tk bedfords

After informtion on tk bedfords did they make different carrying capacity trucks. My son found one with only a 2tonne carrying capacity 213 engine and 4 speed gearbox 16inch wheels. any help will be great

G'day steamnut

Yes they did make different weight ranges in the Beddies
I am not right up with the model numbers variations though.

I have seen various combinations:
16" / 20" wheels
4 and 5 speed gearboxes
Single and 2 speed diffs
6cyl. 214ci / 300ci 8 cyl. 253ci petrol engines
330cu / 500ci diesels, maybe leyland? 400ci

thats about all i have there..

chocs

Shame on you Chocs!!!
What about the almight 6v53 GM?
(the only motor guarranteed to never rust!)These trucks were years ahead of anything else.......... even had an RR in them......... no, not Rolls Royc............

No Shame here ol mate...
I'll get ya on a technicality i reckon..

Here goes...

Mate said TK not KM
Hows that for a slide sideways


chocs

thanks chocs and bruce99 for the information, will go and see the truck, once again the site has been very helpfull keep up the good work.

peter

You're probably right with the KM name............ I called mine a lot of other choice names.
Couldn't even keep festoon globes in the glovebox without them breaking!

Quote............ I called mine a lot of other choice names.
Couldn't even keep festoon globes in the glovebox without them breaking!

sounds like they had the same ergonomics as a leyland i remember once as a passenger i was having a snooze on the hume highway with my head "rested" against the door window..needless to say after the truck hit a pothole i had swollen cheek for 3 weeks

..bruce 99 .. drove a TK furniture van in the early eighties for a crowd in thomastown (melb)...bloody great 10.00 -20's (rags) with an industrial 308 holden motor, freezing cold in the (draughty) cab and all through them cold months the cheapo wibroc style mirrors would rattle and shake for a long time in the morning before the steer tyres had properly warmed up..i guess due to the overhanging luton peak...

i always said to myself... ''what a bloody heap''.. but i guess she was long past her use by date, even for this crowd, all those (30) years ago..

30 years ago Detecta.....

the ol TK would have still been under warrantee!
you'll have Deadly on the warpath...


chocs

.. i think it was about a 1971 model...very rudimentary...and buggered ! :'( :'(