The following are Bedford OBs known to be on the road post 2000:
| Registration |
Model |
Owner |
| ACC 629 |
DU 29 1950 |
Bibby, Ingleton |
| ATS 408 |
DU 29 1948 |
Tom Simpson, Killamarsh, Sheffield |
| AYJ 666 |
DU 29 1950 |
Brian McNeill, Todmorden, Lancs |
| BE 02 31 |
DU 25 1950 |
Hotel Kasteel De Vanenburg, Holland |
| BEP 882 |
DU 29 1951 |
Ronald Smallwood, Stoke/Trent |
| BJV 590 |
DU 24 1950 |
Lionel Barnes, Wiltshire |
| CCF648 |
DU 27 1949 |
John Woodham, Ryde, IOW |
| CFV 851 |
DU 29 1948 |
Doug Payne, Benfleet, Essex |
| CUT 465 |
DU 29 1944 |
Simon Dew, Somersham, Cambs |
| DBU 889 |
DU 27 1947 |
Stephen Golynia, Suffolk |
| DJD 217 |
Mul 30 1950 |
Chris Izitt, Harrogate, N.Yorkshire |
| DUD 522 |
DU 1948 |
William Hunter, Tarleton |
| EAJ 679 |
Plax 29 1948 |
Ray Lockett, West Sussex |
| ECT 912 |
DU 29 1950 |
John Powys Jones, Holyhead, Anglesy |
| EHV 65 |
DU 29 1951 |
Pat Saunders, Southampton, Hants |
| ETL 221 |
Plax 29 1950 |
Ken Edwards, Ceredigion, N.Wales |
| FDL 676 |
DU 29 1949 |
Tucker, Borough Bridge (on loan to IOW museum) |
| FFS 867 |
Burl 24 1947 |
Thomas Forsyth, Carluke, Scotland |
| FJB 267 |
DU 29 1949 |
Dr Mark Sleep, Eversley, Hants |
| FNV 705 |
DU 29 1950 |
Harry Glover, Mansfield Notts |
| FWW 596 |
DU 26 1947 |
David Hudson, Shipley, West Yorkshire |
| GCA 747 |
DU 29 1950 |
Warstone Motors Ltd, Walsall, W.Midlands |
| GDL 667 |
DU 29 1950 |
Rod Hibberd, Cirencester, Gloucs |
| GUJ 356 |
DU 29 1950 |
David Meredith, Malpas, Cheshire |
| GWV 101 |
DU 29 1951 |
Len Cooper, Maiden Bradley, Wiltshire |
| GZ 2248 |
OWB 28 1944 |
Warstone Motors. Replica built from ex Ministry of supply OB (KGT 70) |
| HOD 75 |
DU 29 1949 |
Mervyn Annetts, Winchester |
| HOT 339 |
DU 27 1950 |
Bill & Connie Barton, Banbury, Oxon |
| HVJ 203 |
DU 29 1951 |
Mr Boulton, Church Stratton, Shropshire |
| JAB 867 |
DU 29 1950 |
Martin Fortune, Sticklepath, Watchet |
| JBY 804 |
DU 29 1951 |
Cyril Kenzie, Shepreth, Cambs |
| JDV 754 |
DU 23 1947 |
Martin Babb, Barnstaple, Devon |
| JXU 548 |
DU 29 1948 |
Philip Wadley, Malvern, Worcs |
| KEL 679 |
DU 25 1950 |
Jim Adams, Clapton on the Hill, Gloucs |
| KEL 94 |
DU 29 1950 |
Tim Wootton, Grt Horwood, Bucks |
| KGN 433 |
DU 29 1949 |
J Poole & William Brayford, Blackpool |
| KJH 731 |
DU 29 1949 |
Barry Read, Ivybridge, Devon |
| KNN 314 |
DU 29 1949 |
Phil Bissell & K Warburton, Bedworth, Warwickshire |
| KPW 986 |
DU 29 1950 |
Mark & Annette Withers, Somerset |
| LBP 500 |
DU 29 1952 |
Robert Risk, Plymouth, Devon |
| LDF 833 |
DU 29 1952 |
A Garaghty & R Messenger, Desborough, Northants |
| LDV 483 |
DU 29 1950 |
Andrew Higgs, Cheltenham, Gloucs |
| LJO 757 |
DU 27 1950 |
Ken Howard, Upminster, Essex |
| LKH 429 |
DU 29 1950 |
Russell Cook, Worfield Bridge, Shropshire |
| LNA 367 |
DU 29 1950 |
Vin Moseley (PCV), Pontefract, S. Yorks |
| LRL 660 |
DU 29 1949 |
Robin Ealson, Surrey |
| LSU 857 |
Mull 28 1946 |
John Yonge, Richmond,London |
| LTA 750 |
DU 27 1949 |
Tim Wootton, Gt Horwood, Bucks |
| LTA 752 |
DU 27 1950 |
Graham West, Southampton, Hampshire |
| LTA 904 |
DU 27 1949 |
Patrick Edwards, Clanfield, Oxon |
| LTA 906 |
DU 29 1949 |
Ron Greet, Totnes, Devon |
| LTB 907 |
DU 29 1949 |
Peter Ingall, Market Rasen, Lincs |
| LYB 941 |
DU 1949 |
Nostalgia Travel, Oxford |
| LYC 731 |
DU 29 1950 |
Eric Jones, Caernarfon, Clwyd |
| MFM 39 |
DU 29 1951 |
Trevor Smallwood, North Somerset (NEW owner Nov 08) |
| MHU 193 |
Mull 31 1950 |
Dr Mike Walker, Nr Wells, Avon |
| MHU 52 |
DU 30 1950 |
Ron Greet, Totnes, Devon |
| MSJ 606 |
DU 27 1949 |
Kevin Gamlen, Bristol, Avon |
| MYB 33 |
DU 29 1950 |
Stuart Jones, Spalding, Lincs (NEW owner Apr 08) |
| NBH 746 |
DU 1948 |
Telford, Coleraine, N. Ireland |
| NTW 706 |
DU 1948 |
Harrrington Coaches, Bedworth |
| PPC 275 |
DU 29 1951 |
Brian McNiel, Todmorden, Lancs |
| PV 9371 |
DU 27 1949 |
Ipswich Transport Museum, Kebcote, Ipswich |
| SS 7376 |
DU 29 1949 |
Peter Shipp, Hull, Humberside |
| TMY 700 |
DU 29 1949 |
Andrew Lodge, Chelmsford, Essex |
| ZV 50203 |
DU 29 1949 |
Frank Devereux, Dublin S. Ireland (NEW owner Nov 07) |
| J 7247 |
DU 29 1950 |
Tantivy Blue, St Helier, Jersey |
| 1949 MN |
DU 29 1950 |
Protours (Isle of Man Ltd), Douglas, IOM |
| 1950 MN |
DU 29 1950 |
Protours (Isle of Man Ltd), Douglas, IOM |
| 5695 P |
DU 29 1949 |
Rik Vanheusden, Belgium |
| BCB 872 |
DU 29 1949 |
Frank Bruyninckx, Belgium |
| BPU 558 |
DU 29 1949 |
Frank Bruyninckx, Belgium |
| BE 52 07 |
DU 29 1949 |
Hans Bezemar, Holland |
| BE 50 08 |
DU 29 1948 |
G Tap, Amersfoot, Holland |
The following are Bedfords which are know to have been on the road in recent times or currently in restoration:
| Registration |
Model |
Owner |
| BCK 893 |
DU 29 1949 |
Rik Vanhusden, Belgium |
| BWG 39 |
SMT 25 1948 |
Edward George, Fife, Scotland |
| BRN 654 |
DU 29 1947 |
Richard Mackirdy, London |
| DFX 932 |
Mul 28 1948 |
Rodney Tolhurst, Maidstone, Kent |
| ERG 164 |
DU 29 1950 |
Tom Simpson, Sheffield |
| ESL 175 |
DU 29 1948 |
Chris Triggs, New Forest |
| ETL 373 |
DU 1950 |
G Atkin, Market Rasen, Lincoln |
| FSA 232 |
DU 29 1949 |
David Atkins, Upper Boddington |
| FUT 58 |
DU 29 1949 |
David Winstanley, Bedford |
| GAL 967 |
OWB 29 1944 |
T Johnson, Worksop, Notts |
| HGE 219 |
DU 29 1950 |
Jeff & Linda Cook, Wincanton, Somerset |
| HTC 661 |
SMT 1947 |
County Hopper, Ibstock |
| HYP 722 |
DU 29 1947 |
Ken Wills, Crediton, Devon |
| JFJ 939 |
DU 1949 |
R Dale, Colchester |
| JWU 307 |
DU 29 1950 |
Martin Hawkins, Clophill, Bedfordshire |
| JUE 860 |
DU 29 1949 |
Kenzies, Shepreth, Cambs (NEW owner Nov 09) |
| KAD 882 |
DU 29 1950 |
Stephen Cook, Ventnor, IOW |
| KDD 846 |
Bedford OB 1950 |
D Lewis, Gwent |
| KJH 492 |
DU 29 1948 |
Peter Chandler, Darlington |
| KUP 234 |
DU 29 1948 |
Peter Chandler, Darlington |
| KYE 905 |
DU 29 1950 |
Tony Peters, Croydon |
| LRB 750 |
BAR 29 1948 |
Brian McNeill, Todmorden, Lancs |
| LTA 748 |
DU 29 1950 |
Collin Billington, Fifield, Berkshire |
| LTT 913 |
DU 29 1949 |
Bart Keaney, Hepworth, Suffolk |
| LUR 446 |
DU 1950 |
John Preston, Cradley |
| MRB 765 |
DU 29 1949 |
Tom Simpson, Killamarsh, Sheffield |
| MYA 525 |
DU 27 1950 |
Andrew Higgs, Cheltenham, Gloucs |
| SS 7486 |
DU 29 1949 |
Edward George, Fife, Scotland |
| SS 7501 |
DU 29 1950 |
Edward George, Fife, Scotland |
| VMK 200 |
DU Caravan 1951 |
Tony Grimes, Andover, Hants |
| WG 9833 |
OWB 1943 |
Peter Chandler, Darlington |
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