This is the Standard Equipment on all the recovery vehicles operated by Cambridge Coachworks (the company that would become National Rescue) in the seventies and eighties.

Recovery Vehicle based on a Bedford CF with crane and dollies

This particular Bedford vehicle was designed and built by Steve Langford and Andy Lambert in 1978. In those days most operators 'built their own', including Crane Frames, Tow Poles, Scotch Blocks and complete Bodies with Lockers