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  • Southern Vectis – Bristol Lodekka – KDL 414 – 518

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    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

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    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…

  • Nadder Valley Coaches – Bristol L5G – EDL 16

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    Nadder Valley Coaches1946Bristol L5GECW B31F In 1946 Southern Vectis added the first three post war examples of the Bristol L5G to its pre war and wartime fleet of the model. EDL 14 -16 arrived with Eastern Coach Works B35R bodywork, but, in 1961, all three were rebuilt with ECW B31F bodies for (what was then…

  • Southern Vectis – Bristol KS5G – HDL 264 – 750

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    Southern Vectis Omnibus Company1951Bristol KS5GECW L27/28R New to Southern Vectis in 1951 with an Isle of Wight registration a Bristol KS5G with an ECW lowbridge body and was withdrawn by them in 1967. Sold on to dealer W Norths (PV) Limited, Sherburn-in-Elmet in May 1967 it then went to Jameson of Sunderland the following month.…

  • Southern Vectis – Bristol K5G – DDL 50 – 703

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    Southern Vectis Omnibus Company1940Bristol K5GECW O30/26R In 1937 Southern Vectis took two examples of the Bristol GO5G chassis, and then ordered two examples of the later K5G design. CDL 899, which arrived in July 1939 with fleet number 702, was followed in January 1940 by DDL 50, number 703 which, like its predecessors, had ECW…

  • Southern Vectis – Bristol LH – NDL 769G – 833

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    Southern Vectis Omnibus Company1969Bristol LHS6LMarshall B35F Seen here in the summer of 1969 when almost new, NDL 769G was one of four Bristol LHS6L buses delivered to Southern Vectis with 7ft 6ins wide Marshall B35F bodies of curiously old fashioned appearance. The flat glass windscreen with angled corner glasses was reproduced at the rear. To…

  • Southern Vectis – Bristol RE – KDL 885F – 301

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    Southern Vectis Omnibus Company1968Bristol RESH6GDuple Northern C45F KDL 885F is a Bristol RESH6G with Duple Northern C45F body. Fleet number 301 in the Southern Vectis fleet, she is seen at the King Alfred Running Day in Winchester on 1 January 2010. Please note that the 2015 event has moved away from New Year’s Day and…