Bedford wartime models

[David_Hayward (RIP)]

I am amazed that the Heer had so many captured vehicles in one place! I assume that they were rebuilt by GM Continental in Antwerpen, though I am subject to correction!

[chalky]

Has a Morris crept in to yesterdays 21.13 post

[Keith Brooker]

This is the front of the bedford/morris I have 4 photos of this truck in the workshop yard. Original photo from my book. Would i put a Morris in with Bedfords

[chalky]

Sorry ,I did not realise that it has the the bonnet/side panel removed in the rear view and it look likes the mudguard is completely seperate like the Morris.
Below pic for guidance only!!

[Hanno Spoelstra]

Originally Posted by Richard Farrant

This MWG is positively identified by the brackets on the body sides for "stowing the ditching boards", this phrase is quote from a Bedford wartime publication describing each model.

Richard,

Would that be this publication?

From: http://hmvf.co.uk/forumvb/showthread...136#post169136

Hanno

[Richard Farrant]

Originally Posted by Hanno Spoelstra

Would that be this publication?

That is the booklet, Hanno

[Hanno Spoelstra]

Originally Posted by Hanno Spoelstra

This is the elusive MWV GS van, isn't it?

Note the fixed body sides and permanently fitted canvas. Also note the body is slightly longer at the rear.

Let’s bring the Bedord MWV Van back on topic:

Bart Vanderveen wrote: “The RAF used enclosed van-type radio vehicles on the Bedford MWR (and Commer) chassis, the Army’s Bedford MW ‘van’ (Model MWV) being simply a GS truck with tilt (some 1,000 units, under contract No. V 3904).”

The Chilwell list notes contract V3904 was for “Van 15-cwt 4x2 G/S” with census number range V 770401 - 770810. The next allocation of census numbers 770811 - 771479 was not taken up, so it seems contract V3904 was limited to 410 vehicles.

In fact it was a bit more than “simply a GS” truck as the body was 12.5” longer and 1.5” wider than that of the regular MWD. I’d like to know if there was any type of interior like tables and seats.

Hanno


Fresh from the factory: MWV, Van, 15 cwt. Note the canvas tilt is a permanent fixture (no ropes can be seen on them), possibly the canvas was screwed to a frame inside?


MWV V770754 in the Middle East. the formation sign has the GHQ Middle East Command camel on it.


ATS driver steps into MWV V770776:


Another picture of MWV V770776:

Source: http://www.stilltimecollection.co.uk...ing.html#23215

[Mike K]

I had a wartime RAF manual for a Collins radio set, it showed the set fitted in a MW Bedford with drawings and antenna setups, dated 1944 I think

[Keith Brooker]

A few more Bedfords from my collection.
Keith

[Hanno Spoelstra]

Originally Posted by Mike Kelly

I had a wartime RAF manual for a Collins radio set, it showed the set fitted in a MW Bedford with drawings and antenna setups, dated 1944 I think

Thanks Mike, would like to see some copies of it, but it seem you no longer have it?

Richard Moys mentioned that Contract V5062 was for 1200 Bedford MWD's, 42 of which were to be converted to “Radio Link” vehicles (contract let on 6th March 1942). He knows of 84 "Radio Link" vehicles mentioned in two contracts, these were converted by Thos. Harrington. Other "MWR" contracts refer to MWR and converted to W/T, these conversions were carried out by two totally different companies. It may be the "Radio Link" vehicles are the same as MWRs.

But maybe the "Radio Link" vehicles were fitted with those Collin radio sets?

H.

[Hanno Spoelstra]

Originally Posted by Keith Brooker

A few more Bedfords from my collection.

Thanks Keith. Did you say you wrote a book on Bedfords?

Thanks,
Hanno

[Haridimos]

A MWD under other management somewhere in France.. (source Ebay.de)

[Keith Brooker]

Originally Posted by Hanno Spoelstra

Thanks Keith. Did you say you wrote a book on Bedfords?

Thanks,
Hanno

Yes, i made a photo book from my collection and Morris CS8 15Cwt trucks as well.
Keith

[Hanno Spoelstra]

This is the Bedford MWT 15-cwt 4x2 Anti-Tank Tractor. It has a lorry body with seats, drawbar and tilt. Note the drawbar is the spring type, not the simple bar affair on other MWs.

Pics via John Rippingham and others

[Tom D Hall]

Originally Posted by Hanno Spoelstra

And a nice shot of the classic early open cabbed MWD, plus one of the later closed cab version.

The second photo is an interesting hybrid, in that the vehicle has the characteristics of an early MWD ( large side-lights, circular grille badge, early pattern “towel rail”, early style radiator side panels and a drop side body), but with the full windscreen.

[Matthew P]

Originally Posted by David_Hayward (RIP)

Thanks Les. I am trying to prove that OX chassis were available to authorised users such as NAAFI, Churchy Army, Salvation Army, et al as well as the OW models. However I cannot tell the difference between an OWS and an OXC!

While there are certainly photographs of Bedford trucks in use by these organizations I'd like to see, if it exists the connection to chassis being available to authorized users. Here's a photo from circa mid 1943. I have no idea why it is uploading inverted...

Matt

[Keith Brooker]

Is this better

[Mike K]

A QL Bedford in Melbourne of all places 1946

Title Truck and semi-trailer with logs each approximately 2 tons in weight in a loading yard at Melbourne, Victoria. Extension of good roads and the increasing demands of commercial undertakings have resulted in great development of road transport in Australia in recent years [photographic image]. 1 photographic negative: b&w, acetate
Date range 1946 - 1946
Series/Control symbol A1200, L211
Item ID 11962717
Item location Canberra