1958 Bedford O type flatbed truck, petrol with Tangye hot tu...

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£15,000 - £20,000

1958 Bedford O type flatbed truck, petrol with Tangye hot tube Stationary Engine. Registration number EWF 890. Chassis number OLAD52802.
Sold with the V5C, keys.
Mid -1939 saw a complete revamp of Bedford's product range; it consisted of the K (30–40 cwt), MS and ML (2–3 ton), OS and OL (3–4 ton), OS/40 and OL/40 (5 ton) series, and the OB bus.
Post WWII the pre-war K, M and O types continued in production alongside the heavier S types until 1953. Vauxhall had already gone for a transatlantic styling with its E Model Wyvern and Velox saloons, and Bedford followed suit with its mid-range of trucks in 1953. Designated as the TA series, the new range were mechanically very similar to their predecessors, but featured a new Chevrolet-inspired cab.
EWF was purchased by our vendor c.1973 and has been fully restored with new wiring, a rebuilt engine (some 6000 miles ago) and the bodywork repaired and painted. The interior is original. In good running order it is currently being used to display a Tangye Hot Tube stationary engine, c.1910, serial number 24931BR, 57" diameter wheel, open crank, in running order.
Provenance of the Tangye, installed in a joiners shop, c.1910 in Barlow, near Selby, unused from 1935 until it was removed in 1970 and subsequently restored.