alixcompo Posted January 14, 2012 Share Posted January 14, 2012 If anyone has a copy of Barts then I have a favour to ask... Please Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Degsy Posted January 14, 2012 Share Posted January 14, 2012 Which one? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Willyslancs Posted January 14, 2012 Share Posted January 14, 2012 barts what ?................ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alixcompo Posted January 14, 2012 Author Share Posted January 14, 2012 Not sure which one but if you have a copy of the Bedford Bible the I need to know the build date od a Bedford CA MK1 chassis number CAV 102890. It may have been a Naval bus Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rippo Posted January 14, 2012 Share Posted January 14, 2012 Hello, The bedford bible, only has the chassis numbers for the war time models, not much on the CA. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Runflat Posted January 14, 2012 Share Posted January 14, 2012 His "Bedford & Vauxhall Military Vehicles" book doesn't provide that sort of detail - it has a solitary entry for the CA, which says: In April 1952, Vauxhall Motors introduced their rather quaint-looking but successful semi-forward control CA-series panel van. As the years went by, alternative bodystyles became available and periodic detail modifications were made. After 17 years and 370,445 units, the CA was replaced by the CF. The basic model CAV van was used for various types of specialized vehicles, particularly for passeneger transport and camping purposes. The best known were Utilabus, Utilabrake, Utilecon, Workabus and others, converted by Martin Walker Ltd of Folkestone, Kent and marketed through Vauxhall-Bedford dealers. The CA used the 4-cyl. engine and certain other components of the contempory Vauxhalls, first the Wyvern and from 1957 the F-type Victor. The Royal Navy was one of the few military users. This photo [21RN21], taken in early 1956, shows one of eight Utilecons operated by the Royal Naval Dockyard at Chatham, who also had six standard vans. They were used to ferry personnel and for regular runs to and from London railway stations and airports... The Army Medical Services has some ambulances based on the long-wheelbase CA chassis which was made as from 1959. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alixcompo Posted January 14, 2012 Author Share Posted January 14, 2012 I would guess that my Utilicon is between Sept 57' and Aug '58 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alixcompo Posted January 15, 2012 Author Share Posted January 15, 2012 Many thanks for looking chaps. Seems a bit of a long shot but there is a chance my van was a Navy runabout Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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