Update

30 maart 2003.




At the bottom of the bus.
You can see clearly now what is left of the exhaust.



The frontside.
You can see the eagle, which is the logo of the RAF. It didn't look so good, so I have removed it.



This label, which was mounted somewere at the top of the interior helped me to find out about the history of the bus.


 

At first the Bedford should be inspected.
Most of the time car-restorers begin with restoring the body and then bring it to the garage to inspect it. I did this because the chassis and the body were in a very good condition.
As you can see on the picture, the big hole at the backside is closed.
What to do for the APK-inspection:
*The brake-servo was broken, so no pressure,
*No backlights,
*No brakelights,
*No direction-lights back,
*Direction-lights at the front broken,
*No great light,
*glas headlights broken,
*Citylights broken,
*No accuhouse,
*Exhaust was broken
*Door at the right-side was welded,
*elektrical wiring not vastened everywhere (Inside and outside),
*1 bad tyre at the back,
*claxon didn't work,
*1 wiper,
*brake-tubes broken,
And a few other little things.
Monday september the 30th of 2002 he has inspected again
1 brake at the front side was poor.
I have repaired it and on tuesday oktober the 1st of 2002 he wil be tested again.
Then the roof has to be made original.
When this is done, it should look much better.




 
The brake-servo. This one was broken. But I had a spare.

HOERA

1 oktober 2002.
Yes Yes. At last.
The Bedford is now APK-OK


 

The top.

As known, the roof has to be restored. On this picture you can see how the roof has to be made.
I have found an original Bedford J1 manual which helped me very much with the technical part of the restoration. Of course it is in the Dutch language, because I live in Holland.
I have scanned the most important pages and put it on this site. I hope this manual can help other Bedford J1-owners with the restoration.