Start with what the Bedford HA is: a Car derived van with 1,057 , built from 1964 to 1983, in the decade that gave the world the pony car and the mid-engined supercar. What it meant takes a little longer.
The background
The Bedford HA was a car derived van introduced in August 1964 by Bedford, based on the Vauxhall Viva (HA) family car. It was also known as the Bedford Beagle in estate form and Bedford Roma in small campervan form. The Beagle was an officially sanctioned conversion based on the 8 cwt van, carried out by Martin Walter of Folkestone, Kent. The Beagle received rear side windows and a fold-down rear seat; leaving 28 inches (710 mm) of luggage space with the seat in use.
The engineering
The engine is 1,057 other versions carried different engines, listed in the specification table below. On the scales it comes to 1540 -. Drive goes through a 4-speed manual. The layout matters: a front engine drives the rear wheels, the classic proportion — long bonnet, cabin set back — that most people picture when they picture a sports saloon or a grand tourer. The wheelbase is 91.5 in. These are manufacturer figures carried by Wikipedia and Wikidata, not road-test measurements.
Where it sits
In the GM (General Motors) line-up the Bedford HA has a clear place: it replaced the Bedford HC; it handed the line to the Bedford Astra Van / Bedford/Vauxhall Astramax; the factory was Luton, Bedfordshire, UK. The cars a buyer would have weighed it against include the Porsche 911, the Plymouth Barracuda, the Nissan Silvia. Its GM (General Motors) stablemates include the 1955 Chevrolet and the 1957 Chevrolet.
Owning one today
There is no federal ownership record for the Bedford HA — it predates the complaint database or was never sold in the United States — so MotorJury publishes no running-cost figure for it. For a car of this age the price is set by the collector market and the condition of the individual example, not by a formula.