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Default Bedford wartime models

I have tried to put together a definitive list, with the kind assistance of colleagues on MLU, of wartime Bedford models.

BEDFORD WARTIME CIVILIAN & MILITARY MODELS

NORMAL BONNET:
K 30-cwt Commercial
MS 2-ton Short Commercial
ML 2-ton Long Commercial
ML Code 54 Ambulance (1940)
ML Code 55 Tanker (1940)
OS 3-ton Short Commercial
OL 3-ton Long Commercial
OS Code 40 5-ton Short Commercial
OL Code 40 5-ton Long Commercial
OB 26-seat bus

MW 15-CWT WD TYPE (‘SERVICE’) TRUCK (FLAT FRONT):
MWC WATER; MWD G/S; MWG A/A; MWR RADIO; [MWV Van adaptation of MWR] MWT Anti-tank Portee; MWX inflatable decoy

OX 30-CWT WD TYPE (‘SERVICE’) LORRY (FLAT FRONT):
[OXA Armoured truck]; OXC; OXD

OX BEDFORD-SCAMMELL WD TYPE (‘SERVICE’) & CIVILIAN 6-TON 4X2-2 TRACTOR LORRY (FLAT FRONT): OXC

OY 3-TON LORRY WD TYPE ‘SERVICE’) LORRY (FLAT FRONT):
OYC; OYD G/S Cargo body

OWS 5-TON SHORT WHEELBASE ‘CIVILIAN’ MODEL’ LORRY (FLAT FRONT):
OWS; OWST Tipper, military front.

OWL 5-TON LONG WHEELBASE ‘CIVILIAN’ LORRY (FLAT FRONT):
OWL; OWLE Flat platform; OWLD Dropside

OWB 26/32-SEATER WD TYPE (‘SERVICE’) & CIVILIAN BUS (NORMAL BONNET):
OWB (1941-on)

QL 3-TON 4-WHEEL DRIVE LORRY
QLB 3-ton Gun Tractor and 3-ton Light A.A. Unit
QLC 3-ton chassis cab for bodying by outside builders.
QLD 3-ton G/S lorry
QLR 3-ton Wireless, Command or Cypher vehicle
QLC variant, perhaps better known as QLS (conversion of the QLC chassis cab to a 6-ton semi-trailer tractor)
QLT 3-ton Troop Carrier
QLW 3-ton Tipper

Last edited by David_Hayward (RIP); 29-06-10 at 10:12.
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