Remarkable RLC recovery

On a cold Sunday in February Dave Gothard was travelling home along the motorway when he spied this RLC3 recovery. Pulled out of the yard for transporting to her new owner in Manchester, she's certainly distracting. Dave returned on Monday and, after convincing the yard's owner of his bona fides, was able to look over the Bedford and shoot these photos.

She appears complete and is definitely a superb restoration prospect (my first thought was "awesome" when the emails came through). Note the spare cab frame/shell on the back of the Bedford. This is the first time I've seen this structure and it is interesting to see details of what's under the skin. The photo below of the rear of the truck shows this cab component to include the dash. Quite an impressive piece that'll certainly be useful given the corresponding parts of the Bedford's cab are showing rust in the usual places - the cab-front vents and the base and crease of the doors.

Here's the official numbers off the data plate/s. If anyone can interpret them I'd be most grateful as I know very little about the R-type.

CHASSIS NUMBER RLC3 34076
TRACTOR 3 TON G. S. RECOVERY LIGHT 4X4 BEDFORD RL
VEHICLE 36-CL-37
CODE NO 434862.01 360
CONT NO 6/VEHS/27936

It'd be great to see this old girl restored to the civilian colours she's currently (sort of) wearing. In all honesty who cares what colours she ends up in as long as she's on the road.