1940
BEDFORD
OXD 30cwt GS Lorry GMO 768
Acquired
in October 2011.
Known history: Previous owner Mike Humphreys who bought it from Shane
Lock in Devon in 2008. It was transported to Yorkshire by Bob Davies Transport
Taunton
.
Rescued from a scrapyard by the previous
owner Ken Willey and restored by him in the 1990’s.
First ordered by the Army in 1939 and in limited production throughout the
War. After 1940 mainly OXC tractor units were built. In total some 24, 429 in
all guises were built which is approximately a third of the number of the
larger OY.
Very few are known to exist, perhaps only 3 or 4. Most were worked to death
after the War ended. Only two are listed in the 1981 book of Preserved
Military Vehicles by Keith Jenkinson.
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