Fast Bedford Van

[kevin the chicken]

Did anyone see fith gear the other night? I don't usually watch it but there was nothing else on.

There was a guy on who ran a company called wacky racers who had built a 1980s bedford van with a calibra turbo engine. They gave it bit of a try out and then put it up against a 500 odd horsepower Bentley they were road testing in a drag race. The Bentley won but it was very close, looked like inches at the flag. It's probably available on demand if you look. I think he said that it was his everyday transport.

[Bob Tucker]

Was it this one?

http://www.motortrend.com/news/modified-british-van-invades-drag-week-in-latest-hot-rod-unlimited-281905/#british-bedford-van-during-drag-week-smoking-tires2

 

 

Edited May 17, 2016 by Bob Tucker

[Bob Tucker]

More info.....

http://thehotrodgazette.blogspot.co.uk/2013/01/from-west-midlands-to-wild-west.html

[kevin the chicken]

Brilliant. I might get spirit of day off award if I get this engine out today. Found one wacky piece of engineering already, the support for the clutch cable at the bottom end is a piece of bar with a deep 10mm or similar socket welded to it. That might stay because it looks solid and is out of sight but the cable will definitely not be going back through the carb linkage. Got a new long one to go on.

[Kerry]

I had a Bedford HA as my first car.