gazsa401:
This is one my dad drove
My dad owned gnu299c small world
Jenson:
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What a stunning evocative photo. I love to see real hard worked lorries like this.
Thanks for posting.
Regards. John.
Note the single tyre on the tag .
Punchy Dan:
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Note the single tyre on the tag .
It did get a bath then.
Detroit 2 stroke ?
Punchy Dan:
01Detroit 2 stroke ?
Looks like a Detroit Dan but engine seems to be sticking out the back of cab a long way? Also it has not got the deeper bottom section on bumper, chequer plate pattern, so it may have been a DIY fitting! Also what gearbox…Allinson auto because I can’t see any gear linkage?
The factory fitted V6 stuck out of the rear a long way, most of the engine was out in the fresh air which was why the wheelbase was stretched considerably from standard so I think that one is a ‘bodge’ job!
Pete.
windrush:
The factory fitted V6 stuck out of the rear a long way, most of the engine was out in the fresh air which was why the wheelbase was stretched considerably from standard so I think that one is a ‘bodge’ job!Pete.
Thinking about it Pete, Bedford used the tipper wheelbase for the Detroit engine units, looking at the air filter pipes and the exhausts it does look home made!
pete smith:
windrush:
The factory fitted V6 stuck out of the rear a long way, most of the engine was out in the fresh air which was why the wheelbase was stretched considerably from standard so I think that one is a ‘bodge’ job!Pete.
Thinking about it Pete, Bedford used the tipper wheelbase for the Detroit engine units, looking at the air filter pipes and the exhausts it does look home made!
the air filter pipes seem about right for the Detroit km-but the exhausts are deffo home made !!
not many of the 70 or so Detroit km’s actually had the deeper chequerplate bottom bumper.
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just found this pic of a production example and it would appear the one above is a factory version also.note the header tank cap in the rear panel
Punchy Dan:
01Detroit 2 stroke ?
Bracey"s from Lambourn, deffo a 2T.
Dont think they retired it that long ago,along with a Tm.
Think they still run a Foden.
Suedehead:
Punchy Dan:
01Detroit 2 stroke ?Bracey"s from Lambourn, deffo a 2T.
Dont think they retired it that long ago,along with a Tm.
Think they still run a Foden.
Apparently, Jim Bracey has a Foden Steamer 
Turners of Soham ran “S” Type Bedford artics on their trunks to Newark and Grantham early 60s,but I’ve never seen a photo.
However,my old firm,A E Evans ran a “S” Type artic,fleet 33,which made a change from AECs. 
cav551:
Yes supplied by Vincent Greenhous Shrewsbury on contract hire via their subsidiary Longmynd Leasing, who still trade under an Asset Management title. I can’t at present recall the name of the Bedford dealer in the Manchester area we used, since I live at the paddock Wood end of the country.
Eureka! A senior moment rectified. Syd Abrams, Waterloo rd, Manchester.
Hi, Chris,
Don’t tell me that had a petrol engine in it?
Retired Old ■■■■:
Hi, Chris,
Don’t tell me that had a petrol engine in it?
I don’t know ROF,it was long gone when I started with them in 1969.I didn’t know they ran a Bedford until somebody sent me this photo.Albert Evans was an AEC man through and through. I remember his face when the first Marathon arrived at Barking,it was only the fact that the engine was a blown AEC AV760 that relaxed him.And as for the ■■■■■■■ engine ones they bought… 
Cheers, Chris. As I recall, the Perkins engined models had a chrome “Diesel” badge on the offside of the front panel. This was before Bedford developed their own 300 then 330 oilers. The petrol engined Bedfords required quite regular fettling of the plugs and carb to avoid spitting and misfiring.
WHERE OH! WHERE IS “CF” ■■ He would be frothing at the mouth now after admiring all those shots of the Bedford DD’s 
Bewick.