Hi from a total newbie

[Boxhead]

Hi there everyone.
I am totally new to the bedford stuff so please be patient if I ask some silly questions.

I suppose the first question I have, Is there much chat about the J series trucks here or is it mainly for the vans?

I have had a quick look and it appears to be the vans?

I will be driving a J series truck home soon (4500 genuine miles) and converting it into a Banana back transporter and I am hoping to find a forum that could help.

Pic of truck.





Yep it is the old stairway for the Ansett planes.

[ben]

yeh pretty much just vans.. almost only cfs.. but some blokes might know a bit about your j seris..

cheers
ben

[Boxhead]

Thanks for that Ben.

[John Abbott]

Great old trucks those j series....I think just about every farmer in australia had one at some stage.  Bloody bullit proof those things.
About 12 months ago i used to check a guys blog on the net who has restored about 3 of those J series. His name is Duncan Margetts?
and his blog used to be called "Duncs Nuggets" but i havnt been able to find it for a while . I will try again and see if i can steer you in the right direction.  cheers...johnno

[John Abbott]

Ok Boxhead....Found a site which might be of more relevance to your J truck. Its called The historic commercial vehicle club of australia
(HCVC of Aust) it looks like that fellow Duncan is a regular member of that forum. There seems to be alot of J series fans on there...
cheers.......johnno

[Worzel]

these people might be good for parts and info

http://www.acwbedford.com.au/index.html

[Allan]

  There a good body.

[Boxhead]

Thanks for all teh replies and info.
I found and joined teh HCVC site at the same time as finding teh BUGA site.
Seems to be a few guys on there willing to help a dummy like me so all is good.

Thanks again everyone, I was offered a Bedford van a few months ago, I was going to use its drive train as a donor for a 1952 Chev ute I had, but I declined in the end and it ended up with a bloke who wants to get it back on the road.