YHY80 - technical info

Bristol LS

 
Manufacturer Bristol
Vehicle type: LS5G (rebuilt by Bristol Omnibus Co as LS6G in 1972). (what does this code mean?)
Chassis No: 119141
Registration No: YHY80
Date of first registration: November 1957
Fleet no: 2922.  (Renumbered to 2004 in March 1961 after the introduction of a new series for dual-purpose vehicles).
2004.  (Renumbered August 1966 back to 2922, following conversion to bus seating).
3004.  (When rebuilt in 1972).
Body manufacturer: Eastern Coach Works
Body No: ECW 9668 Series 2
Body type: DP41F (what does this code mean?)
Body date: 1972 (rebuilt by Bristol Omnibus Co)
New body type: B43F
Original operator: Bristol Omnibus Co.
Withdrawn: 1977
Subsequent owners: Weston Carnival Club, Weston Super Mare, March 1978
Ormerod Cross (car dealer), Axbridge, by June 1981
Bristol LS3004 Group, Bristol, by August 1982
Details: Delivered with dual-purpose seats in a bus body and green livery.
Equipped for one-person operation April 1958.
Repainted with a cream roof, December 1959.
Repainted into bus livery, August 1966.
Rebuilt to B43F as LS6G, including extensive renovation, with new flat rubber-mounted windscreen, 1972.
Repainted OMO (Cream with green relief) livery, 1972.
Repainted into NBC green livery between 1973 and 1975.

Receiving attention during restoration work, April 2005

Prior to delivery, at ECW Lowestoft, November 1957

After rebuilding, Lawrence Hill, 1972

 
 

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