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Re: How Not to Treat A Bedford Van
« Reply #50 on: November 18, 2010, 10:41:05 PM »
Quote from: pickmeup on November 18, 2010, 02:22:14 PM
MMM try turning right on to Roberts rd Subiaco and going straight ahead into a traffic light control box at 50klms an hour while 2 cops are following you on motorbikes. Bloody steering knuckle! NOT HAPPY JAN! >:(

Slingshotting through a roundabout when THUMP, the passenger side front drops a bit, the steering wheel locks and I wind up diagonally in front of a bottle shop with straight-on parking. Bloody disintegrating ball joint!  Front flare dropped onto the wheel and locked it solid facing straight forward.  >:( Nice loud wheels-locked screeching sound though - got shoppers attention  ;D

Then when I'm looking for a phone and a tow truck (pre-mobile days) the other guys who got out from work just after me drove right past and figured I must have been really thirsty to park so badly in front of the bottlo... ::) One of them times...
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Re: How Not to Treat A Bedford Van
« Reply #51 on: November 18, 2010, 11:13:45 PM »
Quote from: obsession on November 18, 2010, 10:18:16 PM
Quote from: pickmeup on November 18, 2010, 02:22:14 PM
MMM try turning right on to Roberts rd Subiaco and going straight ahead into a traffic light control box at 50klms an hour while 2 cops are following you on motorbikes. Bloody steering knuckle! NOT HAPPY JAN! >:(
no tree jumping out  ::)

Didn't really jump - just gave a little shudder when I hit and casually dropped a few leaves onto the bonnet, which could now catch them as it was just the right shape...
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Re: How Not to Treat A Bedford Van
« Reply #52 on: November 20, 2010, 08:39:12 AM »
awe the storys i can tell 28 years of bedford ownership heaps,,,,,,ive lost a rear wheel,,,,,,ive over loaded the van and bent rear axle 4 inches ,,, ive over loaded trailer and tow hitch releast from tow ball caught in door skin and lifted rear wheels off the road 6 inches (THAT GOT MY ATTENTION) IVE lost my headlights at night on the highway (bloody relay switch) had to sleep on side of road untill light ,,,ive saled through traffic lights backwards after trying to stop quick after new chev diff installed big back drums work well ah! the memorys
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Re: How Not to Treat A Bedford Van
« Reply #53 on: November 20, 2010, 08:57:10 AM »
Quote from: jimsvan on May 10, 2010, 02:40:36 PM
that would be wicked fwd bedford love it you would be able to go anywhere i'd love to do it if i had the time
you guy,s do know they did actually make 4w drive bedfords and electric ones as well look on e_bay you can see brocures may be get the specs to build one,,,,,,
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Re: How Not to Treat A Bedford Van
« Reply #54 on: November 22, 2010, 07:52:34 PM »
hey gazza those stories actually reminded me of a few similar, especially going through T/light backwards, GO  the big drums!!...

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Re: How Not to Treat A Bedford Van
« Reply #55 on: February 09, 2014, 05:34:59 PM »
This Beddy came for a visit to Australind today. Looks taller in person. 383 stroker chev . He wanted to buy ours and we wanted to buy his!! No sales today   ;D
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