What a find.

[jack neville]

Originally Posted by Niels V

Found this Bedford MW body in denmark a couple of months ago, I had been used as a childrens play house

Slightly off topic, was there one manufacturer for this type of body for all the various British 15cwt trucks?

[Mike K]

Originally Posted by jack neville

Slightly off topic, was there one manufacturer for this type of body for all the various British 15cwt trucks?

Somebody on the HMVF came up with that theory . Makes no sense to me but who knows. I have various 15 cwt bits & pieces from CS8 bodies . The MCC ( Morris Commercial Cars ) CS8 GS bodies have a large cast brass plate on the side panel, the plate details the body maker as being MCC and the type of body and also the contract etc .

[Hanno Spoelstra]

Q

Originally Posted by Mike Kelly

Somebody on the HMVF came up with that theory . Makes no sense to me but who knows. I have various 15 cwt bits & pieces from CS8 bodies . The MCC ( Morris Commercial Cars ) CS8 GS bodies have a large cast brass plate on the side panel, the plate details the body maker as being MCC and the type of body and also the contract etc .

Typically, the War Department would own a design and contract multiple manufacturers to build-to-print.
I can't think of one reason why one single manufacturer would make ALL the 15-cwt bodies. Reasons why more manufacturers were involved in any kind of production included: 1) minimizing the risk of one factory being bombed, with all production grinding to a halt; 2) involving multiple manufacturers because the spike in wartime production numbers meant as many as manufacturers possible needed to be involved.

Nice finds by the way!