London to Brighton Historic Commercial Vehicle Run 12th May 2019

London to Brighton Historic Commercial Vehicle Run 12th May 2019 - a testament to the development of commercial vehicles, with many recognisable names: Bedford; Comma; Foden; Leyland; Morris; Scammell; Scania; Seddon - to name just some. Enjoy this historic vehicle procession on the Balcombe Road through Horley, Surrey. The music track is Urban Lullaby.
For information about the Historic Commercial Vehicle Society website: hcvs . co . uk

[@philsimpson2587]

Many thanks for showing the fantastic procession old British Commercials - saw most of them when I was a kid

[@BrianSeaman]

Thank you Phil - I haven’t yet checked, but I guess it’s been called off this year. Your message has reminded me to find out. Cheers 👍

[@haqnawazkhan813]

Brilliant Wonderful. Superb video. The Red Royal Mail Morris Minor Van was the Highlight. I owned one for Two years. Thank You Mr Brian Seaman Sir for Sharing.

[@BrianSeaman]

You're welcome :)

[@TheByard]

I worked on the construction of the Victoria Line in London and on setting up the site the vehicles were delivered. 2 Humber Hawks,13 Morris Minor Travelers, 2 Minor vans. 2 Morris J4s, 2 Morris 5 Tonners and 2 Matbro Mastiff loading shovels the factory was in the shots. Of course the list continued with construction plant. But the parade of vehicles was great to see.

[@regsparkes6507]

So many beautiful vehicles to see, so little time :) Thank you very much for showing this wonderful video Brian, I had to subscribe to see what else you might show us. Thumbs up indeed!

[@BrianSeaman]

Hello Reg, thank you for your kind words, and for subbing to me. I would have recorded this year's run, but I wasn't well enough. Hopefully I'll catch next year's gathering. Cheers, Brian 👍🙂

[@regsparkes6507]

@@BrianSeaman Understandable, of course. I see you have quite a few videos up here, so when time permits. I will watch these and see the other subjects you've 'filmed'. Best wishes Brian.

[@BrianSeaman]

Thanks @@regsparkes6507 - have a great week :)

[@ritafairgrieve7106]

Absolutely fantastic very nice to see such a lot of old lorry's very enjoyable thank you ❤️🇬🇧👍

[@BrianSeaman]

Thank you :)

[@alistairshaw3206]

I used to drive vintage buses, so I really enjoyed your video. I ride vintage motorcycles now. Hopefully 2021 will see those events return.

[@BrianSeaman]

Thanks for watching Alistair and for your kind words. It was an unusual route in 2019, with some interesting commercial premises in the background. Fingers crossed that this event will be back in 2021!

[@TheByard]

Firstly a great big thumbs up and thank you, my memories were stirred from the opening shot. In the back ground the sign on the factory on Bridge Ind Estate read MATBRO and they made loading shovels and I drove one of the two supplied to Chas Brand & Son to load clay away when building the Victoria Line Tube. On leaving school I worked on a farm and drove Fordson tractors, my brother owned an Austin Champ. But what I was waiting for was an ERF 7 tonner in the Grey livery of Chas Brand & Sons that's bean renovated but I can't find out the owner, I drove that lorry on many journeys from S London to Chepstow in S Wales. I would love to pass on my experiences with that old girl.

[@BrianSeaman]

Thank you. It was an unusual route in 2019, and meant that I could put a reminder of our industrial past in the background. Best thing to do is to ask the HCVS and supply the same ERF details to them, with the reg no if you recall that. If the vehicle is still operating, they could be able to tell you: www.hcvs.co.uk

[@hilsthetrainlady4683]

Ah, that was great. Really enjoyable. The only worrying thing is that I remember seeing some of these vehicles around when I was growing up. I must be getting old 🤔

[@BrianSeaman]

Hils TheTrainLady join the club 😊

[@mixwizard2310]

Satisfying video.....some lovely rare vehicles in that lot, a well captured video.....Cheers.

[@BrianSeaman]

Thank you for your kind words :)

[@craigsibley8161]

Great video 👍👍👍 must be about the best variety of vehicles I've seen on a road run...

[@BrianSeaman]

Thank you 👍🙂

[@SlimTallDave]

I was at the rally on Brighton Seafront on Sunday and will be making my own video shortly but how wonderful to see the motors “ on the move” rather than parked up on Madeira Drive. Thanks for posting this wonderful video.

[@BrianSeaman]

Thank you David - I’ll look out for your video 👍

It's a pity those buses had so few passengers in them. It would have been a sweet ride on board those. Loved the red London Transport single-decker bus at 17:05

[@gcfcos]

Best video I’ve seen in ages

[@BrianSeaman]

British-mechanic thank you 👍

[@FuriousFurg]

Really cool video. Interesting content.

[@simontaylor2319]

We seem to treasure our cars/lorries/buses etc more than our buildings. If only.......

[@BrianSeaman]

I’m inclined to agree with you.

[@simonsupersi2225]

I was in the dennis rs fire engine was a good day

[@BrianSeaman]

Enjoyed watching all the vehicles go by. Hope I can see it all again next year :)

[@normandate4495]

Superb video, thanks for posting

[@BrianSeaman]

Thank you Norman :)

[@bubblegummy2537]

4:41 I’m literally in the tractor

[@BrianSeaman]

So you are! I hope you had a fun time?

[@bubblegummy2537]

Brian Seaman I did

[@user-yr9jk2jj1w]

what type of truck was that yellow military wrecker? there was also another one of the same type done up in military paint, I wonder what engines they had.

[@BrianSeaman]

Yellow wrecker: Ward La France ex US Army Wrecker in the livery of Garage Canuel Giverville, all technical details about engines, transmission and other data can be found at this link: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kenworth_10-ton_6x6_heavy_wrecking_truck

[@user-yr9jk2jj1w]

@@BrianSeaman thank you, I didn't know Ward LaFrance made Kenworth trucks during WW2

[@BrianSeaman]

@@user-yr9jk2jj1w No problem - nor did I. I used the registration no to search Google for images of the vehicle. Once I found the image, there was a description of the vehicle. I the entered the description to see if there was a Wikipedia entry and there was :)

[@rosiehawtrey]

Planes have "fly bys", these have "wheeze bys". I remember far too many of these.

[@BrianSeaman]

It really is a journey back in time for some of these machines. There used to be a yard full of Thames Traders where I lived, it's amazing what stays in your mind.

[@andrewharvey6400]

What is that at 5:04 ?

[@BrianSeaman]

The 1929 Morris Commercial Recovery vehicle from the Whitewebb Museum?

[@stephannickson3164]

scary watching the steam wagons, they mustve been awkward to stop

[@BrianSeaman]

stephan nickson they looked like hard work 😓

[@stephannickson3164]

weve done London to brighton from ace café but its always motorway , is there a more peaceful route

[@BrianSeaman]

stephan nickson try the country route down A217 via Reigate and the Balcombe Road from Horley, that would be more interesting I think? Hope it helps .... 👍

[@briansmith1777]

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