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1988 AWD Bedford TJ Series

1988 AWD Bedford TJ Series in The Last King of Scotland, Movie, 2006 IMDB

Class: Trucks, Simple truck — Model origin: UK — Made for: EAU

1988 AWD Bedford TJ Series

Pos: 00:51:46 [*][*] Minor action vehicle or used in only a short scene 

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antp BE

◊ 2007-04-05 23:53

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I suppose that these are the AWD/Beford J6 mentionned by duncan_m on the main movie page?

valiant1962 AU

◊ 2007-04-06 01:19

 Definitely a J series Bedford of some sort

bent8rover UK

◊ 2007-04-06 01:42

 Agreed. Would it have been locally built? Could they have used a real Bedford or an AWD?

Gag Halfrunt UK

◊ 2007-04-06 01:47
bent8rover wrote Agreed. Would it have been locally built? Could they have used a real Bedford or an AWD?

I'm pretty sure that's an AWD badge on the grille.

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-- Last edit: 2007-04-06 01:50:39

Raul1983 FI

◊ 2009-02-08 19:38
Quote Anachronisms: In the scene where the President and the Doctor travel to Entebbe airport in the soft-top Mercedes and are ambushed - two white Bedford trucks block them to the front and the rear. The trucks are AWD Bedford's with a silver AWD logo mounted on the front. AWD took over Bedford trucks only in 1989 some 10-years after Amin was removed from Uganda (in 1979).


Is AWD actually a brand name ?

Sunbar UK

◊ 2009-02-08 20:07

 AWD (Bedford) Limited was the company name and 'AWD' the brand name of the company that purchased the Bedford truck business and Dunstable factory as a going concern from GM.
edit: GM refused to sell the Bedford name but AWD included it in their company name as being the location Bedford rather than the GM brand.

Reputedly 'AWD' stood for All Wheel Drive and was owned by local business people rather than another larger organisation or multi-national. Its main focus was the military market for UK 4-wheel drive trucks, the current contracts normally awarded to Bedford trucks. It failed to win future UK military contracts and lost out to Leyland. Not surprising since Leyland was being supported by the UK government. The business was sold to Marshals of Cambridge and scaled down.

As such this is really an AWD J5 truck rather than a Bedford J5.

-- Last edit: 2009-02-08 20:26:45

Sunbar UK

◊ 2009-10-19 13:29

 "AWD Bedford" TJ Series (from 1988) as this brochure...

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edit: As seen here export versions were "AWD Bedford" but for brand ownership reasons, in the UK the civilian trucks were "AWD" only military trucks were permitted by GM to be badged "AWD Bedford".

-- Last edit: 2014-12-16 14:30:02

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