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Hey... Would you like to join us, celebrating CF bedfords 50th birthday this year?
As this is once in a life time celebrations, we in NSW, Australia,  are going to hold two events this year.

One in August on 24th & 25th of August , for a run from Sydney on   Saturday, maybe thru the central coast to Newcastle, stopping for lunch, photo shoot, cruise in convoy to maybe Newcastle for another photo shoot and dinner, maybe a night time cruise along Newcastle's foreshore, a very popular spot and route for car enthusiasts and another possible night time photo shoot.

And the second on the Oct long weekend 5th , 6th and 7th.
Rob Slater,  is hosting this weekend, on his property in Huskisson NSW, just south of Wollongong/ Sydney. Saturday for traveling and setting up camp, There is plenty of room for vans, caravans, tents, then we can all enjoy a bonfire, BBQ , drinks and music that night.
Then head out on a planned cruise on Sunday to a pub or bistro for lunch, and back in convoy for another drive, photo shoot, and another convoy back to camp for a second night of partying and talking all things bedford,  and then Monday we all can start  heading home at our leisure.
 
Please reply if you would like to attend these weekends, and i will keep you informed as it gets closer with more details.

If your van is not on the road, your still welcome to join in on these once in a life time events.

We will also need volunteers to take pictures and videos of the events and convoys, on route. So if you have the skills and want to help out please let me know.

If any of you have any contacts or friends in any form of media,  Local TV or magazines, plz get in contact with me as it might be fun to have some coverage of these events.

It will be a awesome weekend meeting up, checking out vans and meeting their owners. Its such a great way to get ideas and tap into all the beddy brains, who have lovingly cared for and restored these beloved vans.

My phone number is 0422975697 to call or send a text message
my email is wendy4096@gmail.com
Your feed back is greatly appreciated if you would like to come along and have a fun idea for the group to do.
 
I'm so looking forward to meeting you all and your vans.
Cheers Wendy & Ray

 One very keen Bedford van owner had his heart set on squeezing 
a Ford xr6 turbo engine aka barra engine
Into his beloved beddy 😯
His mechanic friend has documented his progress on a series of youtube videos for us...
Very interesting...got this mechanic sctratchin his head and probably wishing he said no!
I do hope they are still friends after this conversion lol  😆😆😆😆
Episode 1
https://youtu.be/eA_dkvjUUu4
Episode 2
https://youtu.be/arCJmojyFX0
Episode 3
https://youtu.be/ExpAz18gudo
Episode 4
https://youtu.be/zFef-YXvbQ4

But wait....there is more....
Will keep you posted....😉

So it's pimp my own ride time!
My beddys getting a professional paint job
To match my shiney new super lights 😁😁😁
We stripped her down on the weekend into many many pieces....
Gunna be about 5 -6 weeks ...sooo missing it already...😯😯

Ok im reposting this from a facebook post, if you want to get in contact with Sam
Send me a pm and i will get his deatils for you!
He sounds like a great person to meet! And his van too!


Hey team! Just wanted to fill you in on what our Bedford adventure and our mission and ask a little help.

My names Sam, my dog Bo and I are traveling the country for the next two years on a mission of men's suicide prevention and mental health awareness. The way we do that is we tow around a caravan that we've built into a Barbershop, and trade haircuts and cut throats shaves for a barter. Like a little bit of food or petrol or somewhere to park the van. We're on the road for the next two years visiting Every.Single.Town in New Zealand.

We've had our ups and downs during the journey as far as the van goes but thank goodness to some wonderful people that have helped with what they can along the way.

During this time we're making a documentary about our men focused on the good things we blokes do!

I want to put out an offer to anyone that's keen on Bedfords we will call in and give ya some cuts and spin some yarns.

We also need some advice on how to either get a new gearbox for a 1.8 slant or a suibible replacement engine and drivetrain? Our reverse is non existent so probably need that at somepoint.

At the moment we're heading through Hamilton to Coromandel in the next few weeks then continuing north.

If you want to follow our adventure head over to www.facebook.com/thebarterbarber

Thanks so much for reading this post,

Happy Vanning!

Sam and Bobo

We have a front end with a disc conversion For sale
And a hq  diff burgwaner  Straight out of a lwb beddy
From our stripped doen day
Please call me on
0422975697 for more info
They are located in Pittown western sydney