Bristol Omnibus Vehicle Collection

1951 BRISTOL LWL6B NHY947, 2815

photo courtesy of Bodie Hage

Bristol Greyhound coach 2815 was delivered in 1951 and was an eight foot wide Bristol LWL with Bristol’s own AVW engine and a fully fronted Eastern Coach Works 35-seat coach body. After a full life on express services, she went into preservation with the Company’s own preservation group, before passing on eventually to an Essex coach operator who had her fully restored, although in the process preferring to replace the original concealed radiator with a PV2 radiator. In this form the coach passed to Holland.  

In the Spring of 2007 Mike Walker secured the coach for the Collection, and as at the end of November 2007 she arrived back in the UK on a low-loader where she successfully passed her MOT test. It is hoped that a replica of her original enclosed front can be made and she can be returned to her original colour scheme in time for the 2008 rally circuit.