The Bristol VR was a rear-engined double-decker bus chassis which was manufactured by Bristol Commercial Vehicles as a competitor to the Leyland Atlantean and Daimler Fleetline.
Preserved Southern Vectis Eastern Coach Works bodied Bristol VR in July 2008
Preserved SELNEC Passenger Transport Executive Eastern Coach Works bodied VRT/SL2 in October 2009
Western National Eastern Coach Works bodied Bristol VRT/SL3 in Saltash in May 1979
Preserved West Midlands Passenger Transport Executive Metro Cammell Weymann bodied Bristol VRT/SL2 in May 2011
Bristol Commercial Vehicles
Bristol Commercial Vehicles was a vehicle manufacturer located in Bristol, England. Most production was of buses but trucks and railbus chassis were also built.
The Bristol scroll featured on the radiator of a K5G bus
Brislington tram depot, one of the sites used to build Bristol buses.
A VRT/SL of 1969 (centre left) and an FS of 1966 (centre right).
Image: BAE592 Bristol 4ton