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Offline SkippyThBushKangeroo

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Re: BEDFORD tatoo
« Reply #10 on: September 05, 2012, 06:22:22 AM »
V is for vauxhall... B is for bedford.... bet my left knacker on it  ;D  i have had the same bus emblem as you scord wendy, fitted to the front of "ol futile" for a while now... but scored this one at a garage sale this weekend, which am fitting today..... this one also does not have the griffin holding a flag, and said griffin  is looking forward, not behind itself.... enjoyable trivia if nothing else  :D  ;)
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Re: BEDFORD tatoo
« Reply #11 on: September 05, 2012, 06:42:12 AM »
V = vehicle
B = broken down

hehe muhahaha
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Re: BEDFORD tatoo
« Reply #12 on: September 05, 2012, 08:00:13 AM »
G'day

A bit of history:
Bedford Vehicles, a subsidiary constructing commercial vehicles, was established in 1930 by Vauxhall as the Stock Market Crash of 1929 had made importing American trucks uneconomical.

The reason for the V is to remind everyone who made Bedfords. Before the flag:



The Vauxhall logo over the years:


You can pic the age of a Bedford logo by looking at the similar Vauxhall logo.
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Re: BEDFORD tatoo
« Reply #13 on: September 05, 2012, 08:20:46 AM »
I remember seeing a Beddie wearing the Vauxhall badge, when I was a kid.
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Re: BEDFORD tatoo
« Reply #14 on: September 05, 2012, 09:50:51 AM »
V = vehicle
B = broken down

hehe muhahaha


hahahaha, good reason to have a cold VB 6pac in the beddy fridge ay.

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Re: BEDFORD tatoo
« Reply #15 on: September 05, 2012, 04:48:45 PM »
wow thanx all of u bugas for such wonderfull info  :D
bedford history lesson scores 10/10  ;D
great line up of logos!
Cheers Wendy & Ray

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Re: BEDFORD tatoo
« Reply #16 on: September 07, 2012, 10:46:59 AM »
This Vauxhall van pic, found on this site, is almost the same colour as mine.

 

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