Bedford M series

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Bedford MSD

The Bedford M-Series was a truck chassis that Bedford had manufactured since 1939. The chassis had rear-wheel drive and was designed for a payload of 2 to 3 tons. There were two wheelbases, 3,048 mm and 3,632 mm. In any case, it was powered by an in-line six-cylinder petrol engine

The engine power was transferred to the floating rear axle via a single-disc dry clutch, a manual four-speed gearbox and a worm gear. The hydraulically operated brakes came from Lockheed and are equipped with a brake booster.

There were seven variants of the M series:

MS - short wheelbase 3,048 mm
  • MSZ: chassis without body
  • MSC: chassis with driver's cab
  • MSD: side tipper
  • MST: normal tipper
ML - long wheelbase 3,632 mm
  • MLZ: chassis without body
  • MLC: chassis with driver's cab
  • MLD: side tipper

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