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Sep 1972
A Glimpse Of Tomorrow...
. . . in labour relations, the effect of new tax laws, our entry to Europe, and ...
Jul 1910
From Our U.s.a. Correspondent...
The American electric delivery wagon is a striking example of the adaptation of ...
Aug 1960
Clash Over New Estate Service...
A CLASH between Birkenhead Trans port Department and Crosville Motor Services, ...
Sep 1998
Hauliers Want To Work In Holland...
by Sally Nash • Large numbers of owner-drivers are turning their backs on the ...
Sep 1964
M.p.t.a. Conference Report...
Busmen Must Show Faith in Their Own Product B USMEN of all grades, including ...
Apr 1984
For Cracked Engines Mike's A Real Purl...
CRACKED ENGINE blocks and cylinder heads can have disastrous consequences for a ...
Aug 1956
Political Commentary By Janus...
Foremanship H OPES that the Devlin Committee might produce a key piece in the ...
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Welcome to the Commercial Motor Archive
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COMMERCIAL MOTOR NEEDS YOU
We know this archive isn’t perfect at the moment. But we've got a team of experts to give us a hand - and you're one of them!
Over the past six months we’ve been scanning every page of Commercial Motor right back to 1905, nearly 400,000 pages of the magazine. We’ve then run an automatic text recognition process to 'suck' out the text and present that to the reader. This auto system isn’t perfect, of course, and it needs a bit of help.
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Also, you’ll notice there are a few issues of the magazine missing. These weren’t in the bound volumes and we can only assume no issue was published in those weeks for a variety of reasons. If you do have any of those missing issues – we’ll put a list out on Commercialmotor.com – please get in touch. We'll credit you for your help and there will be a prize or two on offer.
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The Commercial Motor Archive is a mammoth project, but one we’re very excited about.
Thanks again for your help and for joining us on this journey.
Will Shiers
Editor
Commercial Motor