Sunday, May 27, 2012 at 22:20
Trish - Don Kyatt sold his last new Bedford parts around the year 2000. I have a 1980 "E" series Bedford (the last version of the "TK" series forward control model), and I got some of the last new parts available from Holden, for my Bedford, off Don Kyatt about that time.
The parts blokes were throwing all the Bedford parts books out, as Holdens had declared all Australian Bedford parts "NLA" ex-factory (No Longer Available).
20 years after the last vehicle of that model is produced, is the general manufacturers time limit for all parts to become NLA.
Fortunately, there's aftermarkets parts suppliers and a huge amount of NOS (New, Old Stock) parts all over the world. Engine, transmission and drivetrain parts are usually available fairly readily, from aftermarket suppliers.
Not surprisingly, there's still a vast number of old Bedfords still working in
places such as Turkey, Afghanistan, Pakistan, the Middle East and many African countries. There are parts manufacturers in
places such as Turkey, manufacturing new parts for the old Bedfords as far back as the late 1940's models.
Cheers - Ron.
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