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[Lang]

Found this fully operational. All owner knows is it is a Dodge. What is it? What period? Any military connection? looks like a Bedford to me but did Dodge use same design?

I think it is the same as these Danish Army trucks but doors and windscreens are different.

[Richard Farrant]

Hi Lang
It looks like a Bedford O type with a GM Holden cab. Most Bedford’s imported to Australia at the time were fitted with the local built cab.

[Lang]

Thanks Richard

Lang

[Davistine Liddle]

Originally Posted by Lang

Found this fully operational. All owner knows is it is a Dodge. What is it? What period? Any military connection? looks like a Bedford to me but did Dodge use same design?

I think it is the same as these Danish Army trucks but doors and windscreens are different.

I have found pic of this kind of truck here in India maybe its a chevy or GM truck .Will soon post some info on this thank you

[Lang]

Davistine

Looks like the same Bedford but with a British cab - different doors and screen.

Lang

[Richard Farrant]

Originally Posted by Lang

Davistine

Looks like the same Bedford but with a British cab - different doors and screen.

Lang

Yes, export model Bedford (LHD), looks like a K or M type as they had a slightly longer bonnet, cab set back a few inches from the O types.

[David Herbert]

Any idea why the cab was moved back Richard ? Possibly for better cooling or accessability ? I wonder if the engine enclosure in the cab was different and if the gear lever was modified by bending it backwards.

David

[Lang]

Here are some comparisons between short and long bonnet.

The longer bonnet has 3 long side vents while the short has them in 4 groups.

Below right is a photo of a Bedford 0 long wheelbase tipper that sold in UK a month ago for 3,400 pounds

Note how they used the same cab on the long nose with the guard shape still in it for the short nose. International did the same thing with their K1 - K5 shorter bonnet cab being used by the longer K6 - K11 long nose and the shape sticks out just like the Bedford.

[Richard Farrant]

Originally Posted by David Herbert

Any idea why the cab was moved back Richard ? Possibly for better cooling or accessability ? I wonder if the engine enclosure in the cab was different and if the gear lever was modified by bending it backwards.

David

David,
It was only the lighter weight Bedfords that had the longer bonnet (engine forward of cab), the K type which was about 1 ton payload and the M type which was about 2 ton payload. The cab would have been more forward on the O types in order to increase the body length I guess. The British Army used K types and RAF had M type cargo trucks and of course there was the early WW2 ML army ambulance with the same Mann Egerton body as the Austin K2.

I think the photo that Lang initially posted is a K type because the body looks to be narrower than a M type. A picture of the wheels would confirm.

regards Richard