Type of vehicle ............................................. Bedford KD Truck
Approx. date of manufacture........................ 1950
Overall length............................................... 16 ft 4ins
Width ............................................................ 6ft 1ins
Height............................................................ 6ft 8ins
Wheel base.................................................... 10ft 0ins
Unladen weight ............................................. 1 Ton 15 Cwt
Gross weight................................................. 3 Tons
Turning circle................................................ 43 ft
Carrying capacity.......................................... 1 Ton
Present colour............................................... Green
Interior colour............................................... Green
Special features............................................ None
Small Truck, one of the most
common trucks on the road in the forties and fifties, and there were still some
in service until the mid sixties, when their petrol engines made them uneconomic
to use commercially.
Without its sides it can look
like a very small lorry, but with sides on and a dummy load it can look quite
large. Although fully restored it is usually kept in a dirtied down condition
complete with painted on rust.
