1961 BEDFORD CA VAN
Estimate: £10,000 - £12,000
- V5 present
- MoT exempt
- Chassis number: 192551
- Engine size: 1595cc
This green Bedford CA van is a 4-speed, 1.6-litre model, which is offered on behalf of a film company. It comes with a few old tax discs, original instruction book and a service booklet (unstamped) which suggests it was first sold by E.A.W. Davis & Sons in Ringwood, Hampshire. The V5C shows 4 former keepers.
The van has seen many deployments on set, including The Theory of Everything, Muppets Most Wanted, On Chesil Beach, Lockwood & Co, Miss Marple and The Hour. It also appeared as a main character vehicle in Call The Midwife, Endeavour and Prime Suspect 1973.
The latest MoT was passed with no advisories in 2017 at 65,954 miles, and today the odometer shows 66,364. As a historic vehicle it is now exempt from testing requirements. First registration was on 1st January 1961.
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