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Bristol VR's 38749 (AFJ 749T) and 38873 (LFJ 873W) at St Austell depot

Sat, 28/08/2010 - 12:37am — relh1460
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Bristol VR's 38749 (AFJ 749T) and 38873 (LFJ 873W) at St Austell depot
Picture Date: 
04 Oct 2006

Looking very smart at St Austell depotSt Austell after being repainted, these vehicles formed part of First Devon & Cornwall's 'Heritage Fleet' 

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AFJ 749T | Bristol VR | Fleet No. 38749 (ex 1147)

Tue, 17/11/2009 - 6:52pm — webmaster
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Registration: 
AFJ 749T
Fleet No.: 
38749
Fleet No.: 
1147
Date acquired: 
Wed, 01/08/2007
AFJ 749T Fleet No. 38749 (originally 1147)

At the moment preserved in First Group's livery, Bristol VRBristol VR was Bristol's rear-engined bus chassis, designed as a competitor to the Leyland Atlantean and Daimler Fleetline. 38749(AFJ 749T) was one of 10 new ‘double deckers’ delivered to Western National in Cornwall in 1979 in standard NBC green. Originally she had fleet number 1147 and was alocated to the Truro depot, then situated on Lemon Quay, along with 'sisters' 1142(AFJ 744T) and 1144(AFJ 746T). She has been painted in nearly all the liveries used and has been based at most of the depots in Cornwall and even for a short time, was stationed at both Dartmouth and Plymouth. Read more

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LFJ 873W | Bristol VR | Fleet No. 38873 (ex 1226)

Fri, 19/02/2010 - 5:35pm — editor
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Registration: 
LFJ 873 W
Fleet No.: 
1226
Fleet No.: 
38873
Date acquired: 
Sun, 01/11/2009
1226/38873(LFJ 873W) at Brislington event at Bristol 2007

In November 2009, the CBPG took over ownership of Bristol VRBristol VR was Bristol's rear-engined bus chassis, designed as a competitor to the Leyland Atlantean and Daimler Fleetline. 38873(LFJ 873W) from the Western National Preservation GroupWestern National Preservation Group. Originally numbered 1226, she was the last new Bristol VR bought by Western National in 1981 (later vehicles 1227 to 1238 went to Devon General). Read more

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