A look at the dashboard
Only the most necassary attributes have been left. Almost everything is removed. The top looks nice for a modern camper, but this bus is about 35 years old, so there is one thing for me to do: Remove the wood!
Only the most necassary attributes have been left. Almost everything is removed. The top looks nice for a modern camper, but this bus is about 35 years old, so there is one thing for me to do: Remove the wood!
This is a picture from the interior of another Bedford. Also in restauration. Klick on the picture to enlarge. Special thanks to Duncan Margetts, Australia
This is a picture of the dashboard as it has to be. This picture is from the manual. ("HANDLEIDING bedford" from October 1969)
This is a picture of the dashboard
of another type of Bedford bus: an OB from the 50's.
It gives me an idea of how to finish the dashboard.
A look backwards.
This is the backside of the
interior. This will been kept. as it is. Only the backside-window
has to be found.
The interior did look like this to the
backside This picture is from another type of bus, but
it has given me an idea of how it has to be. I realy think
that the back-window should have another shape.
It happened to be
like this
This was the interior.
(With special thanks to the RAF-museum in London)This
is from a Right Hand Drive-bus, but that is just
a little detail.At least I know now how to reach
the accu. As you can see these windows are a little
different with the windows of our bus.
In such an old
bus like our Bedford it doesn't like when ther is
a modern radio at the dashboard. This old radio
looks better. This is a radio, fitted with tubes
instead of transistors and is still working. I don't
know how old this radio is but for about 20 years
ago I have used it into an old Citroen Traction
Avant.