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I'm normally a blabbermouth, but just got back night before last from 2+ weeks travelling to, racing, and returning from Monterrey, Mexico.

It's good to be home!

65 kph? That's horrible! What kind of engine has only that potential? Oh never mind, it's British... :D Sorry mum! (My dad is English and my mother a Scot... :roll: ) I remember those Bedfords from when I was a kid in East Africa. So slow the matatus could pass them going uphill! Sorry Rayzle, the b...

Welcome aboard! Are you part of this Bedford housetruck group from NZ? Stan

Since it is illegal to have passengers in a trailer on the highway

Depends on the State. In some States it is legal if you have "communication" between the tractor and the trailer.

Wow, really nice Kevin!

That makes sense. IIRC, up through '54 the engines were pretty anemic compared to the '55 and later. And my truck may have been a 2-ton. It certainly looked like yours, except for having a one-piece windshield.

Wow Sharkey, I still have my copy of Shelter. Six dollars plus 60 cents postage and handling in 1973...

Those are great trucks, Mark! Some years ago I had a '55 Chevy 1-ton with the pressure lubricated 235 inline-6, and I was always amazed at how good of a job that 6-banger did. Did your truck have a later 55-63 engine, or the original splash-lubricated one? The earlier ones wouldn't turn many RPMs an...

Please don't!!!

My German is MUCH better than my Southern...

Sharkey, is that you man...?

Peo, please post some pics of the inside of your bus. Thanks!

Sharkey wrote:Boy, has it ever been slow around here for the last week, no new posts since last Friday...

Waddya mean, "slow" ... we've been waiting for the great race installment for a week!

There is a good synopsis of State and Provincial motorhome laws here.

California has a provision for issuing a CDL for RVs and other not-for-hire vehicles operated above 26k GVWR. Written and basic driving test, IIRC, but no formal school requirement. Anyone operating a vehicle over that weight in Cali is supposed to have one, but the rule is routinely ignored. The te...

Suggestions? Sure!

Not calling people's houses "weird" would be a nice place to start...