| Bristol bus on test Posted by Trowres at 00:15, 26th April 2020 |     |
I thought this photogaph of a Bristol bus was worth pointing out...
https://www.flickr.com/photos/fray_bentos/200198976/in/photostream/
| Re: Bristol bus on test Posted by CyclingSid at 07:22, 26th April 2020 | |
Sort of thing used to be quite frequent when bus and lorry builders sent chassis to external coach and body builders.
| Re: Bristol bus on test Posted by rogerw at 11:35, 26th April 2020 | |
Probably on its way to Lowestoft to have a body added
| Re: Bristol bus on test Posted by Oxonhutch at 11:36, 26th April 2020 | |
Growing up in Leyland - home of Leyland Motors - we would meet these in the main street all the time - Leyland testers they were called. Can't remember the driver wearing a helmet - more like a flat cap - and he often just sat in a church hall stacking chair.
'The past is a foreign country - they do things differently there'.
| Re: Bristol bus on test Posted by eightonedee at 15:36, 26th April 2020 | |
As an occasional visitor to East Yorkshire, I've seen similar sights on the approaches to Plaxton's works just south of Scarborough relatively recently, although I cannot recall exactly how long ago.
I also remember seeing the Bristol bus chassis on the old A4 Bath Road between Reading and Newbury before the M4 opened in late 1971. My goodness it must be cold driving those things - especially approaching Scarborough or Lowestoft on winter!
| Re: Bristol bus on test Posted by Robin Summerhill at 17:17, 26th April 2020 | |
Probably on its way to Lowestoft to have a body added
Yes. If it was to g=have an Eastern Coach Works body then that was where it was off to.
Living in south Bristol between 1964 and 1970, these chassis movements were a very common sight.
| Re: Bristol bus on test Posted by Chris from Nailsea at 21:02, 18th April 2026 | |
I thought this photogaph of a Bristol bus was worth pointing out...
https://www.flickr.com/photos/fray_bentos/200198976/in/photostream/
I reckon that's on Bath Road, in Brislington, Bristol - with the water tower above Knowle in the distance.
| Re: Bristol bus on test Posted by wiltshirebloke at 00:42, 19th April 2026 | |
Yes, I reckon it's what is now the junction to Flowers Hill. What was Bathwick Tyres back in the day, now a Bed/Materess shop - https://maps.app.goo.gl/ysfKd2UVWc3o1i7p6
