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- Bedford_Dormobile abstract "The Bedford Dormobile is a 1960s-era campervan (motorcaravan, motorhome) conversion, based on the Bedford CA van, and subsequently on the Bedford CF. It was manufactured in Folkestone in Kent, southern England, by Martin Walter.The first Bedford CA based Dormobile motorhome, complete with a gas stove, a sink and cupboards and seats which converted into beds, appeared in 1957. The elevating roof, hinged on one side and featuring a red and white striped canopy, was quickly evolved in order to make it possible to stand within the vehicle. The campervan idea originated as a compromise negotiated with the UK tax office. Earlier in the 1950s, the manufacturers specialised in converting the Bedford CA van into a mini-bus, featuring extra side windows and seats. The UK tax authorities asserted that the converted vehicle was effectively a form of estate car, and therefore its retail price should bear passenger car purchase tax, a burden from which buyers of vans were spared. However, the manufacturers negotiated an agreement whereby Dormobile converted vans could be sold without purchase tax, provided they incorporated \"built-in life support equipment\" such as a cooking device, and facilities for the washing and storage of clothes. These stipulations triggered a move away from minibus conversions to motorhome conversions, which carved out a substantial new life-style market as the ensuing decade saw a substantial increase in disposable incomes in the UK.The company subsequently converted a number of different van-based vehicles to other uses, including minibuses and ambulances, before collapsing in the mid-1990s.The novelist Anthony Burgess and his wife, Liana, owned one and used it as a home and means of travelling throughout Western Europe in the late 1960s. Burgess described the Bedford Dormobile as \"a miracle of British design, although much let down by slipshod British execution – screws missing, bad wood-planing ...\"".
- Bedford_Dormobile thumbnail Bedford_CF_based_Dormobile_1975cc_17_feb_1972.JPG?width=300.
- Bedford_Dormobile wikiPageExternalLink www.cf-uk.co.uk.
- Bedford_Dormobile wikiPageExternalLink www.dormobile.org.uk.
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- Bedford_Dormobile wikiPageLength "3534".
- Bedford_Dormobile wikiPageOutDegree "15".
- Bedford_Dormobile wikiPageRevisionID "697766318".
- Bedford_Dormobile wikiPageWikiLink Anthony_Burgess.
- Bedford_Dormobile wikiPageWikiLink Bedford_CA.
- Bedford_Dormobile wikiPageWikiLink Bedford_CF.
- Bedford_Dormobile wikiPageWikiLink Bedford_Vehicles.
- Bedford_Dormobile wikiPageWikiLink Campervan.
- Bedford_Dormobile wikiPageWikiLink Category:Bedford_vehicles.
- Bedford_Dormobile wikiPageWikiLink Category:Recreational_vehicle_manufacturers.
- Bedford_Dormobile wikiPageWikiLink Folkestone.
- Bedford_Dormobile wikiPageWikiLink Liana_Burgess.
- Bedford_Dormobile wikiPageWikiLink Minibus.
- Bedford_Dormobile wikiPageWikiLink Station_wagon.
- Bedford_Dormobile wikiPageWikiLink Volkswagen_Westfalia_Campers.
- Bedford_Dormobile wikiPageWikiLink File:Bedford_CF_based_Dormobile_1975cc_17_feb_1972.JPG.
- Bedford_Dormobile wikiPageWikiLink File:Morris_J4_based_Dormobile_reg_1965.JPG.
- Bedford_Dormobile wikiPageWikiLinkText "Bedford Dormobile".
- Bedford_Dormobile wikiPageWikiLinkText "Dormobile".
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- Bedford_Dormobile wikiPageUsesTemplate Template:Vauxhall_Motors.
- Bedford_Dormobile subject Category:Bedford_vehicles.
- Bedford_Dormobile subject Category:Recreational_vehicle_manufacturers.
- Bedford_Dormobile hypernym Conversion.
- Bedford_Dormobile type Automobile.
- Bedford_Dormobile type VideoGame.
- Bedford_Dormobile type Vehicle.
- Bedford_Dormobile comment "The Bedford Dormobile is a 1960s-era campervan (motorcaravan, motorhome) conversion, based on the Bedford CA van, and subsequently on the Bedford CF. It was manufactured in Folkestone in Kent, southern England, by Martin Walter.The first Bedford CA based Dormobile motorhome, complete with a gas stove, a sink and cupboards and seats which converted into beds, appeared in 1957.".
- Bedford_Dormobile label "Bedford Dormobile".
- Bedford_Dormobile sameAs Q813872.
- Bedford_Dormobile sameAs Bedford_Dormobile.
- Bedford_Dormobile sameAs m.07l6s1.
- Bedford_Dormobile sameAs Q813872.
- Bedford_Dormobile wasDerivedFrom Bedford_Dormobile?oldid=697766318.
- Bedford_Dormobile depiction Bedford_CF_based_Dormobile_1975cc_17_feb_1972.JPG.
- Bedford_Dormobile isPrimaryTopicOf Bedford_Dormobile.