Oxford Diecast Bedford OYC Tanker Eastern Command 1941 - 1:76 Scale JAGUAR the engine had two sparkplugs

the engine had two sparkplugs per cylinder with two distributors and three twin-chokeWebercarburettors

as are the wheels

It is registered simply 21 WO after company founder Walter Owen Bentley

the grandfather of the present directors

500 had been manufactured

Oxford Diecast Bedford OYC Tanker Eastern Command 1941 - 1:76 Scale JAGUAR the engine had two sparkplugsThe Bedford OY, introduced in 1939 for military use was a long wheelbase truck. The OYC was the tanker version designed to carry either water or petrol and here we see it as used in that role by Eastern Command. This model has an olive drab camouflage scheme on the body, chassis, mudguards and wheels with a contrasting grey olive camouflage. The interior is olive grey. Military identity markings are printed in white on the cab doors and on the tanker