new member hello!!

[kerrieh]

Hi all, what a great group you have here - I love all the photos.

As of late yesterday I am the proud owner of a Bedford.
I have no idea what I have really - its old, white , rusty, creaky, noisy and gorgeous. And I love her already.

I picked her up from the local dump as a wreck basically (and drove her home on borowed trade plates 5kms), and am now trying to wrap my head around what I will need to do to make her as beautiful as some of those shown in the gallery. There are no beds or seating cushions - so I will need some.

Apparently she is a 1974 model, is a diesel (says so on the petrol cap anyway), has a winnebago 4 berth camper on her back. The guy at the dump says she has a diahatsu diesel engine (4cylinders) and so I suspect she will not go very fast. Drove at 50kms on the way home after being tow started - terrified she would stall but behaved beautifully through 6 intersections.

I suspect she will be very slow up hills and will need a new motor so she can stay in traffic.

The grill is very rusted but is sitting in the top bunk. She has original steering wheel so thats one positive. Has a loo and shower fitted (with a cracked skylight and water damage to that end of the cieling)

Drivers side window has come off the mechanism and does not go up or down.

Could someone confirm that she is 1974? Does anyone know anything about this model. I need to look at the compliance plate with those details on it but is covered in grease and grime - a job for the weekend at this stage and for daylight hours (too late when I got home).
Electrics are not working in the camper and battery is now DEAd flat!!!

Were they a popular conversion to a camper? Was it a commercially available option? Any idea of age of camper - same vintage?

Not registered since 1998 (faded sticker) and have no other paper work - other than the rego plate being NSW. Driven to Ceduna SA 1998 by a guy who worked here for a few years and lived in it permanently in a friends yard.

anyway - lots to learn, lots to spend and she can only get better.

Have posted pics in gallery
Cheers
Kerrie 

[Rogerfied]

Kerrieh
welcome aboard, now you have made the right choice in vehicle ownership your life will not be the same again

cheers Rogerfied

[Warren]

Hi all, what a great group you have here - I love all the photos.

As of late yesterday I am the proud owner of a Bedford.
I have no idea what I have really - its old, white , rusty, creaky, noisy and gorgeous. And I love her already.

I picked her up from the local dump as a wreck basically (and drove her home on borowed trade plates 5kms), and am now trying to wrap my head around what I will need to do to make her as beautiful as some of those shown in the gallery. There are no beds or seating cushions - so I will need some.

Welcome Kerrieh - what a great score

Apparently she is a 1974 model, is a diesel (says so on the petrol cap anyway), has a winnebago 4 berth camper on her back. The guy at the dump says she has a diahatsu diesel engine (4cylinders) and so I suspect she will not go very fast. Drove at 50kms on the way home after being tow started - terrified she would stall but behaved beautifully through 6 intersections.

The compliance plate should tell you what year she is

I suspect she will be very slow up hills and will need a new motor so she can stay in traffic.

Could well be, but a diff ratio change may change that

The grill is very rusted but is sitting in the top bunk. She has original steering wheel so thats one positive. Has a loo and shower fitted (with a cracked skylight and water damage to that end of the cieling)

Drivers side window has come off the mechanism and does not go up or down.

Sounds like it's fixable

Could someone confirm that she is 1974? Does anyone know anything about this model. I need to look at the compliance plate with those details on it but is covered in grease and grime - a job for the weekend at this stage and for daylight hours (too late when I got home).
Electrics are not working in the camper and battery is now DEAd flat!!!

Were they a popular conversion to a camper? Was it a commercially available option? Any idea of age of camper - same vintage?

As said look a the compliance plate for the year

Have fun with the lectrix, there are wiring diagrams on here if you need them

Looking at your van it looks like a profesional build bare cab chassi bought and then camper built on to it, more than likely it was that way (camper) from new

Not registered since 1998 (faded sticker) and have no other paper work - other than the rego plate being NSW. Driven to Ceduna SA 1998 by a guy who worked here for a few years and lived in it permanently in a friends yard.

anyway - lots to learn, lots to spend and she can only get better.

Have posted pics in gallery
Cheers
Kerrie 

You've just been infected by the beddy bug, soon the symtoms will start to show, then youlle get the full blown disease, and there is no known cure


Warren

[maicoletta]

Nice!!

I reckon you've picked a winner!

Doesnt look like there's anywhere near as much rust in it as mine!!

Have fun with your resto, the fact it starts (with help) and stops is a BIG jump in the right direction...

Al

[SkippyThBushKangeroo]

welcome kerri.... the camper cab may possibly have its own compliance plate somewhere on it  too if proff fitted.. may help identify who fitted it out   

[willo]

G'day Kerrie,
welcome to the Beddie world.  Your camper looks a lot like mine around the front and at the back. I suspect that you have scored a Short Wheelbase "independence' motorhome (although the sticker says Winebago i don't think it is)
Check out my album "Willo's CFL Camper" and you will see the similarities. Even the interior is similar.
These are fairly strongly made with real steel and insulation in them. they were made in Melbourne in the 70s and came out in short and long wheelbase and dual and single rear wheels.

You lucky, lucky person you.
the price is right and the motor might surprise you once it is all sorted.
80kph is about it though

Cheers

Neil

[Dano]

welcome aboard Kerrie, nice lookin score.... well done, let the fun begin.Plenty of info & help here mate. Dano

[SkippyThBushKangeroo]

am still tryin to work out if im a lucky guy,... or a glutton for punishment dano.... lol     

[willo]

am still tryin to work out if im a lucky guy,... or a glutton for punishment dano.... lol     

there's a fine line between pleasure and pain.  Or so the song goes