1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
19
20
21
22
23
24
25
26
27
28
29
30
31
32
33
34
35
36
37
38
39
40
41
42
43
44
45
46
47
48
49
50
51
52
53
54
55
56
57
58
59
60
61
62
63
64
65
66
67
68
69
70
71
72
73
74
75
76
77
78
79
80
81
82
83
84
85
86
87
88
89
90
91
92
93
94
95
96
97
98
99
100
101
102
103
104
105
106
107
108
109
110
111
112
113
114
115
116
117
118
119
120
121
122
123
124
125
126
127
128
129
130
131
132
133
134
135
136
137
138
139
140
141
142
143
144
145
146
147
148
149
150
151
152
153
154
155
156
157
158
159
160
161
162
163
164
165
166
167
168
169
170
171
172
173
174
175
176
177
178
179
180
181
182
183
184
185
186
187
188
189
190
191
192
193
194
195
196
197
198
199
200
201
202
203
204 
Superb Bedfords need more text
Page 107
If you've noticed an error in this article please click here to report it so we can fix it.
GM's Britis, ommercial
AS ITS NAME suggests, this is a history of the Bedford Company, and it starts off by making an interesting comparison. -In 1931, two new British makes of motor vehicle took their bow — Bedford and SS (the future Jaguar). Both were instant successes and neither ever looked back."
In the fashion of many marque histories these days, the book is mainly pictorial. While I am not against this in principle I feel that it has been overdone on this occasion with the paucity of text inviting criticism.
The photographs, however (over 200) are superb, starting with the Bedford-Buick and Chevrolet ancestors and finishing with the "Long HaulTM as featured at the NEC in 1978.
Bedford's honourable mili
tary history is not forgotten and apart from the obvious descriptions of the OY, OLD, OXC models, etc, the author reminds us that the twin-six cylinder engine for the Churchill tank was made by Bedford. I think this is a useful book, but a bit expensive considering the aforementioned lack of text. G.S.M.
Bedford-GM's British Commercial by Michael Sedgwick, is published by Dalton Watson, 76 Wardour Street, London W1V 4AN. Price £7.