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Bristol Harbourside rally 22.5.05 |
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| At the half-way stop on the London-Brighton run 1.5.05 |
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| Hawkesbury Upton, 22.1.06 |
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| Hawkesbury Upton Village Show, August 2006 |
Bristol K5G
Vehicle details
GHT127 (992) is a Bristol K5G owned by FirstGroup but on long-term loan to the Bristol Vintage Bus Group. During 2004 the Group restored it and painted it in 1955 Brighton, Hove and District livery. It is an open-top example.
Vehicle history
This bus was new in wartime to Bristol Tramways Ltd and entered service in March 1941 from (we believe) Lawrence Hill depot. Its body was given a major overhaul by Bristol Carriage & Tramways Co. Ltd. in 1951 and it was sold out of service by the end of 1954, when it passed with several others to Brighton Hove & District. They converted it to open top, and subsequently repainted it in a cream and black livery.
It later passed to Thomas Bros. Port Talbot, South Wales and received a blue and cream livery. It then passed back to Bristol Omnibus Co. It has since been painted in Tilling green and cream (1975), original Bristol blue & white livery, cream and green Bath open-top livery (1985) and in Guide Friday's version of its livery.
Current situation
GHT127 is in good condition after restoration in 2004, and will be appearing at a number of rallies during 2008.
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Revised: 08/11/2008