Bedford World

Many of the Bedford TJ's seen in Kabul originated in Pakistan as can be seen

in our first photo of a typical Pakistan lorry forming a backdrop to the vegetable sellers on the street.

Photo copyright Noor Khan

If,  like me you enjoy a glass or three of Argentinian wine,  it most likey came from the Mendoza Region  and in that case the grapes most likely traveled to the winery on a Bedford TJ !

Many growers rely on the trusty Bedford to get their hasrvest to the winery each autumn

Heading home, the loaded TJ based people carriers leave the down town parking lot at Accra.

The headboards appear to be a feature of Ghanain transport contractors with their unusual slogan headboards.

This TJ has mixed uses, sometimes a truck carrying its goods and sometimes an open bus.

MALTA, the beautiful Mediterranean oasis of old British cars, lorries  and buses

will be the venue for the Bedford Register & Drivers Club's first International Gathering of Bedford vehicles, both preserved and working on Saturday 6th October.

So what better place to start than by checking out some of our favoiurite photographers view of Maltese transport that is exclusively Bedford.

Follow these links for the best in Matese Bedford photographs

Ashley Lovering  - A self confessed Welsh Maltaphile who lives in Swansea and spends more time holidaying in Malta than most of spend in Tesco. He also organises the National Transport Festival of Wales.  There is alink to this on Ashley's page.

Peter Skerry  -   Peter loves Malta so much he has become a resident having taken early retirement. Peter has made many friends on the islands  and is helping with the organisation of the Maltas Bedford Festival.

Peter Relf  -  Peter is known as one of the most prolific bus photographers over the last 40 years, and through this interest, he has also found himself drawn to Malta whenever he can make it.  Peter also runs the Maltacommercials Yahoo group,  click here to visit and hopefully join  this group...its free of course !

The TJ can be found all over Morocco as can be seen with this low sided tipper.

Another TJ with low height dump tipper body in slightly better condition.

Mauritius boats a wide range of Bedfords, mostly TJ's used in the farmlands, but this TL is a "towny" and is registered 1127YB 86

The last thing you would expect to see in the middle of the Indian Ocean is a "Stop me and Buy One" Bedford CF ice cream van with Cummins bodywork, but here it is still with its British logos. 

Pakistan has always been an important market for Bedfords  and a thriving business in customising vehicle, both buses and lorries, mostly on TJ chassis

to owners requirements has  sprung up.

As we have a nice selection of photos of Bedfords in Pakistan, we invite you to join Mohammed Noor Khan, our photographer on a trip through Pakistan on the following page by clicking the title in red

Noor Kham's Pakistan Trucks

Little wonder that this TJ is carring a warning exclamation mark sign above the cab. Whilst the load of brushwood is not heavy, is is certainly bulky.