George Barrow
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Clearly the years have not always been kind to Betty, but keeping her going is a real labour of love. She’s now in fantastic shape and brings smiles to the faces of customers, passersby and
CM road testers. Betty might not be in
completely original shape, with a coat hanger kill-switch for the engine and having suffered previously at the hands of a Mr Whippy machine that left some scarring in the form of a domestic light switch and power cabling around the dash, but she is original in the sense that you won’t find a Bedford CF as fresh and vibrant as this one. Betty has been transformed by a full respray, but beneath the bonnet the scars of 40 years of water leaks remain, which is great to see. Despite many of the 62 horses previously found in the engine having long since gone to pasture, Betty still has genuine character and appeal, and although the engine bay might look scrappy, Betty still means business, both on the road and when dishing out ice creams at a party.
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