Original Bedford

[outriding]

I have been looking through the posts and galleries and I have come to a conclusion:
There is no original Bedford!
Every single one has been modified in one way or another. Is there any bone-stock survivor out there? 

[Rogue Trooper]

You'd be pretty lucky to find one now unless someone has had one stored in a barn somewhere for years.

Let's face it, the van in it's original form was crap and that coupled with the fact that you're lucky if you can find new stock parts anywhere anymore and that GM has disavowed any knowledge ever of it means pretty much that any van anywhere would have had to have been modified to some extent just to keep it on the road (or the side of the road whichever the case may be  ).

[Numnutz]

why would you want a stock beddy, their potential was never reached by the factory.
but they did give us something good to work with. 

[BlackBedford]

G'day
I have one in the shed that is still all original. I bought it many years ago and paid a lot of money for it.
When I get around to rebuilding it, it will be nowhere near original. That is because GM (and Ford) were/are lousy at building cars and commercial vehicles. and that is why you will never find a Bedford CF (or Transit) in original condition. Every owner has experienced the limitations of the vehicles and tried to improve it.

[ShaneJ]

Mine is original apart from a few dings

[rossie]

mine's stock except the seats and there in the shed

[able]

as far as i can tell mine was fully original except for the modified (larger) fuel tank.

i don't know if the 186 was the original but a engine swap or two does not count. or does it?

[Jeff]

But no Australian CFs are original. Your dealers had the good sense not to import the slant four motor, and modified them before sale.
There are a few come up on TradeMe that appear to be original, if you don't count the side windows.

[ben]

hey jeff holden did import for a few years i think with everything stock stock. in Aus. but sales were terrible so they did the holden 6 mod.

able your diff is modifyed also. and nah they didnt come with 186's someone said they got denied a roadworthy in NSW cause their van had a 186 in it and they only came with 202's ad 173's. the roadwaorthy man wanted him to go get an engineers! what a joke!!

cheers
ben

[able]

your got to be kidding.... a engineers cert for a 186 when they come out with 202's...

pathetic.