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i have been on the look out for a 25c bedford tanker with the full trim and never found a nice one for a good price...the other day i scored a lot of models...main thing i was going for was a bright yellow cab cover for the super kings 17 bedford lowloader tractor bulldozer...some other good stuff in the lot was a trailer for the major pack #9 cooper jarrett double freighter ...had the cob but no trailers...so i finaly got one...on more to get plus the coupler thing to join the two trailers...superfast grey grill and base #10 pipe truck

back to the main part of the story...there was a 25c bedford tanker in the lot and i thought...too bad it didnt have the painted grill...so as i was checking my 51c tippers because of the thread idris posted i just happened to check the 25c bedfords and low and behold i have the painted grill variation...glad i didnt go buy one recently haha!

Good story Dan and I think a lot of us can relate to it by doing the same thing. What you got a watch is if you keep doing it, that's probably when it's time to give up collecting...

Ghosty.

also i forgot to mention there was an 61b alvis stalwart with smooth bed in the lot i received

GHOSTHUNTER wrote:Good story Dan and I think a lot of us can relate to it by doing the same thing. What you got a watch is if you keep doing it, that's probably when it's time to give up collecting...

Ghosty.

you maybe right...but give up collecting? is that even possible?

...NO!

Ghosty.

Don't forget to check that painted grill #25 Tanker for possibly having the rare earliest casting thin rear cab wall Dan! Once you own one, you will never let a cab go unturned on any of these Tankers without checking for a second example. I found mine totally by accident on a model from Germany after the variation was noted and shown here on the Forum a few years ago...... kwakers

I checked Nick's Guide just now to find that the thin walled cab was never noted and added in as his new Code #1 YET Dan. If you do a search 'thin walled cab 25 Bedford' on the top right of any Forum page, it should take you to a Post by Jason (Nearlymint) which notes and illustrates his finding one of these earliest Tankers in 2013. I am almost sure this variation was discovered on LeFora before Jason's Posting of it as noted, but I could be wrong on that fact. This early cab wall casting is dramatically thinner and weaker, and with its BPW pre-dates the limited release GPW versions that all seem to have the later and 'common' thick rear cabs on them and also a mix of early painted and later untrimmed grills on them. Dick

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