1959 Bedford CA Ice Cream Van Smith's Mk2

1959 Bedford CA Mk2 in The Uncle, Movie, 1965

Class: Cars, Van / MPV — Model origin:

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Author	Message
50sParis ◊ 2018-09-07 15:08
HWJOE ◊ 2018-09-07 16:21	Bedford CA??
johnfromstaffs ◊ 2018-09-07 19:06	Yes it is a CA Mk2, but with specialist ice cream van coachwork by unknown, (to me at any rate).
Animatronixx ◊ 2019-08-01 00:21	It's Smith Delivery Vehicles, Ltd. of Gateshead.
dsl ◊ 2019-08-04 03:07	Eyebrow raised slightly - film is Plymouth, and Gateshead is about as far away as you can get in Englandshire. Any less distant alternatives??
Animatronixx ◊ 2019-08-04 03:27	I currently have no better suggestion.
Sunbar ◊ 2019-08-06 11:36	Smiths ice cream vans and mobile shops were common throughout the UK. So Bedford CA chassis-front end delivered from Luton to Gateshead then back down-south as an ice-cream van. Chassis-front ends were often delivered by a driver sitting on a wooden 'seat' wearing motor-bike leathers and goggles! They then had to find their own way back to Luton often by thumbing lifts from trucks. By the mid-1960s van deliveries from Luton by British Railways was more common on special flat-topped open wagons. Vauxhall/Bedford would therefore give the contract for vehicle delivery to either a car delivery company for cars, vans, trucks and passenger chassis or the railways would deliver cars and vans, for a car delivery company to deliver at the other end. -- Last edit: 2019-08-06 11:58:33
Animatronixx ◊ 2019-08-07 00:20	@Sunbar Thanks for all that insightful information! Much appreciated.