Bedford TK Beer truck

Bedford TK in Alexander Zwo, TV Series, 1972-1973 Ep. 1.2

Class: Trucks, Simple truck — Model origin: — Built in:

Background vehicle

Author	Message
dsl ◊ 2023-08-19 15:52	They built TKs in Belgium - this one looks newer than 62 - mirrors, no whiskers - maybe close to film date??
jcb ◊ 2023-09-15 15:27	TK's were very popular in the drinks trade throughout Europe. Guess because of low easy access cab with three seats. Also when introduced 1960 a state of the art truck. That was then made unchanged for 20+ years and this is maybe why there is virtually no UK truck industry now ! -- Last edit: 2023-09-15 15:33:29
mike962 ◊ 2023-09-15 17:33	JCB wrote That was then made unchanged for 20+ years and this is maybe why there is virtually no UK truck industry now ! doesn't the UK military have to use german MAN trucks now ??? Churchill would turn in his grave now
jcb ◊ 2023-09-16 10:01	Yes they do- the main British Army truck is now the MAN HX and the engine management systems can be controlled and even turned off from Germany by MAN ! So Germany controls the British Army -- Last edit: 2023-09-16 10:05:49
johnfromstaffs ◊ 2023-09-16 15:08	JCB wrote So Germany controls the British Army Except for those vehicles powered by Cummins. (CVRT and whatever they call the FV430 these days). And, of course the Warrior. Don’t know about the MBTs now, but there are probably only about 6 left. -- Last edit: 2023-09-16 15:14:35