why did you buy a bedford

[Worby876]

My late father...Jack...left it to me in his will...I feel close to him when I'm in it
As he loved to tinker and modify it and did a lot of miles up the top end to cook town,
Cairns,  Kunnunura and out the back of beyond, survived flooding during TC Larry
Restored it and drove all the way back to The Atherton tablelands when he died of
A sudden heart attack doing what he loved best...we have the Bedford image imorialised
On his gravestone with the words....still traveling ...now I'm infected with the beddie bug
Hope to do the big lap around the country in her if I can...& if I can talk the misses in
Coming with me on a great adventure. 

[Mark B]

Well for me, I just loved Beddys since I was a little boy. They just look and feel like nothing else on wheels. Stand out and you can see coming a mile away. Just pure love I guess. I love working on my Beddys

[BusyKiwi]

Because they wouldn't let me join the van club.
I was in the van scene in my early teens, always going to van runs and drinking way to much (as you do), but could only be a social member, something about rules ... So one day I was driving home (must of been around 15) and spotted this CF shell sitting at the wreckers yard, went in and asked what they were doing with it, it was to go to the scrap yard as everything was stripped off it. I said I want it, they said no, I pulled some money out, they said ok. And they even delivered it for me (on a forkhoist) as I only lived 2 blocks away.
I had helped work on a few custom vans before this so had some ideas of what I wanted. At age 16 i did my first roof chop on a CF Bedford, worked and paid off a 350 chev, with use of an arc welder i managed to make some side skirts and other custom bits and got some fibreglass flares and spoiler. Built the whole van myself.
Anyways, long story short they let me join the van club.
Sadly that van never got on the road, it was all preped for paint in the garage and the drains at the back of the section (backed onto a reserve) flooded and the whole van was under water for 2 days. I didn't know about drain holes back then ie the side skirts, so the van filled up with mud and crap, you know the ribs on the bedford floor, well they were covered. I had made up a ply wood interior including U shaped seat with table that dropped to become a bed. The whole van stunk.

Am now 42 and recently joined another van club - no questions asked

[wraithknight]

ive been in love with bedfords ever since a mate of mine got one to cart round his dj gear an man he could score the chicks and when he final put a bed in the back he scored more lol but i guess they just ar so easy to make it part of your personality you can make it wat ever you want and ive never been anywhere or meet anyone who didnt know what a bedford was

[rossie]

Wanted a camper, and the wife wanted t be able to stand in the back. Close enouth and I always regreted seling the CFL we had years ago. They bring back alot of good memorys and alot of laughs. In the 3 years we've had this, it's hasn't let us down and the laughs are still coming

[rizzo]

Hi it's great to read all the different reasons thanks for the story's and iam sure there is more rizzo out

[ben]

ive never been anywhere or meet anyone who didnt know what a bedford was

gee your lucky i seem to have to educate everybody i meet:(


i sold a 400 chev powered hx sandman for my first beddy a 173 powered swb on gas.. lost a bit of power lol but gained a lot of room in the back for my band gear at the time. from there the fetish grew into a monster:) now its totally out of control

ben

[Zeeman]

Same as Ben.. I needed something to haul band gear with.. Got my first Bedford, with 350 Chev for 5 grand, (with extra van).
Traded the extra van to Rod, of Rod's Bedfords Bits (a very helpful man). Pic of my first van below:



Sold it to tour Europe in an old show van from the 80's. On returning to Australia, bought another, also a V8.
Still planning the ultimate Bedford..

[soakes]

Great number plate!

- soakes

[Zeeman]

Yeah, my plate now is BED-351..