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General Category => CF Bedford Chat => Topic started by: ben on May 31, 2010, 09:37:58 PM
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does anyone know which countres ended up with the great cf bedford?
obviously
aus,
NZ,
France,
UK
did america end up with them anyone know? any others?
ben
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have checked the us sites a couple of times with no luck
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i highly doubt the US had bedfords..
US did not have vauxhaul, but GMC and Chev etc had their own designs
Did ireland have Bedford? Get onto Abodator(Spelling?) im sure he can fill in the gaps across europe
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South Africa did I think
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Ireland is part of the UK so yeah
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hey ben, the yanks did get the bedford, BUT not through a dealership. Back in the early 90s a couple of guys in texas [i think] i'm not sure if they were aussies, would have to check again, but they started importing bedfords, XA-XB, and monaros into the states. The XA-XB and monaros were turned into MAD MAX cars, and the bedfords, some were done as A-Team vans, but mainly because they were RHD, all things oz was the craze. There were only about 4 bedfords sent over, about a dozen or more of the others. I stumbled onto this because i am a madmax car fan, and saw their site, i dont think the beddys were as popular as the max cars, probably because the beddy was not the star of a movie or tv show, correct me if i'm wrong. Back in the late 90s the beddy was the star of 1 episode of stingers, the van appeard in about 80% of the scenes.
george
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You can add Papua New Guinea,Phillipines and South Africa.
They wernt sold new in Phillipines and South Africa they were bought in by contracters on building projects.
The New Guinea sales through the local holden dealer was about a dozen.
Ron Joseph who is a car dealer here told me he was working there when they were sold, but doubts any survived as most went to mining towns and were flogged to death, 2 were made into ambulances and he never saw them again but ya never know.
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so would it be safe to say australia is bedford cf capital of the world? and could new zealand be fairly close behind?
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Don't you get worried when New Zealand is behind us ::) ::) ;D (joke)
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so would it be safe to say australia is bedford cf capital of the world? and could new zealand be fairly close behind?
Me thinks Ben wants to run for Prime Minister of Bedford country ;D
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so would it be safe to say australia is bedford cf capital of the world? and could new zealand be fairly close behind?
thats becuse we but a decent motor in them