Bradford diesel powered van

[OzzyMike]

Dear all,
I am trying to find information on Bradford vans repowered by diesel engines.

I have a poor quality photo of a Jowett Eight chassis, taken in Australia, fitted with a "Victor" diesel engine.

Google search tells me about the "Victor" brand as being a British manufacturer who built a small Flat Twin industrial engine
called the "Cub"
The article mentions that this engine was mainly used in industrial applications and that some were fitted to Bradford vans
as well .
Any information on this interesting conversion would be welcome.

Regards from OzzyMike

[george garside]

Coventry victor fitted their diesel engine and their gearbox to a few Jowett 7hp commercial chassis around 1935 36. . I am certain that a diesel was not factory fitted to CA/B/C Bradfords but have a feeling that a Coventry Victor diesel was relatively recently fitted by a JCC member to a Bradford. I think Jowetts were experimenting with the idea of offering the Perkins P3 as an option on the CD but have no idea how far this got.

george

[PAUL BEAUMONT]

The late Ron Inns from Canvey Island fitted a Coventry Victor Cub Flat Twin diesel to a Bradford about 25 years ago. It involved cutting away most of the inner wing panels. I do not think it was very successful and the vehicle was eventually reverted back to a Jowett engine.
I have pictures somewhere but please do not ask me to look for them!

Paul

[george garside]

25 years ago sound about right for 'relatively recently'!

george