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Anon Deleted Posts : Location : Status : Offline |
WHY??? Why is a CF called a CF? What does CF stand for?Anyone know? Cheers Ian ---------------------- | Wed 28 Nov 2012 @ 21:53 |
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Hi, well you know there was a CA, well,. CB, CC, and CD were abandonded, as they were initials for other things! CE was a non starter due to the Tranny, so CF was based upon a Dodge van. If you believe any of the above, then you're sillier than I am, and that's saying something!!!!!!!! Martin | Wed 28 Nov 2012 @ 22:19 |
Colin Birch Admin Posts : 4276 Location : Pontypridd, South Wales Status : Offline |
I did hear it was meant to be CFU. The 'C' was for Complete, the 'U' for Up but I'm not sure what the 'F' was for ---------------------- | Thu 29 Nov 2012 @ 17:02 |
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Martin's answer is closer to the truth than he realises there was the CA Van CB CC CD and CE where models that got no further than the drawing board or prototype stage so it was the CF that went into production John | Sun 02 Dec 2012 @ 18:07 |
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Hi John, Are there any records left of what the cancelled designs were like, or have they been consigned to history? It would be so interesting to know what could have been! Martin | Sun 02 Dec 2012 @ 23:04 |
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Here's alink to an article on the Bedford CB http://www.rodsnsods.co.uk/forum/history-archive/bedford-cb-never-37260 | Mon 03 Dec 2012 @ 00:29 |
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Now that truly was an interesting design, even by 1950's standards. The lift up tailgate even if an option, would have been way ahead of it's time in the UK. The CA van was clearly better designed from a practical point of view, the CB basically was all about style, a bit like the F series Victor! Thank you for the info. Martin | Mon 03 Dec 2012 @ 16:35 |
bluebedouin Global Moderator Posts : 2444 Location : Northampton,England. Status : Offline |
Looks too much like a vw for my liking! ---------------------- | Mon 03 Dec 2012 @ 20:11 |
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You have to think about the way Vauxhall designated their vehicles. For example: the Vauxhall Viva model, The "H" denotes "small car" the "A" means first model (using letters ABCDE instead of 1234567 etc.) So the first Viva was "HA" second Viva "HB " then Viva "HC" This also applies to other Vauxhall cars, so the Vauxhall Victor "F" = denotes medium size car - so the first was the Victor "FA" (usually known as the F type) - then onto the "FB" , then FC (usually known as the Victor 101) then the "FD" Victor, and lastly the "FE". Then we go to the Cresta models.... "P" = large luxury saloon, so we get the famous "PA" , followed by "PB" and then large "PC" Crestas. So, this means the vans were "C" = commercial, followed by the usual A B C D E etc - some of which didnt make it into production. So CF stand for commercial "F" = the 6th generation. The Vauxhall Cavalier / Vectra continued on this same system being the "J" series. Adrian - the Viva man | Fri 28 Dec 2012 @ 18:58 |
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vivaman wrote: You have to think about the way Vauxhall designated their vehicles. For example: the Vauxhall Viva model, The "H" denotes "small car" the "A" means first model (using letters ABCDE instead of 1234567 etc.) So the first Viva was "HA" second Viva "HB " then Viva "HC" This also applies to other Vauxhall cars, so the Vauxhall Victor "F" = denotes medium size car - so the first was the Victor "FA" (usually known as the F type) - then onto the "FB" , then FC (usually known as the Victor 101) then the "FD" Victor, and lastly the "FE".
Then we go to the Cresta models.... "P" = large luxury saloon, so we get the famous "PA" , followed by "PB" and then large "PC" Crestas. So, this means the vans were "C" = commercial, followed by the usual A B C D E etc - some of which didnt make it into production. So CF stand for commercial "F" = the 6th generation. The Vauxhall Cavalier / Vectra continued on this same system being the "J" series. Adrian - the Viva man scratches head ---------------------- | Fri 28 Dec 2012 @ 20:50 |
Colin Birch Admin Posts : 4276 Location : Pontypridd, South Wales Status : Offline |
They have even extended the lettering system to the current Vivaro van. It's the 'C'R'A'P' model ---------------------- | Sat 29 Dec 2012 @ 10:28 |
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