Rapido 920010 Bedford OB The Mountain Goat

Rapido 920010 Bedford OB LR0296 The Mountain Goat

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Rapido Trains UK is delighted to add the Bedford OB coach to our growing range of 1:76 scale road vehicles. This design became the classic post-war British coach and its rugged simplicity meant that it became the first choice for coach operators long after more modern designs came on the scene.

Bedford, the commercial vehicle arm of General Motors’ British operation, introduced three new lorry chassis, the ‘K’, the ‘M’ and the ‘O’, in the summer of 1939, with the latter being the largest. The new range intended to maintain Bedford’s grip on the commercial vehicle market. As over 50% of all British small bus/ coach chassis sold in the 1930s Rapido Trains UK unveils classic post-war British coach. MetroVick Type 2 were Bedfords, a passenger version, dubbed ‘OB’, quickly followed the new lorries.

The outbreak of war curtailed OB production, although a wartime version, the OWB, was introduced 1941. OB production resumed in October 1945 and by the time production ceased in 1951, thousands of chassis had rolled off the Luton production line.

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