OLD BEDFORDS NEVER DIE...
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For some folk trucking is just ajob; for others it is an all consuming passion. HGV driver Tony Vater (pictured) from Heathfield in Sussex definitely falls into the latter category. This 1966 Bedford IX is one of four classic trucks that he owns. Tony came across the TK, with its six-cylinder 330hp diesel and four-speed box, in a barn where it had stood for 17 years. Amazingly it only has 82,500 miles on the clock. The previous owner, W Baker of Walton-on-Thames, only used it for 30-mile round trips to take farm produce to Covent Garden.
But what's that Tony's got on the back? Why it's a little Lister generator that he found abandoned earlier this year. It was built by Avoltte of Crawley and used at Gatwick Airport until 1972. Tony is planning to restore the six-cylinder 66hp engine and get the 20.625-k VA generator working again. There really is no stopping this man!