Having played on old scrap Bedford A and D types as a kid I always had it in my mind I would love to own a Bedford of my own. That particular aspiration is one that I’m now unlikely to fulfil. I have, however, owned a 1961 Bedford CA now for some years.
My CAL, registration 7498BY, was supplied newJanuary 1959, though from January to July 1959 the windscreen was slightly different. It’s also a Utilabrake, one of a number of similar conversions by Martin Walter of Folkestone, comprising a second row of front-facing seats giving almost car-like comfort plus, in the back, inward-facing wooden seats that were fine for occasional short-distance use. Mine, however, is now a bit different inside.
