▁w art ime ▁to ▁civil ian ▁production , ▁mostly ▁due ▁to ▁the ▁ease ▁with ▁which ▁Bed ford ▁tr uck s ▁in ▁production ▁for ▁military ▁use ▁could ▁be ▁redirect ed ▁to ▁the ▁civil ian ▁market . ▁The ▁first ▁post - war ▁civil ian ▁tr uck s ▁were ▁made ▁a ▁few ▁days ▁before ▁V J ▁Day ▁in ▁August ▁ 1 9 4 5 , ▁with ▁V aux hall ▁car ▁production ▁res uming ▁in ▁September . ▁These ▁initial ▁models ▁were ▁essentially ▁un changed ▁from ▁the ▁three - model ▁range ▁( H -, ▁I -, ▁and ▁J - type ▁un ib ody ▁designs ) ▁that ▁had ▁been ▁launched ▁just ▁before ▁the ▁out break ▁of ▁war ▁in ▁ 1 9 3 9 . ▁However , ▁they ▁were ▁now ▁renamed ▁simply ▁as ▁the ▁V aux hall ▁Ten , ▁Tw elve ▁and ▁Four teen ▁respectively , ▁were ▁each ▁available ▁in ▁a ▁single ▁body ▁and ▁specification ▁( four - door ▁sal o ons ▁to ▁what ▁had ▁been ▁the ▁Del ux e ▁trim ▁level ) ▁to ▁ease ▁production ▁and ▁had ▁minor ▁internal ▁and ▁external ▁trim ▁differences ▁to ▁account ▁for ▁short ages ▁or ▁extra ▁costs ▁of ▁various ▁materials . ▁Government ▁reg ulations ▁of ▁the ▁time ▁meant ▁that ▁ 7 5 % ▁of ▁production ▁had ▁to ▁be ▁sent ▁for ▁export , ▁so ▁very ▁few ▁of ▁these ▁rev ived ▁models ▁reached ▁buy ers ▁in ▁the ▁United ▁Kingdom . ▁Further ▁rational isation ▁occurred ▁in ▁ 1 9 4 6 ▁when ▁the ▁Tw elve ▁ceased ▁to ▁be ▁a ▁distinct ▁model ▁and ▁now ▁shared ▁the ▁body ▁of ▁the