Bedford Vehicles OY
Built: 1940-1945 · Series: Other models
More machines from model year 1940
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Bedford Vehicles – other special vehicles: the collective page outside the named ranges, the Bedford OY, QL and the fire tender Green Goddess from Luton and Dunstable
This page gathers the Bedford vehicles the register could not assign to a named range: the Bedford OY, the Bedford QL and the fire tender known as the Green Goddess. Bedford Vehicles was, from 1931 to 1986, the commercial-vehicle brand of the US group General Motors, with plants in Luton and Dunstable in England. The OY and QL were the brand's light and medium military trucks of the Second World War, the Green Goddess a post-war reserve fire tender built on a Bedford chassis.
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The register lists here 3 versions with six-cylinder engines, output up to 53 kW, unladen weights up to 6,568 kg, lengths from 5,990 to 6,220 mm, widths from 2,180 to 2,260 mm and heights from 2,540 to 3,090 mm.
The OY and QL were among the most-built British military trucks of the Second World War and served the Empire on almost every front as troop and supply carriers; the Green Goddess, for its part, stood ready for decades as a state reserve and was called into service during strikes by the British fire brigade, most recently in 2002.
On used examples, the frame and sheet-metal condition, the condition of the engine and clutch, the function of the four-wheel-drive shift on the OY and QL, and, on preserved Green Goddesses, the condition of the pump and paintwork all matter; spare parts run through specialist military- and fire-vehicle clubs.
Sources: SpecCodex register, model data: Bedford Vehicles Spezialfahrzeuge (weitere Modelle), Bedford OY (Wikipedia)
Technical data
Engine
| Engine | 6-cylindrowy silnik benzynowy Bedford WD 3, 519 l o mocy 72 KMcorrect |
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Dimensions and weights
| Length | 6,220 mmcorrect |
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| Width | 2,180 mmcorrect |
| Height | 3,090 mmcorrect |
| Unladen weight | 6,568 kgcorrect |
Drivetrain and chassis
| Gearbox | 4-speed manual gearboxcorrect |
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Frequently asked questions
How much does the Bedford Vehicles OY weigh?
The unladen weight is 6,568 kg.
What are the dimensions of the Bedford Vehicles OY?
6,220 mm × 2,180 mm × 3,090 mm.
When was the Bedford Vehicles OY built?
Production years: 1940-1945.
What to check before buying
- Check the hour meter against the service records — a replaced instrument is the most common gap.
- Compare the data plate and chassis number with the papers.
- Check the weights in the papers against the figures here — attachments change them.
- Shift the gearbox cold and warm — jumps only show up at temperature.
- Ask about parts availability for this build year — the running costs hang on it.
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Sources: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0) (retrieved August 2026) · Values adopted and presented in our own form; changes from the source are possible. · How we check the data
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