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Trying the long and the short and the tall
Page 66 from 25th September 1970CM's technical staff try the models in Earls Court's demonstration park and find Gardner's new 8LXB and Scania's V8 very smooth and quiet 1—by......

"Do It Yot Policy Pays Opera
Page 62 from 9th November 1956Says Ashley Taylor, CIRCUMSTANCES attaching to the country-wide operation of heavy 'specialist transport in the Republic of Ireland in the......

T he launch of Foden's 2000 Series in March 1990 heralded
Page 99 from 7th February 1991the company's move into the medium weight sector. The 17 tonner is offered with wheelbases ranging from 4.0m to 6.2m, to cater for a variety of......

LEYLAND DAF 45,130
Page 34 from 11th June 1992Price as tested: 227,310 (retail ex-VAT). Includes £155 for set of seat belts for crew of three and 22,750, a typical price for a drop-side steel......

PROVEN METHODS
Page 53 from 3rd March 1988The Jellis family has lived and worked around Cheddington for 300 years, and has run trucks for more than half a century. Not surprisingly, they......

Fuel marks to Volvo
Page 37 from 13th March 1982Volvo's leading position in the fuelconsumption stakes was confirmed by Tim Blakemore when he put the revised F12 model through its paces. He found......

Fodens to show new design
Page 22 from 6th September 1968of half cab by Tony Wilding • Three of the chassis to be exhibited by Fodens Ltd. at the Commercial Motor Show will have a new design of half cab.......

FAST FORWARD
Page 146 from 12th April 1990The futuristic Solo tractor is a classic case of engineers saying 'what if?' But both Pegaso and Seddon Atkinson have a firm view on the likely......

AlI in all, 1998 was a pretty varied year for
Page 30 from 4th March 1999Ors adtesters; we encountered a mixture of practical eet machines, specialist wagons and some downght strange vehicles. We tested relatively few......

Nissan's van plans
Page 44 from 29th May 2008Nissan has been working hard on its van business over the past 12 months in preparation for a revitalised market push. We review the......