why did you buy a bedford

[rizzo]

Hi there all you Buggas the boys and me just talking about cars and why we chose them    me this my second cf first 30 years ago and now i have had one for 11 months and i am reliving the 70 s and doing mine up  in the theme of the 70 s the only body mod is a front air dam from ben and a set of us indys   in the days of the panel van and the surfer you where looked at as a very cool dude  but if you had a cf bedford you were passed cool you where the big kahoona it was the van to have and today i still have the same love for the beddy any way why did you get one lets hear some story's rizzo out

[John Abbott]

Well when my old XD ute got put off the road by the cops i realized i needed another ute of some sort because im always carting something around or picking up mulch for my garden. I happened one day to see my bedford truck advertised in the Quokka. I thought to myself yeah! That just might be alright. I took it for a drive and man what a pig !!! spluttering and farting rattled and shook i got back and thought geez should i ? I offered him $400.oo  and he took it   Oh CRAP  Paid the money and took it home the next day.Spent a weekend and got her running right and have never regretted it at all.

[SkippyThBushKangeroo]

as a kid, the neighbour across the road had a purple an cream one with sliding doors, an would give us a lift to school in it when raining, so my love of beddys stemmed from that. called in on dave,  my daughters, sisters dad (yes we have a big n happy extended family) one day a couple of years ago an he had "ol futile" sitting in his driveway, was his next door neighbours who had moved to queensland an left it for dave to sell for him, well it was also my birthday that day, "how much" i asked??  $900 he replied, just so happened a had $900 in my pocket so laid the bucks down an treated myself to a birthday pressie ,registered it online an drove it home that day, mrs skippy was not impressed at the time, (so ?? who cares??) but love has blossomed between the two now,  "ol futile" is well an truly a part of this family, an has not to date ever let me down..... touchwood ..    

[Dano]

Craig made me do it........

[hotrod]

because the missus didn't want one

[John Abbott]

Yeah Dano...That Craig.... he is so dominant sometimes

[SkippyThBushKangeroo]

tch,  did that "craig" make you do it too, johnno

[wendyh]

as i said to graham ..i caught the CF bedford virus way back when i was young n free traveling round OZ , such a carefree life back then  ...had about 6 bedfords n about 5 transits in my days...got this one to do an organic vege run to sydney markets after i sold my last LWB tranny.... and finally  worn Ray down to buy me a beford and (WE) restore it  ..found a rust free bargin on ebay yeah !!!
since were always carting stuff round..love how u can set up a bed in the back...home away from home... took one up to weipa nrth QLD did well over 700km of corrigations...
ahh there are plenty of reasons why i have bought many bedfords.
thanx for asking

[Marishka]

their big, cheap n easy to fix and old school real steel, not throw away or get killed in flimsy thin tin n plastic..

[SkippyThBushKangeroo]

an they look really  cool  too..