An interesting photograph of a 1/2 ton Bedford Coupe Utility in Australia. - at Old Classic Car Forum
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An interesting photograph of a 1/2 ton Bedford Coupe Utility in Australia.
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Bedford PC Coupe Utility.

I've a soft-spot for these Bedford Coupe Utilities, or utes, having bought three utes (2x PC and 1x JC version) from New South Wales (NSW) in 2006. Brian Battle sent this old photograph over of a 1/2 ton Bedford ute that belonged to his father-in-law Ron. Coincidentally his ute was also registered in NSW, BPM 091, but mine didn't come with any record of their original registration numbers. This is the first Bedford PC I've seen fitted with a rear canopy - Ron ran his own painting and decorating business, and used the Bedford for this. It must have been quite an improvement over the motorcycle and sidecar that he previously used for transporting his ladders around.
A Bedford PC Ute
The HC, JC and PC utes were built up in Australia using chassis and front end panels shipped over in kit form from the UK. The cab, with its split windscreen, the suicide doors, and the integral pickup body were built up by Holden and fitted to the English running gear. In the UK, there was no pickup version of the late 1940s, early 1950s, 10/12cwt Bedfords, just a van. Estate car variants were built by outside firms such as Martin Walter. A PC Utilecon by M-W can be seen on the classic estate cars page.
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