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Anon
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WHY???

Why is a CF called a CF? What does CF stand for?

Anyone know?

Cheers
Ian

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Wed 28 Nov 2012 @ 21:53 Edit this messageQuote this messagePMQuote this message
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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
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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

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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

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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
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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
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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
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Looks too much like a vw for my liking!

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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
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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


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They have even extended the lettering system to the current Vivaro van. It's the 'C'R'A'P' model

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