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Motor vehicle
Bedford Beagle
The Beagle-based Bedford Roma motorhome
Overview
Manufacturer
Bedford Vehicles
Production
1964-1973
Body and chassis
Class
Estate car
Layout
Longitudinal front engine, rear-wheel drive
Related
Bedford HA
Chronology
Successor
Viva HC estate versions
The Bedford Beagle is an estate car conversion of the Bedford HA 8cwt van, which itself was based on the Vauxhall Viva HA. It was launched at the 1964 London Motor Show.[1]
The conversions were undertaken by Martin Walter Ltd in Folkestone, Kent, most famous for Dormobile campers based upon the larger Bedford CA commercial vans.[2] Whilst the vans were very common at one time, the Beagle was altogether rarer and there are very few left today.
The Beagle formed the basis of the Roma, a camper van that was marketed in standard and deluxe forms, both featuring standing headroom of 6 ft 5ins and a full-length 6 ft double bed. A third bunk, fitted into the canopy of the elevated roof, is a feature of the deluxe version of the Roma.
Introduced in 1964, originally with the 1057 cc engine mated to a 4-speed gearbox, the Beagle was basic, with drum brakes all round and minimal interior trim. Later engine upgrades arrived in 1967 (1159 cc) and 1972 (1256 cc), bringing the top speed up from 72 mph (116 km/h) to about 80 mph (129 km/h), but the Beagle was finally discontinued in 1973. It was more or less replaced by the superior Viva HC estate cars.
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dissaforested". It goes on to explain: The Earl of Bedford can keep dogs not expeditated, hounds, greyhounds and beagles, Netts guns Bows and arrows and all other...
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Crusoe of Daniel Defoe Two Years' Vacation by Jules Verne The Voyage of the Beagle by Charles Darwin Benito Cereno by Herman Melville The Ice Limit by Douglas...
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