Bedford was a brand of commercial vehicles made by Vauxhall Motors, then a subsidiary of General Motors, established in April 1931 and retired in 1990. It became a leading international lorry brand, with substantial export sales of light, medium and heavy lorries, and it also built buses, vans and military vehicles such as the MW, the QL nicknamed the Queen Lizzie and the later TK range. General Motors divested the core heavy truck business as AWD Trucks in 1987, after which the name stayed on light vans based on Vauxhall, Opel, Isuzu and Suzuki designs. Its first vehicles were the AC and LQ models, styled as the Chevrolet Bedford.
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Bedford became the only British manufacturer authorised to build single-deck buses during hostilities
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Established in April 1931, Bedford Vehicles was set up to build commercial vehicles
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The brand was retired in 1990.
History, wartime production
Bedford became the only British manufacturer authorised to build single-deck buses during hostilities
View the SourceBedford Beagle (Wikipedia)
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is an estate car conversion of the Bedford HA 8cwt van
Bedford CA (Wikipedia)
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was a distinctive pug-nosed body on frame light commercial vehicle produced between 1952 and 1969 by Bedford in Luton, England
Bedford CF (Wikipedia)
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is a range of full-size panel vans produced by Bedford - the commercial vehicles division of Vauxhall
Bedford HA (Wikipedia)
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was a car derived van introduced in August 1964 by Bedford, based on the Vauxhall Viva (HA) family car
Bedford HC (Wikipedia)
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is a small commercial vehicle that was made by Bedford, beginning in 1938
Bedford MW (Wikipedia)
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was a general service truck manufactured by Bedford for use by the British Armed Forces during the Second World War
Bedford OY (Wikipedia)
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is an army lorry (truck) built by Bedford for the British Armed Forces and introduced in 1939
Bedford QL (Wikipedia)
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was a series of trucks manufactured by Bedford for use by the British Armed Forces in World War II
Bedford RL (Wikipedia)
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was the British Armed Forces main medium lorry, built by Bedford from the mid-1950s until the late 1960s
Bedford S type (Wikipedia)
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is a heavy lorry produced in Great Britain between 1950 and 1959
Bedford TA (Wikipedia)
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is a medium-duty truck produced by Bedford Vehicles from 1953 to 1958
Bedford TJ (Wikipedia)
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is a truck that was produced by Bedford and its successors from 1958 to 1998
Bedford TL (Wikipedia)
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is a truck manufactured by Bedford
Bedford TM (Wikipedia)
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was a heavy goods vehicle manufactured by Bedford Vehicles between 1974 and 1986
Bedford M series (Wikipedia)
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was a line of commercial vehicle chassis, the first variants of which were made in 1939 by Bedford
Bedford Dormobile (Wikipedia)
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Initially based on the Bedford CA van
Bedford OXA (Wikipedia)
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It was developed by mounting an armoured body onto a Bedford OXD 30cwt (1.5 ton) truck chassis
Bedford TK, Wikipedia
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The Bedford TK is a truck manufactured by Bedford
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