Bedford Lorries, you used to see them everywhere

[robthedog]

Dorset

[toshboy]

Retired Old ■■■■:
Hi, toshboy. Any idea who built the odd cabs on those A-series of Amey’s?

Hi ROF, Yes, i seem to remember the drivers naming them as “Pigs” but the maker was Neville i believe ,apparently to allow a longer body than normal , not sure if the chassis were extended as well. Ameys loved messing around like that.

[retired_old_fart]

Cheers, matey. I’d not seen one before.

[oiltreader]

These thanks to Andy Breeden.
Oily

[oiltreader]

From New Zealand.
Oily

[wrighty]

Our old Bedford.

[tonyj105]

just a few of the many TK’s my dad owned over the years. the 3 identical lutons were reg 41MT,42MT and 48MT, great reg’s , worth more than the motors.

[dave_docwra]

[lParked up & retired…

[tiptop495]

Hey, still alive in Belgium, hopely will be restored and not exported, is as nearly new.

Eric,

[backsplice]

Taken last year in far Nth Queensland appears to be in daily use … they pop up all over Australia

[neilwaterton]

I remember back in the mid 70’s, RD Freeman (Leighton Buzzard) had a contract with a local tyre company, and in their colours he had a tiny TK artic with a scamell coupling and single wheel 28’ trailer.If you got the wrong side of the transport manager, Geoffrey Freeman, the guvn’rs cousin, you copped a load of tyres to BL Longbridge. Like driving a Tonka toy it was. Horrible little b***ard. The truck that is, Not geoff…
I ended up with a stretched chassis brand new LB81 sleeper cab on journey work. The first new motor Freeman ever bought i think, then he bought 2 more but lost the Electrolux contract to Woodrich, then went bust…or retired. I’d left by then.

[lczjs]

Found on the net.
Bedford with 2 engines.

[retired_old_fart]

That’s interesting. Competition for the twin-engine Ford D-series, presumably.

[suedehead]

Trilex wheels

[retired_old_fart]

OH, NO!

[carryfast-yeti]

i spotted an old bonneted Bedford (j-series perhaps),advertising something or other near Newport on the IOW yesterday.

[stu_eastwood]

I did my apprenticeship with a Vauxhall / Bedford main dealer in Sussex (Tates) from 1074 till about 1978 and worked on them. Working under the side engine flaps was sometimes a pain depending on what you were doing but otherwise very simple and easy. Decent workhorses really

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[dave_docwra]

Stu Eastwood:
I did my apprenticeship with a Vauxhall / Bedford main dealer in Sussex (Tates) from 1074 till about 1978 and worked on them. Working under the side engine flaps was sometimes a pain depending on what you were doing but otherwise very simple and easy. Decent workhorses really

Lets not forget the ■■■■■■■ self tapping screws that often poked you in the head…

[900x20]

Greetings,All. Also the two holes to the right of the driver’s head that you could use to open crown cap bottles.

[hotel_magnum]

blimey stew that was a long apprenticeship 1074 to 1978, I only did 4 years at selbys garage, Bedford dealer in poole,
and that included a stint at the rtitb diesel fuel school at high ercall. and the Bedford j type carryfast-yeti saw was a blue luton advertising beds, it looked rather good to.