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Old 21-02-13, 17:17
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Default Bedford photos on e-bay

Buy it now price of $20. 6 photos of Bedford.
http://www.ebay.com/itm/Original-WWI...#ht_206wt_1400
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Old 21-02-13, 21:41
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Nice find Clive. The photo description is somewhat misleading though, as these are not QLR's. The pictures seem to be of an ex-portee rebuilt to a GS truck, after the portees became obsolete. The soft-top on the cab was retained.
I remember seeing pics of these type of trucks on period photo's in Italy and also in the Netherlands (also from Austin K5's which received the same treatment)

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Old 23-02-13, 22:06
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Interesting that it is also described as "Flash Spotting Tower". A description that is mentioned in one or two books/articles on Bedford QL bodies but none with photos or full description. I wonder if any of the other photos show the tower errected.
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Old 23-02-13, 22:12
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Interesting that it is also described as "Flash Spotting Tower". A description that is mentioned in one or two books/articles on Bedford QL bodies but none with photos or full description. I wonder if any of the other photos show the tower errected.
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Noel,
There is a photo of these towers on QL's in Bart Vanderveen's Bedford military vehicle book. They were not contained within bodies. I think that caption on the Ebay photo is from one of the other photos. The one shown on Ebay is a rebodied Portee (converted to GS) by looks of it.
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Old 25-02-13, 21:13
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Thanks Richard, I dont have that book but will look out for it.
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