
Listing detailing all known surviving
BEDFORD VAS
Compiled by John Wakefield
This list was last updated on 05/10/2008
| GIB 8816 * | 2 | 1972 | Pn | C--F | Green, Dungannon motor home | Derbyshire police as TRB 430K |
| LEC 214 | 2 | 1963 | Pn | C29F | Jones, Llanfaethlu | Merseyside Regional Hospital Board |
| MJI 5013 | 5 | 1987 | Pn | C29F | Taylor, Dartmouth | K F Cars Gatwick as D134 ACX |
| LIL 9929 | 5 | 1979 | Pn | C29F | Nicholson, Livingstone | NBTS as CJU 998T |
| TCP 897* | 1 | 1964 | Pn | C--F | Leyland of Bishop Auckland caravan Note: new as | Durham Constabulary RGR 447P |
| 4465 MW | 2 | 1962 | Pn | C--F | (see BLJ 427A) | |
| 3255 PJ | 1 | 1964 | Ml | B--F | (see AAX 750A) | |
| 300 AYG | 1 | 1962 | Pn | C27F | Coombs, Weston Super Mare converted to caravan, derelict in Coombs yard | Pyne, Harrogate |
| 900 EMN | 1 | 1966 | DM | B30F | Howe, Andreas 10M | Dixon, Onchan 10M |
| 380 FGB | 1 | 1963 | Du | B29F | MacBrayne Circle, Inverness ex YTS 540A & 846 HUS | MacBrayne 93 |
| 650 FYO | 2 | 1963 | Du | B27F | Jones, Doncaster | Metropolitan Police |
| 201 HOU | 1 | 1963 | Pn | C24F | WETC, Winkleigh | Cooke, Stoughton 7 |
| 538 NH0 | 1 | 1964 | Pn | C--F | Multi-Media Arts Documentation, Launceston an Outreach vehicle | Richmond, Epson |
| 998 WNN | 1 | 1964 | Pn | C33F | Shaw & Duffelen, Maxey | Smith, Beeston |
| 178 WTU | 1 | 1961 | Pn | C--F | 'Rachel' , Knaresborough caravan (body originally on prototype chassis No 61/1 but later moved to chassis 1004 | Winn, Whiston |
| AAX 750A* | 1 | 1964 | Ml | B--F | Willsher, Twickenham caravan | Brown, Forest Green as 3255 PJ) |
| BLJ 427A | 2 | 1962 | Pn | C--F | McLoughlin, Bournemouth converted to caravan, original registration 4465 MW | Thomas, Calne |
| ADY 229B | 1964 | Du | C--F | Brown, Builth Wells caravan | unknown owner, Brighton | |
| ALR 388B* | 2 | 1964 | DM | B29F | Church Cranleigh, Surrey | London County Council |
| AYS 732B | 1 | 1964 | DM | B--F | Bulba, Shoreham on Sea caravan | MacBrayne 16 |
| ETC 760B* | 2 | 1964 | Pn | B29F | Don, Dunmow | Entwistle, Morecambe |
| HHK 369B | 5 | 1964 | Du | C29F | York Pullman, York (11/07) | Girt, Tilbury |
| AEP 904C | 1 | 1965 | Du | C--F | Parry, Wisbech caravan | Hughes, Llanfair Caereinion |
| BJX 848C | 1 | 1965 | DM | C29F | Cameron, MacBrayne Circle, Glasgow | Abbeyways Halifax |
| BST 200C | 1 | 1965 | DM | B--F | Mackenzie, Inverness - caravan | Highland |
| CTT 774C | 1 | 1965 | Du | C29F | Price, Bishops Castle | Heard, Hartland |
| DAL 616C | 1 | 1965 | Du | C--F | Wilsher, Twickenham caravan | Gash, Newark |
| FNL 227C | 1 | 1965 | Pn | C33F | Weaver, Knottingley | Powell, Prudhoe |
| GUP 860C | 1 | 1965 | Du | C29F | Unknown, Mainland, Shetland derelict | Excelsior, Dinnington |
| FAM 973D | 1 | 1966 | Pn | C--F | Unknown, Norfolk by -/04 - caravan. | Rimes Coaches Swindon |
| HGA 983D* | 1 | 1966 | Wk | B24FM | MacBrayne Circle, Glasgow | MacBrayne 210 |
| JJJ 945D | 1 | 1966 | DM | B26F | Grayson, Grimsby | BBC |
| KUL 331D | 2 | 1966 | DM | B--F | Jerry , Rendlesham - caravan | Greater London C.C. |
| KUL 344D | 2 | 1966 | DM | B--F | Weddle, Cheltenham 8/08 a caravan | Greater London C.C. |
| MRO 146D | 2 | 1966 | Pn | C--F | Matthews, Plympton | Frames, London WC2 |
| OJH 306D | 1 | 1966 | Pn | C29F | Scragg, London | Capital, London |
| EFB 776E | 5 | 1967 | Du | C29F | Adkins, Upper Boddington | Fale, Combe Down |
| FCP 342E | 5 | 1967 | Du | C--F | Shelton, Hornchurch Essex store shed | Not traced |
| FPR 705E | 5 | 1967 | Du | C29F | Hunt, Rookley, IoW | Rendell, Parkstone, Dorset |
| PMM 392E* | 2 | 1967 | DM | B30F | Unknown, Largs by 5/07 | Greater London Council |
| TUP 198E | 2 | 1967 | Pn | C25F | Duffill, Hatton & Mould, Chase Terrace | Wilson Blaydon |
| VMA 466E | 1967 | Pn | C29F | Unknown Cornwall | Bostock, Congleton | |
| GST 500F | 5 | 1968 | Du | B29F | Unknown, Barra, Outer Hebrides | Highland |
| NRL 101F* | 5 | 1968 | Du | B29F | Thomas, Roche | Jennings, Bude |
| HMB 434G | 1969 | Pn | C--F | Unknown, Bolton/Wigan area caravan by -/94 | Lofty's Tours | |
| HNK 151G | 5 | 1968 | Pn | C--F | Stephenson, Cumbria caravan | Armchair W14 |
| LVE 383G | 5 | 1968 | Du | C--F | Kensdale, Macclesfield caravan | Kenzie, Shepreth |
| URR 198G | 5 | 1969 | Pn | C29F | Moxon, Oldcoates | Moxon, Oldcoates |
| VRR 801G | 2 | 1969 | B--F | L Whitford, Salisbury caravan | MOD as 13ER48 | |
| WLD 428G | 2 | 1969 | Wk | B--F | Morrow, Llanidloes in Mid Wales Caravan | GLC 428 |
| PSD 281H | 5 | 1970 | Pn | C29F | Liddell, Auchinleck | Conway, Irvine |
| EMM 456J | 5 | 1971 | DM | B--F | Lawson, Tewkesbury - caravan fitted with an Atkinson radiator grill | Met. Police |
| FTD 557J | 5 | 1971 | Pn | C--F | Unknown, Bangor caravan | Wilson Failsworth |
| YHP 760J | 5 | 1971 | Du | C29F | Unknown, sold on eBay 5/07 | Bonas, Coventry |
| OBX 125J * | 5 | 1971 | Wk | B--F | Travellers, South Wales area (seen on Severn bridge 9/08) | Thomas, Llangadog |
| JGY 963K | 5 | 1972 | Du | B--F | Cowen, Micheldever caravan | Met. Police |
| JGY 964K* | 5 | 1972 | Wk | B--F | Hoyles, Billborough PA control centre | Met. Police |
| RBY 764K* | 3 | 1971 | Wk | DP20F | Kent, Northampton WCO 466M by 4/93) | Royal Household as NLT4 |
| TRB 430K | (see GIB 8816) | |||||
| WSD 716K | 5 | 1972 | Pn | C29F | Wilson, Motherwell | Speirs, Kilwinning |
| AUP 651L* | 5 | 1973 | Pn | C29F | Brayford & Poole Blackpool | Weardale, Frosterley |
| UOA 354L | 5 | 1973 | Pn | C--F | Brayford & Poole Blackpool caravan | Graves, Hertford as PJH 9L |
| USS 416L* | 5 | 1973 | Pn | C29F | Moore, Barnsley | Glass, Haddington |
| MTG 395L | 5 | 1972 | Pn | C--F | L Woodcock, Chorley, Lancs (camper van) | Not traced |
| NAR 410M | 5 | 1973 | Pn | C--F | Unknown, seen Brighton 2/06 caravan | Stanley, Hersham |
| PKH 600M | 5 | 1974 | Pn | C29F | Lloyd, Wigan | Xanthine, Hull |
| PSE 56M | 5 | 1973 | Du | C29F | Rosie, Orkney | Low, Tomintoul |
| RCJ 211M * | 5 | 1974 | Pn | C29F | Payne, Saffron Walden Wenlock | Bengry, Leominster |
| SNK 242M | 5 | 1974 | Du | C--F | Lambert, Liverpool caravan | Midland, London W2 |
| TAG 975M | 5 | 1974 | Du | C29F | McGiven, Alyth | Docherty, Irvine |
| VHV 898M* | 5 | 1974 | Du |
---- |
Reynolds, Newark ambulance first aid centre | St John Ambulance LT Div |
| HNT 945N | 5 | 1975 | Du | C29F | Price, Bishops Castle | Whittle, Highley |
| KVD 453P | 5 | 1975 | Du | C--F | Unknown, Brighton caravan | Comex 7 London SW7 |
| LHC 427P | 5 | 1976 | Du | C--F | Unknown, Bristol caravan for sale on eBay 10/06 | Chazen, St Leonards |
| LTM 183P | 5 | 1976 | Du | C29F | Myall, Bassingbourn derelict | Gilbert, Bovingdon |
| RGR 447P | 1 | 1964 | Pn | C--F | Leyland of Bishop Auckland caravan Reregistered TCP 897 | Durham Constabulary |
| OYV 777R | 3 | 1977 | Dom | B--F | Jagoutz, Shanklin | Greater London Council |
| PFD 627R | 5 | 1977 | Pn | C--F | Hunt, Witchford ex band bus | Olsen, Strood) |
| PRE 205R | 5 | 1976 | Pn | C29F | Embling, Guyhirn withdrawn in yard | Hodson, Penkridge |
| RRT 535R | 5 | 1977 | Pn | C29F | Unknown, Harrow 7/06 | Banham, Hartest |
| YNH 432S | 5 | 1978 | C--F | Unknown, Widness workman's tea hut by 5/01 | Royal Household | |
| CJU 998T | 5 | 1979 | Pn | C29F | Nicholson, Livingstone Reregistered LIL 9929 | NBTS |
| CWW 827T | (see W300 MAN) | |||||
| DLA 924T* | 5 | 1978 | Du | C29F | Barker, Morecambe, Lancs | BAOD, Heathrow |
| EGS 159T | 5 | 1977 | Pn | C29F | Lewis, Rhydlewis | NAT London W8 |
| WVJ 181T | 5 | 1979 | Pn | C29F | Price, Bishops Castle | Evans, New Tredegar |
| FTO 563V | 5 | 1979 | Du | C29F | Courtesy Coaches, Chadderton | Rodgers, Rainworth |
| GRY 37V | 5 | 1979 | Pn | C29F | Huyton Mini Coaches, Huyton | Cooper, Audenshaw |
| LWR 538V | 5 | 1980 | Pn | C--F | Moon, Ashbourne caravan | Welsh, Upton |
| RGF 990V | 5 | 1979 | ? | C29F | Cambridge .Glider Club Gt. Gransden control van | St. Mary's Hospital. Paddington) |
| OTL 321V | 5 | 1980 | Pn | C29F | Gardiner, Wickford, Essex | Hornsby, Scunthorpe |
| SGS 493W* | 5 | 1981 | Du | C--F | Unknown caravan for sale Cambridge 6/00 | Royal Marsden Hospital |
| YEJ 200W* | 5 | 1981 | Du | C--F | Prochoice, Nottingham exhibition unit | Morgan, Lampeter |
| BWT 340X | 5 | 1981 | Du | DP31F | BWT 340X 5 Du DP31F 1981 Brown, Builth Wells | Stanhope Motor Services as SVN 6X |
| PEF 6X * | 5 | 1982 | Du | C31F | Fowler, Holbeach Drove | Weardale |
| RWB 483X * | 5 | 1982 | Pn | C29F | Ball, Romford | Rotherham Social Services |
| BFD 335Y | 5 | 1983 | Pn | C29F | Bamford, Huddersfield | Bell Coaches, Coventry |
| CEJ 939Y | 5 | 1983 | Du | C29F | Brown Builth Wells | Evans, Penrhyncoch |
| JDY 888Y* | 5 | 1983 | Pn | C29F | Rowland & Goodwin, St. Leonard's | Rambler, Hastings |
| A298 SPS | 5 | 1983 | Pn | C25F | Perry, Blackwood | Shetland Islands Council |
| B233 DCY | 5 | 1984 | Ws | C--F | Caravan at Cambridge Strawberry Fair 2002 | Unknown West Glam ex Welfare bus |
| B157 FWJ * | 5 | 1984 | Pn | C29F | McEwen Mansfield Woodhouse | Glynglen, London N12 |
| B94 PLU | 5 | 1985 | Pn | C29F | Ormerod, Auchnagatt (for sale B&CP Jan 08) | Glynglen, London N12 |
| C187 PRN | 5 | 1986 | Ws | B--F | L Woodcock Chorley, Lancs (camper van) | Not traced |
| D364 EEW | 5 | 1987 | Pn | C29F | Thompsett, Deal, Kent. | Myall, Bassingbourn |
| (a) | Body is Duffy/McArdle/Metal Sections | |||||
| (b) | Body is Strachens | |||||
| (c) | Body is Sparshatt | |||||
| Offshore including Eire, IOM, | ||||||
| W300 MAN | 5 | 1978 | Du | C--F | Wilson IoM | Ross, Featherstone as CWW 827T |
| BLH 123B | 2 | 1964 | DM | B29F | Gunning, Dublin | London County Council |
| EZL 1 | 5 | 1967 | CIE | B33F | Transport Museum Soc. Ireland | CIE SSl |
| 702 ZI | 5 | 1973 | VHM | B33F | Kells Transport Museum | CIE SS 702 |
| 715 ZI | 5 | 1973 | VHM | B33F | W. Durkan, Ballian | CIE SS 715 |
| 736 ZI | 5 | 1973 | VHM | B33F | G. Manahan Dublin by 12/01 | CIE SS 736 |
| 737 ZI | 5 | 1973 | VHM | B33F | O'Donovan ? | CIE SS 737 |
| 747 ZI | 5 | 1974 | VHM | B33F | Carolan, Cavan | CIE SS 747 |
| 748 ZI | 5 | 1974 | VHM | B33F | W. Durkan, Ballian | CIE SS 715 |
| Built for non-PSV use. | ||||||
| BJH 202B | 1964 | Unknown seen Malton, Yorks 9/06 (mobile library with Hertfordshire CC) Caravan for sale on eBay 9/06 | ||||
| A58 XWO | 5 | 1984 | Bailey | Rogers, Bognor Regis (ex mobile library, Merthyr Tydfill) | ||
| WJO 129K | 3 | 1972 | Unknown, Straford, London (mobile library ) caravan for sale on eBay 5/06 | |||
| B459 DWE * | 5 | 1984 | RB | B--F | Kurdziel & Rees, West Wales caravan | |
Note: after 1968 the VAS was computer listed by Vauxhall Motors as PDK (VAS 2); PFK (VAS 3); PJK (VAS 5)
* denotes a vehicle known to have recently been roadworthy
1 denotes a vehicle not seen for some time, possiblyy scrapped
If you have any information relating to any of the featured vehicles or know of any other vehicles, waiting to be rediscovered & could be featured on this website, please contact us by using one of the methods below
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ŠJohn Wakefield July 2004