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Tidy 1983 Turkish TK
whisperingsmith:
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Tidy 1983 Turkish TK0
So thats where Buzzer got the colour scheme from 
coomsey:
One hell of a length NMP off FB
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Surely built for a specific purpose, no? What do you suppose it was built to carry?
Hi could possibly be for racing pigeons ?cheers Ray
stargazer148:
Hi could possibly be for racing pigeons ?cheers Ray
Looking at the Opel sign could it be somewhere in Euroland?? Could possibly be for pigs or calves. The tail lift forms a pen and the stock is loaded 15 or 20 at a time
Tyneside
andrew.s:
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This KM resides in my living room
That is quite superb Andrew!
Ooh ya! NMP off FB
Kempston:
andrew.s:
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This KM resides in my living roomThat is quite superb Andrew!
Thanks very much-it’s a model of the first lorry my father owned (number plate is wrong in the pic-it’s now the correct K-reg)
coomsey:
Ooh ya! NMP off FB
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I’d happily have that !!!
coomsey:
Ooh ya! NMP off FB
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Crikey that is blinged up. Is that down under?
essexpete:
coomsey:
Ooh ya! NMP off FB
0Crikey that is blinged up. Is that down under?
Possibly NZ but it’s hard to tell from such a tiny pic.
ParkRoyal2100:
essexpete:
coomsey:
Ooh ya! NMP off FB
0Crikey that is blinged up. Is that down under?
Possibly NZ but it’s hard to tell from such a tiny pic.
I reckon you’re onto it with the En Zed speculation, it’s not an Aussie number plate.
A bit dodgy putting a single drive under that load of wool and somewhat ambitious expecting the little 6V53 to tow it. I wouldn’t be suprised if the Bedstead wasn’t posed there for a cheeky photo.
I was looking at some of photos on the internet and what became very clear to me was that virtually every Transport operator back in the day ran a Bedford in some way shape or form. It really is difficult to understand how they finished, I for one really liked the look of the TM and think it was maybe one of the most modern looking motors when it came out, personally I don’t think it looks out of place today.
Kempston:
I was looking at some of photos on the internet and what became very clear to me was that virtually every Transport operator back in the day ran a Bedford in some way shape or form. It really is difficult to understand how they finished, I for one really liked the look of the TM and think it was maybe one of the most modern looking motors when it came out, personally I don’t think it looks out of place today.
You raise an interesting point. It’s difficult to see why the Bedford TM didn’t really take off in a bigger way. It’s stablemates were the likes of F89, Scanny 141, MAN F8, Merc 1628, Transcon, Marathon, SA 400, Crusader, B-series ERF etc. I can understand some customers’ reluctance to accept the Detroit screamer they initially put in the TM but they were soon available in UK with ■■■■■■■ / Fuller (and you could still have the Italian-spec model with the Detroit 400 bhp in it, which was phenomenal power for the time).
My theory is that operators associated Bedford with low-power bog-standard lightweight trucks and couldn’t see Bedford as a TIR truck maker. I reckon exactly the same happened with the ERF ‘European’: people associated ERF with domestic day-cabbed sloggers, not with high-power intercontinental long-haulers. Manufacturers get pigeon-holed and it takes years to change stuff like that. Look at Skoda and how long it took VW to change its image!
ERF-NGC-European:
Kempston:
I was looking at some of photos on the internet and what became very clear to me was that virtually every Transport operator back in the day ran a Bedford in some way shape or form. It really is difficult to understand how they finished, I for one really liked the look of the TM and think it was maybe one of the most modern looking motors when it came out, personally I don’t think it looks out of place today.You raise an interesting point. It’s difficult to see why the Bedford TM didn’t really take off in a bigger way. It’s stablemates were the likes of F89, Scanny 141, MAN F8, Merc 1628, Transcon, Marathon, SA 400, Crusader, B-series ERF etc. I can understand some customers’ reluctance to accept the Detroit screamer they initially put in the TM but they were soon available in UK with ■■■■■■■ / Fuller (and you could still have the Italian-spec model with the Detroit 400 bhp in it, which was phenomenal power for the time).
My theory is that operators associated Bedford with low-power bog-standard lightweight trucks and couldn’t see Bedford as a TIR truck maker. I reckon exactly the same happened with the ERF ‘European’: people associated ERF with domestic day-cabbed sloggers, not with high-power intercontinental long-haulers. Manufacturers get pigeon-holed and it takes years to change stuff like that. Look at Skoda and how long it took VW to change its image!
I think you’ve hit the nail on the head there.
Out and about today
ERF-NGC-European:
Kempston:
I was looking at some of photos on the internet and what became very clear to me was that virtually every Transport operator back in the day ran a Bedford in some way shape or form. It really is difficult to understand how they finished, I for one really liked the look of the TM and think it was maybe one of the most modern looking motors when it came out, personally I don’t think it looks out of place today.You raise an interesting point. It’s difficult to see why the Bedford TM didn’t really take off in a bigger way. It’s stablemates were the likes of F89, Scanny 141, MAN F8, Merc 1628, Transcon, Marathon, SA 400, Crusader, B-series ERF etc. I can understand some customers’ reluctance to accept the Detroit screamer they initially put in the TM but they were soon available in UK with ■■■■■■■ / Fuller (and you could still have the Italian-spec model with the Detroit 400 bhp in it, which was phenomenal power for the time).
My theory is that operators associated Bedford with low-power bog-standard lightweight trucks and couldn’t see Bedford as a TIR truck maker. I reckon exactly the same happened with the ERF ‘European’: people associated ERF with domestic day-cabbed sloggers, not with high-power intercontinental long-haulers. Manufacturers get pigeon-holed and it takes years to change stuff like that. Look at Skoda and how long it took VW to change its image!
Perhaps too Bedford could not supply the same dealer support in Europe as the other brands mentioned. That would have been a big negative point for me.
Could never get excited about the TM to me it was bland looking, a square box. Same with the Roadtrain just found it uninteresting neither had any character. The late 70’s recession didn’t help a now ailing Bedford, the TM just didn’t cut it in a difficult market and with the TL looking like a tweaked TK it never did as well. Franky.