page_title: Bedford CF
section_title: CF2
hierarchical_section_title: Bedford CF / CF2
caption_attribution_description: Southend Corporation Transport liveried 1985 Bedford CF2 2.3 diesel (1984-1988) License on Flickr: CC-BY-SA-2.0 Flickr tags: Southend Corporation Transport cropped by uploader Mr.choppers
context_page_description: The Bedford CF was a range of full-size panel vans produced by Bedford. The van was introduced in 1969 to replace the older CA model, and was sized to compete directly with the Ford Transit, which had entered production four years earlier. Its design was similar to its American counterpart, the Chevrolet Van.
  Vauxhall/Bedford was a General Motors subsidiary, and in some markets outside the United Kingdom and Ireland the CF was sold through Opel dealers as the Opel Bedford Blitz from 1973 on when the original Opel Blitz was phased out. In other markets such as in Norway the CF retained its original name.
  The CF was notable for being the last solely Vauxhall-engineered vehicle when it was discontinued in 1987; since all Vauxhall models by that point had switched to being based on Opel platforms. The Bedford brand continued on certain badge engineered light van designs from Isuzu and Suzuki, before being retired in 1991.
context_section_description: In 1984 the CF was renamed CF2 and basically only received mechanical upgrades.
  The diesel engines remained the 2.3 (with the 2.0 available in continental Europe) but the old Vauxhall slant fours were replaced by a 2.0 L (1,979 cc), 78 hp (58 kW) version of the  Opel CIH four cylinder.
  New transmissions were also available:
  4-speed GM all-synchromesh gearbox on short wheelbase models;
  ZF 5-speed overdrive all-synchromesh gearbox standard on all long wheelbase models and optional on others;
  GM automatic transmission optional on most models;
  Choice of axle ratios on nearly all models.
  And new efficient brakes:
  Front disc brakes with self-adjusting rear drums on CF2/230 to CF2/280;
  Self-adjusting drums all around on CF2/350 models;
  Load-sensing valve standard on all models.
  In 1985 the CF2 was sold side by side in UK with the Bedford Midi - a smaller, badge engineered version of the Isuzu Fargo which was locally built at the newly established IBC Vehicles venture with Isuzu.
  By then the CF's replacement was put on hold and then ultimately dropped when Bedford decided that rebadging other GM owned brands was much cheaper. The last CF2s were sold in the UK in 1987 and marked the end of original Bedford designed vehicles.
caption: 1985 CF series 2
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