Category: Photos
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United Automobile – Bristol SU – AHN 901B – S1
United Automobile Services1964Bristol SUL4AECW B36F The Bristol SU series had a limited following amongst THC Companies. This example is in Ripon Bus Station in July 1968 about to set out on the lengthy run to Masham. I would imagine the Albion 4cyl engine would be quite noisy although probably not as bad as the Gardner…
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Eastern Counties – Bristol VR – NGM 157G – VR 316
Eastern Counties Omnibus Company1969Bristol VR/SL6GECW H43/34F We don’t yet have any pictures of the Bristol VR on OBP, so here is one of the early examples that earned something of a dubious reputation. Sitting in the 1976 spring sunshine at Ely depot is Eastern Counties VR 316, NGM 157G, a VR/SL6G with ECW H43/34F body.…
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Crosville – Bristol SC4LK – 803 FFM – CSG 623
Copyright Ian Wild Crossville1958Bristol SC4LKECW DP33F Here we have Crosville CSG623 seen outside the small depot in Llanwrst, Conwy, Wales in September 1967. This is one of 24 Bristol SC4LK with Eastern Coachworks DP33F body supplied to Crosville but by the time of this photo it had acquired bus livery and was ending its days…
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Booth and Fisher – Bristol SC4LK – 612 JPU
Copyright Ian Wild Booth and Fisher1957Bristol SC4LKECW B35F Booth and Fisher operated a selection of stage and works services from their depot at Halfway on the South Eastern outskirts of Sheffield. Whilst their staple stock for many years were Bedford OBs, they also bought AEC and Leyland single deckers new and amassed quite a collection…
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Eastern Counties – Bristol SC4LK – VVF 540 – LC540
Eastern Counties Omnibus Company1957Bristol SC4LKECW B35F Before researching the facts about the Bristol SC for this caption, I had somehow presumed that Crosville would have been the largest customer for the type. In fact I was surprised to find that they were only the third largest, having bought a total of 79. 323 were built…
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Eastern Counties – Bristol SC4LK – 3003 AH – LC 556
Eastern Counties Omnibus Company1959Bristol SC4LKECW B35F I have the only fully restored red and cream Bristol SC4LK! It is ex Eastern Counties LC 556 (3003 AH). It was new to ECOC in Jan 1959 and served the company for 11 years. Following withdrawal in 1970, it passed via Ben Jordan, the famous Norfolk bus dealer,…
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Crosville – Bristol SC – 782 EFM – SC 12
Crosville Motor Services1957Bristol SC4LKECW B35F Crosville was one of the main users of the Bristol SC4LK model, with a total of seventy nine examples, of which fifty five were buses and twenty four were coaches, although the latter were soon downgraded to bus status, without being greatly modified. The first batch were new in 1957,…
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R & R Coaches t/a Beeline – Bristol SC4 – NFW 655
R & R Coaches t/a Beeline1956Bristol Bristol SC4LKECW B35F The lightweight SC (small capacity) vehicle emerged in 1954 and was the Bristol/ECW offering for BTC lightly trafficked rural bus routes. Every opportunity was taken to save weight. The chassis longitudinal members were simple straight lengths of channel lacking intermediate transverse sections, and the body was…
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United Automobile – Bristol Lodekka LD6B – WHN 703 – L3
United Automobile Services1955Bristol LD6BECW H33/25R Not many of these deep radiator versions made shame really I quite liked them. This photo was taken at Scarborough on the round about by the railway station. A full list including Bristol and United codes can be seen here. The original deep radiator versions of the Lodekka were indeed…
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United Automobile – Bristol Lodekka FLF6B – 153 SHN – L153
United Automobile Services1964Bristol Lodekka FLF6BECW H38/32F I am not sure if the Lodekka actually had a version number i.e. I, II, III as the Regent III, V for example if any body knows please let me know. I did like these front entrance Lodekkas, the three things I remember most is the low step to…