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1976 Bedford MK 4-Tonne GS 4x4 Cargo Truck

1976 Bedford MK in Dragon Wasps, Movie, 2012

Class: Trucks, Simple truck — Model origin:

1976 Bedford MK 4-Tonne GS 4x4 Cargo Truck

Vehicle used by a character or in a car chase

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stronghold ◊ 2012-10-23 18:25	Bedford used by American troops in South America?
carcrasher88 ◊ 2012-10-23 18:26	Military version of a TK?
stronghold ◊ 2012-10-23 18:27	Yep, I always forget the name!
Gag Halfrunt ◊ 2012-10-23 18:43	The film was made in Belize, so it could be ex-British army.
kudos ◊ 2012-10-23 18:57	Bedford MK (1971-1981) or a later MJ (September 1982 onwards) 4x4 GS 4 tonne cargo truck. They are outwardly identical, though the later MJ used a 6 cylinder 5.5 litre 330 Turbo diesel engine, replacing the MK's multifuel engine. This style of Bedford griffin badge was introduced in 1976 if I remember correctly, so I would list this as a 1976 Bedford MK 4 tonne GS 4x4 cargo truck.
dsl ◊ 2012-10-23 19:08	kudos wrote This style of Bedford griffin badge was introduced in 1976 if I remember correctly It would be useful to confirm that date to see if it might help sort out some of our huge pile of undated TKs.
kudos ◊ 2012-10-23 19:28	OK, I've came up with this basic list of yearly changes for the TK: 1958-1968 - silver griffin badge on a black plastic background, amber ''lollipop'' indicators. 1969-1971 - new simplified 'two-piece' indicators with the old style 'B E D F O R D' lettering above the grille. 1972-1975 - white 'BEDFORD' lettering on the grille. 1976-1986 - new red Bedford griffin badge without the black plastic background. There are likely to be other changes I have missed, so I would be very grateful for any further info on this. -- Last edit: 2012-10-23 19:29:49
Sandie ◊ 2012-10-23 19:30	Thanks for that
dsl ◊ 2012-10-27 13:00	As above, TKs now done as much as I can: the indicator format was the most used distinction, although others worked as well. Still gives us a big block of unseparable 58-68 - noticed that many of these have grilles in black or white as well as body colour, and a few have white B E D F O R D letters above grille instead of chrome. Do those give dating elements?

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