Rebuilding Our Fully Restored Vintage Bedford Truck - Almost Finished!

[@stuartthomas3389]

Think the front grill would look better black with the letters same colour as the body, as usual another outstanding video and attention to detail 😃

[@OldRopeSalvage]

Thank you 😎 and thanks for the input re the grille 🚚

[@stevereynolds2934]

Windows should be fitted from the outside for security reasons. When fitted from the inside they can be pressed out from the outside leaving your truck vulnerable. Well done your doing a great job!!!

[@OldRopeSalvage]

Thanks for your input. Great to hear you’re enjoying the videos 😎

[@grf1426]

When that truck is finished it'll be so clean and smart that you won't dare to take it outside in case it gets wet

[@OldRopeSalvage]

I know! All those muddy puddles! 🫣

[@Martinthehun59]

Loved it L&T. The truck now is coming on leaps and bounds,and, looking better and better as the re-build goes along... Glad you didn't want to put the windows back in when I visited ! It looked bloody hard work !! Take care, Martin. 😎

[@OldRopeSalvage]

I think we have reached the stage where any help is welcome, so yes, visitors beware! 😆 Glad you enjoyed it though. Merry Christmas to you, Martin 🎄😊

[@kernow..exp.]

Wow folks you're doing a great job I just like to say Merry Christmas to you both have a great one

[@OldRopeSalvage]

Thanks loads 😎 Have a fabulous Christmas yourselves 🎄😊

[@greenambles]

Happy birthday Tim and Merry Christmas to you both. A small gift of thanks sent to you both via the "Thanks" button up on the right there via the 3 dots (2 clicks, so easy!) for the gift you both giving with your dedicated work on the truck and skilled content creation sharing the narrative. If ever the saying "It's not about the destination so much as the journey" pertinent, it is here. Keep going and keep us going! xx

[@OldRopeSalvage]

Big love, and thank you 🎄☺️

[@turboslag]

The glass is probably finished, but if not, the best lube to use is tyre fitting goop!! Grill, black with white lettering, imho.

[@OldRopeSalvage]

Thanks for the tip 😎😊

[@lisawrench8855]

I still think the front grill should be copper … Make it possible, Timmy 😁❤ You know you can do it!

[@OldRopeSalvage]

Thanks, Lisa, for your very helpful comment! 🤓

[@AbbeySnooks]

Well done all! Lisa, you're such a good editor! You could do it for a profession.

[@OldRopeSalvage]

That’s very kind of you to say so 😊 Thank you 🤩

[@nauroczysku]

If you haven't fitted all the windows yet, old rubber loves silicone spray. That stuff gets into rubber and makes it more playable.

[@OldRopeSalvage]

Cheers for that 😎😊

[@ashleyross3642]

Happy birthday Tim, and a safe and happy Christmas to you both.

[@OldRopeSalvage]

Thank you, and a very happy Christmas to you too 🎄😊

[@davegaunt]

Happy birthday!🎉

[@OldRopeSalvage]

Thank you very much 😎

[@guy72277]

Well done to both of you. Super satisfying to see the shiny panels and accessories go on and very happy that you got the glass in withought cracking it or much swearing (possibly edited out!) very glad you're still enjoying the pasties - I hope they brought some respite from that bloody awful weather! Keep it up you two - it's the home stretch now. I hope to start up my car for the first time ever between Christmas and new year. Definitely very nervous! Merry Christmas and look forward to following along in the new year.

[@OldRopeSalvage]

Ah, good luck with the car start-up, Guy. Hope it goes nice and smoothly. Yes, the pasties have been fabulous, thank you so much. Wishing you and the family a very happy Christmas from a stormy Cornwall, and much good fortune for 2025 🎄😊

[@bobnevitt336]

Having been a vehicle glass fitter during my career, i would always advise people to employ the services of a professional glass fitter to fit the various glass as they would have the job done so much quicker and with less risk of damage to to the glass and the rubber, leaving you to work on other areas of the vehicle. Also, I would suggest the grill should either be painted the same as the main brown body colour or black with maybe the Bedford logo in cream, at the moment i feel you have too many different colours on the vehicle, otherwise a great job, well done.

[@OldRopeSalvage]

That’s really interesting because we always think we’ve got too few colours on the truck 😆 … wait until the sign-writing goes on 😉 It would indeed be sensible to get a pro glass fitter, but we’re doing everything ourselves (probably why it’s taken us 4 years so far, hehe) … but if you want to pop round sometime, we pay helpers in pasties and tea 😊

[@greenambles]

Thanks

[@OldRopeSalvage]

This gave me such a shock this morning! I always suspected you were the real Santa 🎅🎄🧡 Don’t quite know how to say thank you, so I will just wish you and Rosie a very Happy Christmas. Much love from me and Tim xxx

[@MichaelMathias-yb3wg]

Another Great Video Wishing You A Very Mrrry Christmas & Happy New Year

[@OldRopeSalvage]

Thank you so much, Michael 😊 And a very Happy Christmas to you too 🎄🍾😊

[@lesthiele4921]

Hi guys, that is some great work you have done, maybe a black grill with the gold/brass lettering, a Very Happy Birthday Tim, I would like to wish you both, A Very Merry Christmas and a safe and Happy New Year, best regards from a Kiwi living in Australia, Les

[@OldRopeSalvage]

Cheers, Les 😎 And a very happy Down Under Christmas to you too 🎄 Thanks loads for all your support ☺️

[@johnwilkinson4782]

Another great video, I like the old English white grill, not sure about the colour of the Bedford badge though. Anyway hope you had a very happy birthday Tim and I wish you both a merry Christmas 👍

[@OldRopeSalvage]

Cheers for the birthday wishes, John 😎 Yes, we sort of agree about the badge so may have a rethink in time, maybe when the rest of the gubbins is all on a creative solution will present itself. Happy Christmas to you, John 🎄

[@nickturley2300]

Hahaha That made me honestly sweat just watching that, my arms ached for days afterwards, but worth it !! Well done top job.👏

[@OldRopeSalvage]

Beats going to the gym 😉😁

[@tomtomisek]

Looking great you two! I can't recall if you've given the vehicle a name, but she puts me in mind of a "Lilly." Also, I don't remember much detail, but I've seen people soften and restore rubber with Simple Green on KZbin. maybe by soaking it...

[@OldRopeSalvage]

A really useful comment this for anyone else reading 👍🏻👌🏻 We did soften/restore the rubbers with sandblasting, washing up liquid and heat, but the simple green is probably the most effective. I think Tim was just happy that he managed to reuse the rubbers at all because they seemed trashed when we took them apart. We’ll see how we go with the other ones 😬 We DO have a name, “The Siren”, but not 100% sure if it’s a keeper. Maybe “Brown Lilly” can be a contender … reminds me of the Cornish “Brown Willy” 😆😆😆

[@stevereynolds2934]

Hi again if the window seals are hard soak the string/rope in petrol and wind twice around the seal grove leave to stand for 10 minutes before installation

[@OldRopeSalvage]

Thanks for the suggestion. We’ll maybe look into doing that for our other windows 👍🏻😊

[@richardgrahame5408]

I think the Grill should be Brown with Black lettering Tim or Gold lettering. In the mean time Happy Christmas to you both and may the new year be a really good one.

[@OldRopeSalvage]

Thank you, and a very happy Christmas to you too 🎄😎

[@LLCCProfessor]

I like the grill FWIW.... Excellent effort on the glass. A thought (esp. for handling the windscreen) would some heavy duty suction cup handles be useful for maneuvering it and holding on to it? I suspect that might be the biggest issue with the screen. Anyway - another epic video -- Truck is looking great! Merry Christmas!

[@OldRopeSalvage]

You’re the second person to suggest suction cups, so yes, watch this space definitely. That front windscreen is massively heavy. A very happy Christmas to you and your family too, Chris 🎄😎

[@leshall4285]

Grille would look better same colour as cab and the Bedford badge painted black background with white letter's

[@OldRopeSalvage]

Cheers for the input 😎👌🏻

[@alanmandall908]

Front grill should be black

[@OldRopeSalvage]

Lisa thinks so too 🤓 We should do a poll! 😎

[@russellbeck7596]

The grill has to be the same cream as the roof and other components. To add a fourth colour to brown and cream panel work and gloss black chassis and running gear would detract from the overall scheme you have now.

[@russellbeck7596]

With the OE white grill fitted it makes the front of the vehicle considerably more visible to oncoming traffic. As you know I do classic landrovers and a galvanised front bumper makes them stand out much more than something in black or a dark body colour, such as yours.

[@OldRopeSalvage]

Cheers, Russ. That was the general idea 😎 Have a great Christmas both of you 🎄😊

[@OldRopeSalvage]

Good point 👌🏻

[@marktyler2396]

why are you making a simple job look so hard fitting windows is such an easy job

[@OldRopeSalvage]

😂😂😂 Dude, it WAS really HARD! Rubbers were super hard and rigid due to the age of the rubber. SHOULD be an easy job, absolutely … but wasn’t 🤷🏻‍♀️