Advertising 1938 Bristol L6G Recovery TruckClass: Trucks, Tow-truck — Model origin: 
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◊ 2021-04-30 22:04 |
http://www.busesonscreen.net/screen/index.php?p=screentv.tvm.marple |
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◊ 2021-05-01 15:01 |
... so BOW 162. We've identified this vehicle using the details you provided BRISTOL (BLMC) OTHER 1938 Registration number: BOW162 Body type: Special Purpose Colour: Multi-Coloured Date of first registration: July 1938 |
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◊ 2021-05-01 15:38 |
BLOTW says it’s a Bristol L5G with coachwork by Beadle, new to Hants and Dorset in 1938. I’m not aware of any Gardner coachwork, that’s the engine maker, more likely, and a 6cyl engine could have been substituted when it was turned into a recovery truck. |
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◊ 2021-05-03 11:41 |
Any original coachwork is long gone. I'm no expert but reading the full history here the original Beadle body was rebuilt or replaced in 1947 and the recovery body conversion was made in 1955 with further changes through to the 1970s when the chassis itself was updated from L5G to L6G. https://www.oocities.org/lisbon_road/bournemouth.htm Another Bristol L5G bus of Hants and Dorset 'ERU 513' appears to been converted in a similar way, "by 1971 it had been converted to a towing vehicle with a Gardner 6LW engine". http://www.bristolbuses.co.uk/eru513.html |
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◊ 2021-05-03 12:45 |
It seems that during WW2 the need for mass transportation outweighed the need for comfort, so the bus was rebuilt with some seats around the perimeter of the body and room for many more standees. Just about the most unsatisfactory way to travel on a bus I think. It looks like the company felt the same, as it was reconverted to 31 seats in 1945, and an extra 3 seats squeezed in two years later. L indicates the Bristol single deck chassis, 5G means a 5 cylinder Gardner engine, probably an LW, then 6G indicates the bigger engine with six cylinders. Chassis prewar were different at the front to accommodate the different engines, but certainly Guy Arab wartime chassis were able to accept either 5LW or 6LW with minimal change. Whether the Bristol chassis did the same I don’t know. The Guy chassis became the Ministry’s favoured design for double deck buses, like the Bedford OWB became the single deck choice. It appears that the original body was sold for scrap and the recovery body fitted, maybe at the company’s workshops. -- Last edit: 2021-05-03 13:05:53 |
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◊ 2021-05-03 15:28 |
Any irony that it started life with an original Beadle body which was then junked, compared to the usual(?) Beadle scenario of being secondary rebodyings of something else?? |
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◊ 2021-05-03 17:18 |
I think that you may have confused what Beadle did with their semi monocoque bodies as second choice in some way. I’ll need to do some digging, but they bodied new chassis, (and the occasional Royce) pre-war, and the post-war developments were providing “as-new” buses with reclaimed mechanicals either from older Leylands or utility bodied Bedfords, inter alia. According to Graces Guide the firm was in existence in 1912, and exhibited at Motor Shows in the 1920s. -- Last edit: 2021-05-04 09:08:25 |
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◊ 2021-05-04 12:36 |
Especially for Oliver, more Beadle stuff: - http://www.old-bus-photos.co.uk/?tag=beadle Hope you don’t think I’m Bumbling about but I wanted to add an extra Twist to the Beadle story. At least you know I’m not Fagin it. -- Last edit: 2021-05-04 12:44:26 |
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◊ 2021-05-04 12:44 |
Well, it's no Dodge, we've established that. |
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◊ 2021-05-04 12:45 |
What the Dickens? Are you being Artful? -- Last edit: 2021-05-04 12:46:07 |
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