• Brighton bound
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Talking about breakdowns, I wonder how many we will see on Sunday, May 2, on A23. For that's the day when the Historic Commercial Vehicle Club holds its London to Brighton annual run, which is sponsored by National Benzole. Entrants start from Battersea Park at 6.30 am and with luck will arrive at Madeira Drive on the Brighton seafront during the same afternoon. Two people who are not trusting to luck are M. J. Banfield, the well-known South London coach operator, and the equally well-known haulage contractor from Kingston upon Thames, A. A. Adams, of Adams Bristow Ltd.
The Banfield entry is a 1915 Peerless which he found in a Tring scrapyard in 1966, although you would never think so to see it today (Bottom).
Bristow's 1918 2-ton American Traffic Truck must be the lightest as well as the oldest in their fleet. It arrived in this country just after World War I. Incidentally, the top prize does not go to the man who gets there first, but is awarded for the Concours d'Elegance award winner.