Preserved- 1950 Bedford OLDB UXS864 (originally MUR910) 'Peggy" D.Moody, Haulage, Bedlington.
Pictured here at the NECPWA Vintage vehicle rally, at the Woodhorn Colliery Museum, Woodhorn, Ashingon, Northumberland.
Built in December 1950, Registered in 1951 as MUR910, & supplied to the British Tabulating Machine Co. Not much is known of the subsequent history, until 2002, when it was purchased by the Bradworthy Transport Museum, Devon where it remained until 2010. It then moved on to yet another museum, this time the Moretonhampstead Motor museum, again in Devon. Here it remained in storage until purchase in 2017 by Moody's Haulage, whose livery it now carries. Restored over a 3 month period, by Heathline Commercials, a sister company of Moody's, and named after the Chairman's mother 'Peggy.'
Powered by a 3519cc Petrol engine, "Peggy; has a full-crash 4 speed gearbox. The original registration number is unavailable at this time.
A beautifully done restoration by any standards.
Preserved- 1950 Bedford OLDB UXS864 (originally MUR910) 'Peggy" D.Moody, Haulage, Bedlington.
Pictured here at the NECPWA Vintage vehicle rally, at the Woodhorn Colliery Museum, Woodhorn, Ashingon, Northumberland.
Built in December 1950, Registered in 1951 as MUR910, & supplied to the British Tabulating Machine Co. Not much is known of the subsequent history, until 2002, when it was purchased by the Bradworthy Transport Museum, Devon where it remained until 2010. It then moved on to yet another museum, this time the Moretonhampstead Motor museum, again in Devon. Here it remained in storage until purchase in 2017 by Moody's Haulage, whose livery it now carries. Restored over a 3 month period, by Heathline Commercials, a sister company of Moody's, and named after the Chairman's mother 'Peggy.'
Powered by a 3519cc Petrol engine, "Peggy; has a full-crash 4 speed gearbox. The original registration number is unavailable at this time.
A beautifully done restoration by any standards.