related?

[ben]

anyone think these vans are related??






also anyone think the sandman upper and lower tailgate is widened? or just normal width? im wanting to do this mod sometime in the near future and so im very interested in peoples opinions..

i think its normal width hey but its seems to fill out th back quite well..




ben

[Tweaker]

That'd be a real spin out! YOu'd be thinkin you where coming up behind a pano and then wam bam your trying to take a Beddy! 

[doofhard]

It really does look damn sexy on a beddy

[Warren]

Ben

I reckon they ar standard width from the look of it........just my $2 worth

Warren

[petrolhead]

The Beddy with the XD front is slightly widened(about 10mm) and was actually blood red and from memory the rear was std sandman. If I can find my photos I'll e-mail them to Craig and he can put them on here.Also I think from memory there were 3 Beddys running around at the same time with these conversions.
Regards
Petrolhead

[obsession]

No there definitely not related I know/knew both owners and  both photos are from my collection the one with the xd front was called SWEEHEART and then changed to GREAT EXPECTATIONS.

the XC GRILL BEDFORD was owned by kim mccutcheon and was repainted tiger mica gold with bullet hole gangster stickers on the side.

when jilybean gets active and scans some more photos for me ill ad some or if petrollhead emails them to me Ill post them.

The vans with the xd front over here were about 5 or six to my knowledge 3 off them were red with ltd rear lights and same paint so I reckon they were all shopped from the same panel beater.
1 was Kermit green with tan vinyl roof, last I saw that one was southern cross footy oval
1 was sweetheart it was the 1st one I think.

[eddy]

they may both be originaly out of the same factory but fair not brother bedford bruisers,  they are definately both out of FUNKYTOWN !!!!!!! hey Craig got any pics of Redback? man that van inspired me when I saw at the Albury nats about 20 years ago 

[obsession]

reback brad odgen famous 400 big block chev grunta! absolutely ill post some thisarvo redback also went to the crusher.....

but !!! brad still has another beddy!

[kimbosound]

Hi There....Kimbo here....i owned the xc grilled bedford.....it was orignially white and had all the mods done.....i am pretty sure it is not the same as the other one....i sold that one
and bought a LWB and installed a bombed 400 small block chevy in it.....sold it in black primer to a member of the old sunrunners van club....Murray? i think.  Quite a few years later
i built a beddy for carting music gear around in.....stock white but of course i couldn't help but install a V8 with side pipes and sealed in rear door. I did all the work on this one myself
in my workshop in Kalgoorlie.......later sold it to a guy in Albany who wrote it off after hitting a roo......bugga....i have attached some photos of that one

[pickmeup]

Kimmie is that you?...."Kimmie fix" ha ha ha mate how the hell are ya mate?