Bedford TA

The Bedford TA (also called Bedford A) is a light/medium duty truck/van made by Bedford from 1953 to 1958.

History
Bedford truck

The TA was an attempt by GMC to bring the Chevrolet Advance Design to European markets (at the same time as the Blitz), it featured almost the same design as the Advance-Design however the grille was more similar to the GMC New Design, most variations of the vehicle were rebadged versions of the GMC 4100. It was also used by the Danish army. [1]

By 1956 the truck was beaten in popularity by the Opel Blitz, which was also a rebadged Chevy Advance Design. A few rebadged versions of the Chevrolet 3100 were made but almost none of them survived, as most restored Bedford TAs were rebadged versions of bigger Chevrolet trucks.

In 1958 the Bedford TA was discontinued as the Opel Blitz became popular, however, in the early 1960s Opel stopped rebadging the Advance Design and the next generation Blitz looked nothing like the previous generation.

The engine of the Bedford TA was used in the Volkswagen Caddy at its first model.

References
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