Monday, February 25, 2013

Bedfords delight Dubbo

I hadn't been to Dubbo for four years so a return trip for Golden Oldies 2012 was well overdue.  This was a great show with plenty of quality trucks on display and a lot of people I hadn't seen for quite a while.  My feet were gone by the end of the Friday afternoon (when we arrived) due to standing around chinwagging!

There weren't a lot of big British trucks and the Bedford numbers were low.  However, what they lacked in numbers they certainly made up for in quality.  Enjoy!

Above: smallest end of the scale first.  This is Jim Morton's Gundagai-based J3 (?).  It is an absolutely stunning truck and a real credit to the owner.
Below: this TK gets around a fair bit.  I've photographed her at the Forbes Show.  Forbes is a good 200 km south of Dubbo and has featured in BTW posts before.  Not a great distance to travel in Australia but a good effort for anything more than 30 years old!

Below: the wheelbase on this TK impressed me as did her tidy condition.  If anyone knows the truck, please let me know as I would love to speak with the owner.

Below: the piece de resistance of the show for me was this KM.  I had not seen her before but I have since learnt she hails from Young - again a town about 200 kms south of Dubbo.  She arrived towing a bogie-axle trailer with a Chamberlain tractor as ballast.  I have an arrival photo of this combination so watch this space for its addition.  In the meantime, bask in the glory that is the KM!  Magnificent.

2 comments:

  1. A get-to-gether of the bedfords would be quite interesting. Hoping my 1968 SB3 horsebox will be ready. But I will need a replacement 5 speed T5A2811 gearbox first - urgently required. Keep up the blog - thanks - Darrel

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  2. Andy, to answer your question regarding the owner of the TK Tilt-Tray: it's owned (or was owned) by Rob Moore, the curator of the Howard Register. He can be reached by phone on 68453279

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