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1951 AEC Mammoth Major saved and beautifully restored

Mike Neale meets Fraser Clayton and the 1951 AEC Mammoth Major MkIII he rescued from a scrapyard in 1983, then restored to stunning condition. From...

Original 1977 Foden Fleetmaster press vehicle restored

The Fleetmaster was Foden’s approach to the component truck, but all done in the Sandbach style, says Ian Shaw. When searching for trucks to feature...

Very rare 1979 Dodge 300S now in safe hands

Pip Dunn tracks down a rare 1979 Dodge 300S that, even when new, was something of an oddity, and meets owner Mark Thomas to find...

Superb 1970s Volvo F88

Ian Shaw reports on how Swedish manufacture Volvo successfully burst onto the UK commercial vehicle market with the F88 during the 1970s. There had been...

1967 Foden Blue Circle cement tanker restored

Ed Burrows meets Alex Newcombe and his superbly-restored 1967 Leyland 680-engined Foden Blue Circle cement tanker. Alex Newcombe loves power. His day job is working...

Classic larger dumptrucks

Nick Baldwin spotlights some of the classic, larger dumptrucks that worked so hard in Great Britain back in the day. Foden had pioneered purpose-built British...