Richard, it would have been built by Bristol Commercial Vehicles Ltd - one of the last, in fact. I believe A686KDV was numerically the highest built by BCV.
Some people seem to get upset about Olympians being referred to as 'Bristols', but BCV was owned by Bus Manufacturers (Holdings) Ltd at the time, and BMH was jointly owned by Leyland and the NBC, with a 50:50 split. the factory in which the chassis was built was owned and operated by BCV, so it's correct to refer to the vehicle as a Bristol. Similarly for Fleetlines built after the transfer of production to Leyland, can correctly be refrred to as Leyland Fleetlines, even if they have Daimler badges. Nigel On Sunday, July 8, 2012 12:13:18 PM UTC+2, [email protected] wrote: > > *I had a ride on this Leyland Olympian this morning, a cracking machine > with a Gardner lump, but she pulled well. This was a former First vehicle > so how come it dodged the cutters torch?? and I see that on the tax disc > it's down as a Bristol*. *Aberavon Beach sea front working from > Sandfields to Port Talbot*. > > *Richard Field.* > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Welsh Bus Photographs" group. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msg/welsh-bus-photographs/-/PYE3wwrBBEgJ. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/welsh-bus-photographs?hl=en.
