Bristol Commercial Vehicles
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Bristol Commercial Vehicles Ltd was a manufacturer of buses and trucks based in Bristol, England.
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[edit] Timeline
- 1908 Bristol Tramways & Carriage Company built its first bus.
- 1931 Bristol Tramways & Carriage Company was acquired by Tilling Group.
- 1948 Bristol Tramways & Carriage Company became part of nationalised British Transport Commission.
- 1955 Bristol chassis production was separated from Bristol Tramways & Carriage Company's bus operating activities and renamed Bristol Commercial Vehicles.
- 1962 Rear-engined RE introduced
- 1963 Bristol Commercial Vehicles became part of Transport Holding Company.
- 1965 Leyland Motor Corporation buys a 25% holding of Bristol and ECW from the Transport Holding Company, allowing sales to non THC fleets.
- 1967 LH introduced
- 1968 VRT introduced
- 1969 All English and Welsh THC (and BET) bus interests pass to newly formed National Bus Company. Leyland acquires an extra 25% holding of Bristol and ECW through a share swap scheme, 50% of Park Royal (and it's subsidiary Roe) and the Leyland National Company pass to the NBC in exchange. All of the above are formed into Bus Manufacturers (Holdings) Ltd.
- 1981 Leyland Olympian introduced and VRT production discontinued
- 1981 LH discontinued
- 1982 Leyland Bus buys the National Bus Company's 50% stake of BM(H).
- 1982 RE discontinued
- 1983 Closed - All production moved to Leyland plant in Workington.
[edit] Products
[edit] Single deck
- L type
- SC - Small Capacity
- SU - Small Underfloor engined
- LS - Light Saloon
- MW - Medium Weight
- LH - Light Horizontal engined
- Note: A small number of Bristol LH and LHL bus chassis were bodied as pantechnicons for Silver Cross prams
- RE - Rear Engined
- B21 - also known as Leyland Lion
- B52 - sold as a Leyland
[edit] Double deck
[edit] Trucks
- HG - Heavy Goods
- HA
- ST - Semi-Trailer
[edit] References
- Curtis, Martin (1984). Bristol Buses in Camera, Ian Allen. ISBN 0-7110-1361-6
- Curtis, Martin (1994). Bristol VR, Ian Allen. ISBN 0-7110-2238-0
- Roberts, Duncan (2002). Bristol RE, NBC Books.
- Townsin, Alan (2000). The Bristol Story Part Two, Venture Publications. ISBN 1-898432-78-3
