That recovery truck's really tidy, Jock.

I'll take issue with your photo caption, though - I don't think it's a K-type, it's an RL - in fact, it looks like a modified Truck 3 Ton 4x4 Recovery Light, which the Army had from the '50s through to the '80s.

http://www.rememuseum.org.uk/collections_view.aspx?id=24

Definitely a Stovebolt though!

Vauxhall did a nice magazine style promo brochure for Bedford back in '78 called 'You see them everywhere' - Bedford history in lots of photos. It still pops up on eBay and the like now and again.

John, Allen, glad you enjoyed my brief summary. Somewhere I have an article and road test on the RL I did years ago...


1950's Bedford R Long Wheelbase 4x4 4-Ton
"Big Bedford"
In the Stovebolt Gallery
More pix of the BIG BOLT