*I remember an early Olympian, operated by Bristol Omnibus, being fitted with a Bristol badge on the grill. Leyland took exception to this and told them to remove it but they were told to "sod off".
* On Sun, Jul 8, 2012 at 5:03 PM, RC169 <[email protected]> wrote: > 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]: >> >> *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. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Welsh Bus Photographs" group. 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.
