Tag: Bristol Lodekka

  • 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…

  • 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…

  • United Automobile – Bristol Lodekka LD6B – 113 BHN – L13

    United Automobile Services1956Bristol Lodekka LD6BECW H33/27RD Quite a few lists have United fleet numbers starting with a “B” which I presume denotes Bristol. But as one can plainly see in this photo there is no “B” just L13 does anybody know if United changed there fleet numbering system after 1966. This shot was taken July…

  • Notts and Derby – Bristol Lodekka FLF6G – BRB 493B – 634

      Notts and Derby1964Bristol Lodekka FLF6GECW H38/32F Yet another photo where I can not remember where I was when I took it same as the previous W Gash photo I presume, any clues anybody?I do have quite a few photos of Nottingham City Transport yet to come so probably a club trip down that way.…

  • United Automobile – Bristol Lodekka FS6B- 5108 HN – L108

    United Automobile Services1962Bristol Lodekka FS6BECW H33/27R This photo was taken in the middle of July 1966 and is the Scarborough North Bay “Corner Cafe” terminus of several routes. This photo apart from being a nearly decent shot of a “Short Lodekka” is a flash back to when an English seaside resort had every thing going…

  • Mansfield District – Bristol Lodekka LD6G – RAL 974 – 500

    Copyright Ian Wild Mansfield District Traction Company Limited1954Bristol Lodekka LD6GECW H33/25R I always liked the Bristol Lodekka with the original long grille-thought it gave the bus a more purposeful appearance. A chance visit to Mansfield in August 1968 found this example which appeared to be in excellent condition for its age. Photograph and Copy contributed…

  • Southern National – Bristol Lodekka – AUO 523B – 2053

    Copyright Roger Cox Southern National1964Bristol Lodekka FLF6BECW H38/32F Stephen Ford asked, “Was Westward Ho! (Southern National) the only one that included an exclamation mark?” I don’t know the answer to that, but here is a picture of a Bristol Lodekka displaying that very destination. The bus is an FLF6B with ECW H38/32F body delivered to…

  • Hants & Dorset – Bristol Lodekka – GRU 978D – 1547

    Copyright Pete Davies Hants & Dorset Motor Services 1966Bristol Lodekka FLF6BECW H38/32F In case readers were thinking the bulk of my photographs are of operators in the Midlands and North of England, here is something to balance matters. GRU978D was a Bristol FLF6B in the Hants & Dorset fleet. She is seen on the sunny morning…

  • Southern Vectis – Bristol Lodekka – KDL 414 – 518

    Copyright Pete Davies Southern Vectis Omnibus Company1954Bristol Lodekka LD6GECW LD57R KDL 414 is a Bristol LD6G with the usual ECW H60R body, still in Tilling green, but with NBC fleetname and the white stripe. She was one of ten which were borrowed at the time, and has gained a Hants & Dorset fleet number (3493)…

  • Southern Vectis – Bristol Lodekka – MDL 951 – 541 / OT1

    Copyright Pete Davies Southern Vectis Omnibus Company1956Bristol Lodekka LD6GECW O60R Here is a view of MDL 951. She was new to Southern Vectis in 1956 with an ECW H33/24R body, but, in this view, she has been converted to O60R format. She’s in the “dual purpose” version of NBC livery as OT1. We see her…