Old bus photos

Tag: Hants & Dorset

  • Hants & Dorset 1945 Bristol K6A

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    This is a picture of my own Bristol K6A that I owned in the period 1984/5. From looking at the excellent web based H & D fleet list it appears to have started life as a covered top Strachan bodied half-cab machine with the code L27/28R and fleet number TD776, this calculated from the assumption…

  • Maidstone & District – Leyland Panther – JKK 199E – S99

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    Maidstone & District1967Leyland Panther PSUR1/1RWillowbrook B45F This photo of Maidstone & District Leyland Panther No S99 reg JKK 199E with Willowbrook B45F bodywork was new in April 1967 prior to the renumbering to 3099 so was probably taken in the summer of that year outside Southdown’s Pevensey Road bus station. M&D had I believe ninety…

  • Hants & Dorset – AEC Regent V – 975 CWL – 3475

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    Hants & Dorset Motor Services1958AEC Regent V LD3RAPark Royal H65R 975 CWL is an AEC Regent V of the LD3RA variety. She was new in 1958 and has a Park Royal body seating 65. New to City of Oxford as their 975, she is seen in the yard of the Hants & Dorset depot in…

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

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    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…

  • Hants & Dorset – Bristol Lodekka – 7678 LJ – 1478

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    Hants & Dorset Motor Services1962Bristol Lodekka FS6BECW H60RD 7678 LJ is a Bristol FS6B with ECW H60RD bodywork, new to Hants & Dorset as 1478 in 1962. Under the 1971 renumbering, she became 1137. As we see, she has the offside illuminated advert panel and is in the NBC poppy red livery. She’s at Barton…

  • Hants & Dorset – Bristol Lodekka – SRU 981 – 1368

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    Hants & Dorset Motor Services1956Bristol Lodekka LD6ECW H33/27R SRU 981 was new to Hants & Dorset in 1956 as their 1368. It is a Bristol LD6 with ECW body H60R seating  when new. The Bristol engine was replaced by a Gardner in 1961, making it a Bristol LD6G and doors were fitted in that year.…

  • Hants & Dorset – Bristol LL – KLJ 749 – 779

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    Hants & Dorset Motor Services  1950Bristol LL6GPortsmouth Aviation DP36R A Happy New Year to you all! It seems strange to hear that in May, but it was heard several times at Winchester on 4th May! Many enthusiasts and passers by gathered to give this Running Day a welcome at this new May date. The weather was…

  • Hants & Dorset – Bristol LL5G – KRU 993 – 787

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    Hants & Dorset Motor Services1952Bristol LL5GECW FC37F KRU 993 came to Hants & Dorset in February 1952 as a standard half cab LL6B with an ECW B39R body, one of a batch of seven similar vehicles, KRU 988-994, fleet nos. 782-788, delivered between September 1951 and February 1952. In June 1955 the Bristol AVW engine…

  • Wilts & Dorset – Bristol KSW – HMR 59 – 344

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    Wilts & Dorset Motor Services1952Bristol KSW5GECW L55R Here is a view of HMR 59, a Bristol KSW5G with ECW bodywork. By the time of this view, the 1952 vehicle had been relegated to training duties. She’s seen in the yard of the Hants & Dorset depot in Southampton, in March 1975. By this time, NBC…

  • Hants & Dorset – Bristol KSW – KEL 728 – 1285

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    Hants & Dorset Motor Services1951Bristol KSW6BECW L27/28R KEL 728 is a Bristol KSW6B new to Hants & Dorset in 1951. The ECW body was of the L55R variety when new. After withdrawal from passenger duty in 1969, it became one of the driver training fleet, with various alterations including the fitting of a sliding door…