Cornwall Bus Preservation Society

Details

Registration: 

AFJ 706T

Fleet No.: 

1141

Date acquired: 

Mon, 01/08/2005

This Bristol VRBristol VR was Bristol's rear-engined bus chassis, designed as a competitor to the Leyland Atlantean and Daimler Fleetline., fleet No. 1141 (AFJ 706T) was the last of a batch of eight buses delivered new to Western National in 1978 and was mainly in service within the Plymouth area. Whilst in Plymouth, she was painted in green and white which was the Western National version of 'CitybusLivery used on Plymouth City Buses' livery used for the Plymouth Joint Services network. She was still in this livery when she was transferred to Cornwall with VR 1156 (AFJ 763T). In 1999, she was one of two Western National buses chosen to be painted in Tilling green by the company to commemorate 70 years of Western National (1929 – 1999). Then in 2004, the paintwork was updated to celebrate 75 years (1929 – 2004) of the company before being released into preservation in 2005. Since then, she has attended many events and rallys all over the west country before going into store at the end of 2007. The CBPSCornwall Bus Preservation Society - formed by a group of bus and coach enthusiasts who are involved in maintaining, restoring and preserving a number of buses which saw operational service in Cornwall that have been bought, donated or even loaned to members of the group intend to get 1141 on the road in 2011 pending a re-vamp of her green paintwork.