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Just got out a couple of Bedfords to list on Ebay and find the trailers have both got longitudinal cracks running down the chassis of the trailers..Is this normal ?,has anyone else found this weird happening.I know there are a few code 3 transporters on here and wondered if they had found the same thing when stripping them of paint..

I have several of these models and will check when I get home.

Looked at my 4 and no weird happenings.
Gary

I checked mine too, early and later versions, and there's no sign of any cracks.

Excellent just mine then..Definatly time to sell. Interesting though hey?

If it is a crack I would expect the length to increase over time but you would have to keep them and monitor the length. The area involved does not look to be a particlarly stressed area so wondering if the metal surface has been like it from new and its only the paint now showing fatigue through old age but there is something going on with the metal at those points for the paint to decide it needs to seperate at the area. making it look like a crack.

Ghosthunter.

Is the crack visible on the other side as well?

Will look later tonight.Packing now for diecast hunting in Jersey...Any body know of any outlets ?

Yes the crack is on the out side of the ajacent rib.

misterpop wrote:Yes the crack is on the out side of the ajacent rib.

Thanks for checking. I'll freely admit to being extremely surprised by your answer. (My thoughts on this thread were that the cracks were most likely some kind of surface effect/imperfection.)
I'll have a look at mine tomorrow. In the meantime, did these two examples come from the same source? Could it be that they are both 'seconds' (in as far as Lesney's poor quality control would catch anything like this), or could they both have been subject to some kind of environmental extreme?