Bedford MW
Bedford MW in The Clue of the Missing Ape, Short Movie, 1953
Class: Trucks, Simple truck — Model origin: 
00:13:11 ![[*]](/res/star.png){kind=small}
Minor action vehicle or used in only a short scene
Comments about this vehicle
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◊ 2024-07-29 21:54 |
![[Image: 13-11truckb.jpg]](http://pics.imcdb.org/10314/24/13-11truckb.jpg) ![[Image: 13-11truckc.jpg]](http://pics.imcdb.org/10314/24/13-11truckc.jpg) ![[Image: 13-11truckd.jpg]](http://pics.imcdb.org/10314/24/13-11truckd.jpg) My plate bible says there were no Gib military numbers - they fell within UK sequences. RG apparently was "1949 B and D Vehs and earlier models rebuilt during that year". |
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◊ 2024-07-29 21:57 |
39+ MV. |
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◊ 2024-07-29 22:05 |
Clip here. |
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◊ 2024-07-30 08:13 |
RG reg. description rebuilt wartime truck would fit this early war MW. Note it still has aero type screens and canopy hood so guess it was based in sunny Gibraltar. -- Last edit: 2024-07-30 08:22:20 |
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◊ 2024-07-30 08:28 |
Being looking at our MWs and a lot of post war films feature areo screen MWs right up to 1958 at least. This surprises me as they were known as ' pneumonia wagons ' by troops as no proper weather protection. There was a canopy but no proper windscreen. So canopy collected the snow rain etc over the passengers ! A popular mod was to fill the gap between aero screens with perspex as seen on this one. But there was still a big gap between top of aero screens and canopy. Wiki has change from aero screens to full windscreen and canopy as 1943 . I thought it was earlier. -- Last edit: 2024-07-30 08:31:39 |
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◊ 2024-07-31 22:40 |
The closed cab was introduced before or during 1942 as evidenced by the three Bedford MWs in the 1942 film 'Market Town' seen driving through Newark in Nottinghamshire. This assumes the British Council Film date is accurate. I guess the aero screen version was always available for hot climates. |
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◊ 2024-08-01 17:49 |
You mean Wiki can be wrong !  I thought the closed cab replaced aero screens as even the closed cab was all canvas and removable. I will consult my Bart book .gif ":)") -- Last edit: 2024-08-01 17:49:48 |
