1944 Bedford QLD

1944 Bedford QLD in The Salvage Gang, Movie, 1958

Class: Trucks, Simple truck — Model origin:

Minor action vehicle or used in only a short scene

Author	Message
dsl ◊ 2014-01-06 20:27	Early 54 plate, appropriately from Bedfordshire, but useless for dating the ex-WW2 truck.
kudos ◊ 2014-01-06 20:33	1941 onwards.
Sunbar ◊ 2015-06-08 11:24	Front mud-guard external brackets fitted so probably after January-July 1944.
dsl ◊ 2020-05-23 23:27	Captures from a short DVD documentary about John Krish, the film's director: ... and then something odd seems to happen for the rest of the journey - the rear bodywork gets noticeably darker, as visible on many entries already posted and - 2 trucks used?? Or same truck which got repainted between sequences??
jcb ◊ 2020-05-24 09:02	Looks like same truck with repainted body for some reason as cab same paint throughout. The kids don't paint it do they ? -- Last edit: 2020-05-24 09:03:11
dsl ◊ 2020-05-24 16:58	I can't answer that as I've only seen a collage of short extracts within something else. As I understand it, the Bedford makes a single continuous trip across London with one kid's bed in the back, and the gang follow its journey by jumping on the bus. So no way it could get repainted.