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YHT 801J a 1970 ex Bristol Omnibus single door Bristol RESL6L. BOC standardised on the Leyland O.680 engine for its RE fleet, and this coupled with the shorter length body gave these buses a performance equal to modern day vehicles.
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A brace of ex Bristol Tramways Bristol L5Gs at the Sea Mills terminus of former route 22.
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FHW 156D a former Bristol Omnibus ( Bristol Greyhound) 1966 Bristol MW6G coach with later style ECW body.
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969 EHW a former Bath Services 1959 Bristol LD6G.
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924 AHY a “flatback” Bristol MW5G new to Bristol Omnibus in 1958 with route boards for the old City Circle service, which linked Temple Meads station, the Horsefair shopping area and the city centre.
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It wouldn’t be a rally without a Routemaster. Former London Transport RML 2657, now in the ownership of Stagecoach, approaches the Clifton Suspension bridge terminus of former route 18.
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AFM 106G a 1969 ex Crosville Bristol RELH6G. Carl Berry’s RELH AFM 103G was also in attendance although the opportunity to photograph them together did not arise.
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A brace of low height Bristol’s. 972 EHW an ex Bristol Omnibus 1959 Bristol LD6G the revolutionary design of which eliminated the sunken gangway style of body carried by OHY 938 an ex Bath Tramways Bristol KSW6B.
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UHY 362 a 1955 ex Bristol Tramways city fleet Bristol KSW6B. Bristol Tramways tended to favour the Bristol engine for its city fleet KSWs, whereas country fleet ones usually had Gardner engines, fitted with five speed gearboxes and platform doors.
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BHU92C a 1965 ex BOC (Bristol Greyhound) Bristol MW6G. In later life these vehicles where downgraded to buses and painted in standard green livery, but still retained their red coach interiors.
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LHY 976 a 1949 ex Bristol Tramways Bristol L5G. Bristol Tramways specified these unusual two door ECW bodies for their city fleet Ls, and this made them suitable for conversion to OMO country buses in later life.
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Although not a Bristol Tramway vehicle, being operated from new by Clifton College, similar Mulliner bodied Bedford OBs where part of the fleet. MHU 193 is pictured at Dundry Hill on the former Dundry Pioneer route from the city to Dundry church.