Bedford brochure scan

[Christine]

Following on from the Vauxhall brochure ..Apart from the KB i've had them all !  Check out that rubber arched CF 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

   

[trigger]

Excellent stuff! Thanks for sharing. 😊

[Christine]

Dun arf take some time, dun it  ??

[Honey Badger]

First car I drove after passing my test was a CF2 which was quite a jump from the rover metro, the bastard builders I worked for as an apprentice all fucked off and deliberately left me to drive it back from Bicester to Kettering for a laugh which was an eye opener, mainly for other road users.

 

Got a soft spot for Astramax vans as well, being given one of those for 3 months as an apprentice, which I drove with all the responsibility a 17 year old can muster for a company vehicle, they could bloody shift though, especially with 6 mates in the back on a lads weekend to Blackpool.

 

You could hear Bedford commercials rusting though.

[trigger]

Dun arf take some time, dun it ??

Your telling me!

[Alan_Green]

That sink will never fit, 

[Christine]

That milf  is loading  a canabis plant .. and a Triffid is trying to get out

[Alan_Green]

That milf  is loading  a canabis plant .. and a Triffid is trying to get out

That won't fit either. Too tall. The grocer is about to overload the Rascal but there is nothing in the big CF but gas! They've all got the wrong van.

[Split_Pin]

I can't remember the last time I saw a Bedford-badged Astra van. Thanks for sharing

[Volksy]

Astramax's were the fastest van of all time Fact!

 

They must have found a mini-Arkwright to stand next to that Rascal, surely they're not that tall. 

 

Thanks for the share!

[oldcars]

Love these. Used to see Midi vans all the time, i would like a camper midi that would be the best.

[PiperCub]

Used to occasionally use a 1.6 petrol Astramax that was a colleagues company 'car' (only £500 per year off his tax allowance he used to tell me) in the 90's, it was a bloody great piece of kit, very quick, bulletproof, nice to drive and big enough to even get motorbikes in the back. Shame they don't have anything as good now.

 

Wouldn't mind a decent one as a hack but suspect they are mostly dead now.

 

Also, don't know if it was an urban myth or just some old BS but I heard from a few sources that the Midi was very prone to rolling over (presumably in comparision to the stock Transit of the time)? Can't recall ever driving one so no personal experience of how they handled.

[twosmoke300]

My ultimate van would be a cf2 with the 2.2dti engine and box from an omega in it.

 

Could be cos dad bought one brand new in 1982 and I spent my summer holidays going to car auctions in it . His had the 2.3 na diesel and 4 SPD box tho. In fact I think it was a mk2 rather than a cf2

[The Reverend Bluejeans]

CF's were well loved by builders as they were much wider than a Ford Transvestite and allowed them to get a wide bit of board in the back.

 

Rascals were called Bedford Bastards by a couple of mechanics at City Motors as they could be a right bitch to work on.

[MrBiscuits]

Following on from the Vauxhall brochure ..Apart from the KB i've had them all !  Check out that rubber arched CF 

 

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Thanks for sharing these. This pic reminds me of a Super Carry pick up a mate had many years back. a great little tool for tip runs, fun to drive (for short distances...) and still the only vehicle I've been publicly laughed at in. He made the mistake of leaving it outside work one night...

 

 

 

[Christine]

Astramax's were the fastest van of all time Fact!

 

They must have found a mini-Arkwright to stand next to that Rascal, surely they're not that tall. 

 

Thanks for the share!

Nope.. the fastest van was an Opel Rekord 2 litre . Wasn't many of them over here though

 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1KOMRg-8caI

 

Now, there's gunna be a frantic search on ebay for Rekord vans !!

[Noel Tidybeard]

golly it must be confusing looking at all the gauges in that cf

[barefoot]

My first experience of a commercial was a CF, it had the slant four 2.3 in and was a lot of fun.

I hired it for a photo shoot, it was a used as a changing room for the lingerie models...

[trigger]

 

How funky is that dash with all them red graphics, very cool indeed!

[twosmoke300]

Always thought cf2 was a strange model name as the mk2 had been out for a year or 2 already.

[Vin]

That Astramax looks great, smart looker that.

 

Did they ever sell the earlier Bedford KB Pick-up here????...I've seen pictures of it all badged up as a Bedford, but I don't remember ever seeing one. I Remember seeing those in the brochure though...

[garbaldy]

I would love an old cf as my dad ran 4 of them plus two transits and I hate to say it (because I love the mk1 transit) but the bedfords where more reliable. 

[oman5]

I remember the cf with the 2.3 slant 4 was actually quite a pokey thing, they'd run rings around transits in the early 70s.

 

Bedford midi..I had 2. A petrol and a diesel. Both shit. Good for doing stoppies/nose wheelies though and column change is a much more sensible arrangement in a 3 seater cab.

[Richard]

Did they ever sell the earlier Bedford KB Pick-up here????...I've seen pictures of it all badged up as a Bedford, but I don't remember ever seeing one. I Remember seeing those in the brochure though...

 

How early? Somebody I knew claimed his (ESL470V) was the first in Scotland in July 1980.

[Christine]

Empty 2.3 CF and midis can step out quite nicely on a wet roundabout..

[Vin]

How early? Somebody I knew claimed his (ESL470V) was the first in Scotland in July 1980.

 

This early...thing is I don't know how old these were...

 

[Richard]

That's the one, same colour too. They didn't sell well though, the only one I remember is the one I mentioned. I think Mazda had the market pretty well sewn up at the time.

[Split_Pin]

I recall the later one but not the one above. What were they re-badged from?

[Timewaster]

Isuzu kb pickup.

The Midi was a licence built Isuzu too.