cry when he commanded the Royal Navy to ‘Sink the Bismarck’, as Paul Baker recounts
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Lucky Scania survivor!
Chris Graham on 13th March 2020
Although Jon and Jamie Holey’s restored 1987 Scania 142M had a relatively short working life, it was a far from easy one. Peter Simpson meets this lucky Scania survivor, and its enthusiastic owners.
Power and glory
Chris Graham on 12th March 2020
David Lemonius has been a County man for many years, and this interest has culminated in the restoration of a fine Super 6. This is his story about that tractor; at tale of power and glory!
Ford’s Irish connection
Chris Graham on 11th March 2020
For a brief period the Ford Motor Company produced tractors in Cork. Jane Brooks reveals the interesting facts behind Henry Ford's Irish connection
Oddball Stuart Turner engine
Chris Graham on 10th March 2020
Stephen Williams has his interest peaked by an oddball Stuart Turner engine he spotted on social media recently
Buses of the past
Chris Graham on 10th March 2020
Mike Forbes previews the latest in our archive series looking at the buses of the past, with a fantastic batch of 1950s and ‘60s archive images to delight PSV enthusiasts everywhere.
Classic plant working weekend
Chris Graham on 10th March 2020
Jane Brooks shares thoughts and photos from the second, annual classic plant working weekend, which fascinated the spectators who gathered in South Warwickshire last summer.
The Tractor Run 2020
Chris Graham on 9th March 2020
John’s plan is to drive a Leyland 262 that he bought as ‘a project’, from John O’Groats to Land’s End, to raise money for the Devon Air Ambulance.
Delving in the digging archives
Chris Graham on 9th March 2020
Nick Baldwin goes delving in his digging archives, this time in search of the French make, Willeme, among other interesting vehicles.
The AEC story
Chris Graham on 8th March 2020
Malcolm Bates tell the AEC story using many, previously unpublished photographs of its lorries, from the Southall factory files and major distributor, Oswald Tillotson.
Austin Maestro diesel mailvan reborn
Chris Graham on 8th March 2020
This Austin Maestro diesel mailvan has been in preservation since 1991, but it’s certainly not had the easiest of post-working lives.
London2Mayo tractor run fund-raiser
Chris Graham on 8th March 2020
The planned London2Mayo tractor run fund-raiser aims to raise much needed funds for a new respite centre for children with cancer. Can you help?
An incredibly rare David Brown!
Chris Graham on 7th March 2020
Mechanical engineer Frank Keutz stumbled, unwittingly, on an incredibly rare David Brown 880 Selectamatic, then restored it to a superb standard.
A wonderfully-restored Volvo F88
Chris Graham on 7th March 2020
Pip Dunn tracks down a wonderfully-restored Volvo F88; an iconic classic truck from the 1970s, and discovers that it has an amazing story to tell.
