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Probably not, they would be too expensive I think, especially for such a small market.

Here's a side photo after the spindles were installed, don't really have a good before pic.. drop was a bit over 2 inches. Definitely wouldn't want to go any lower as there is minimal ground clearance, especially spoiler on the front..
It was hard getting wheel clearance all round as the front wheels are so large. 15x8 with 245/60 tyres. I actually also moved the whole crossmember forward as the front wheels were not centred in the wheelwells and fouled at the rear.

I added a picture of the instructions I was given with the Stubtech stub axles. Pretty crap. The stub axles do come with engineers certification though. They were supposedly done to Bedford geometry (but I suspect they are just the HQ version adapted to the Bedford upper ball joint size).

I did pretty much all the work myself, as with my power steering conversion. Couldn't find anyone willing or able to do the work, plus if you take your time and measure everything out (and have half a clue), at least you know it's done properly. Don't have the exact cost at hand, but it was lot. By the time I'm done, probably have 5000 all up in power steering, brakes and suspension..

Did you go with Bedford drop,spindles or Holden ?   If you have the camber sorted you could use Holden and change the ball joints. Could you post the instructions. Rod was pretty vague when I spoke to him. As well.

What did it cost you make  or did you do it all yourself ?

Betweeen us all we have to be able to solve this issue.  So many beddies want to,drop the front and still have good geometry.  Who is going to design the kit ?

The problem was with the drop spindles I think. The discrepancy was about 15mm at the top arm, too much to correct with shims. I approached Rod Hadfield about it , but the problem was the guy who designed the Bedford drop spindles had since died, and it had been so long since he made a set for Bedford, he couldn't remember the exact specs. The fitting instructions were pretty rudimentary, basically a few scribbled notes. Now I know a lot more though about Bedford suspension setup though! Wanted to make sure Ackerman angle, camber, caster etc were setup properly.

Those upper arms look terrific Zeeman, nice one. Sounds like you've got the camber issue sorted

According to the manual, there is some camber adjustment available with the use of small shims under where the lower wishbones bolt to the crossmember. Not sure how effective it is, but next time I go for a wheel alignment I will ask them to try it out. I only noticed it in the manual after my last wheel align, I showed it to the technician (an older guy who has had a couple of Bedfords in the past) and he wasn't aware of it.

I have put pictures of the manual page and the shims at the link below (the pictures are too big to upload here). Item 35 on the diagram is the shim.

https://photos.app.goo.gl/EyhuKWwVYyYvx9aEA

No idea! I was told verbally at Vicroads that the van can be re registered as is because it has been previously registered with the same running gear (of course that isn't worth a pinch of shit). I can get engineers certification for them if needed. The material is well in excess of engineering requirements ( 1.25" DOM tube with a 6mm wall thickness ).