Type of vehicle ............................................. Bedford CA Ambulance
Approx. date of manufacture........................ 1965
Overall length............................................... 14 ft 2ins
Width ........................................................... 6ft 1ins
Height............................................................ 7ft 8ins
Wheel base.................................................... 8ft 6ins
Unladen weight.............................................. 30 Cwt
Gross weight................................................. N/A
Turning circle................................................ 37 ft
Carrying capacity.......................................... 2 stretchers or 4 seated
Present colour............................................... Cream
Interior colour............................................... White
Special features Fully equipped
Bedford CA Ambulance of a type
made from the mid fifties until the late sixties. It is fully equipped with
period medical equipment including carrying and wheeled stretchers, carry chair
and two types of respirator. It also has an appropriate two way radio of the
type used by the emergency services of the time.