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Bristol LHS 6L bodied by ECW.

This vehicle is part of the Aire Valley Transport Group, and its owner has agreed that it can be displayed on our website due to the vehicles importance. The AVTG are the organisers of the highly successful Bolton Abbey event (in 2007, to be held on Sunday 14th October 2007) that various WYPTE vehicles attend, including each year representatives of the TYPG fleet.

First registered 01/06/1976

Chassis Bristol, LHS 6L

Body Eastern Coach Works, DP27F

Dimensions 7'6" wide x 24' long

Engine Leyland 401

Fuel Diesel

Displacement 6.54 litre

BHP 138bhp at 2600rpm

Gearbox 5 speed over drive with syncromesh on gears 2-5

Ratios 5th 0.79:1, 4th 1.00:1, 3rd 1.80:1, 2nd 3.27:1, 1st 5.95:1, reverse 5.95:1

Front axle 4.4 ton capacity

Rear axle 7.15 ton capacity, Ratio 5.57:1

New to West Yorkshire Passenger Transport Executive (METRO) Leeds area 26/5/76 for use on their shoppers & car parks services.

Subsequent owners Merseyside PTE 01/05/80 - 05/11/84

City of Nottingham Transport 05/11/84 - 04/11/86

Edward Wood Import Export Ltd 04/11/86 - 09/01/87

Brewers Motor Services 09/01/87 - 16/05/88

Steve Stockdale Coaches, Selby 16/05/88 - 05/04/91

Autodouble Ltd, Milton Keynes 05/04/91 - 01/06/92

Sopwell Travel, Towcester 01/06/92 - 12/11/92

P J Friend, Surrey 12/11/92 - 17/09/94

C James, Slough 17/09/94 - 30/11/98

C N Ryan, Bradford 30/11/98 - 20/08/2000

S M Turner, Wakefield 20/08/2000

Further pictures of 45 can be found on http://www.fotopic.net in this gallery.

And, courtesy of John Atkin, you can listen to the sound of 45 here mua45p_2006_sound.wma

Further Technology... here is a video taken from inside 45 http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=648954344451926742