page_title: Bedford CA
hierarchical_section_title: Bedford CA
caption_attribution_description: English: Bedford CA based Dormobile Debonaire at Knebworth Class Car Chow
context_page_description: The Bedford CA was a distinctive pug-nosed light commercial vehicle produced between 1952 and 1969 by Bedford in Luton, England.
  It was manufactured in short-wheelbase and long-wheelbase forms, each form available in either a 10–12 cwt or a 15 cwt version.
  Generally it was supplied as a light delivery van with sliding doors, but it was also available as a chassis with cowl upon which specialist bodywork could be added. The Bedford Dormobile was a Campervan conversion based on the Bedford CA van.
  In its day, the vehicle was ubiquitous; the Ford Transit of its time. These vehicles are now rare, however.
  The CA was also exported to Canada and sold as the Envoy CA, as part of the Envoy brand line-up. In its 17 year production run 370,000 were manufactured.
context_section_description: The Bedford CA was a distinctive pug-nosed light commercial vehicle produced between 1952 and 1969 by Bedford in Luton, England.
  It was manufactured in  short-wheelbase and long-wheelbase forms, each form available in either a 10–12 cwt or a 15 cwt version.
  Generally it was supplied as a light delivery van with sliding doors, but it was also available as a chassis with cowl upon which specialist bodywork could be added.  The Bedford Dormobile was a Campervan conversion based on the Bedford CA van.
  In its day, the vehicle was ubiquitous; the Ford Transit of its time. These vehicles are now rare, however.
  The CA was also exported to Canada and sold as the Envoy CA, as part of the Envoy brand line-up. In its 17 year production run 370,000 were manufactured.
caption: As the 1960s progressed, the Bedford CA chassis found itself used as the basis for an increasingly flamboyant succession of motor homes such as this 1965 Dormobile Debonaire. The front windscreen is shared with the standard van along with the mechanical components.
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