Bristol VR
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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 VRT/SL6G (Series 1) in July 2008
Preserved Standerwick Eastern Coach Works bodied VRL/LH2 coach in September 2010
Preserved SELNEC Passenger Transport Executive Eastern Coach Works bodied VRT/SL2 (Series 2) in October 2009
Western National Eastern Coach Works bodied Bristol VRT/SL3 (Series 3) in Saltash in May 1979
Leyland Atlantean
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The Leyland Atlantean is a predominantly double-decker bus chassis manufactured by Leyland Motors between 1958 and 1986. Only 17 Atlantean chassis were bodied as single deck from new.
Bristol VR
…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. The Bristol VR was originally designed for single-deck or double-deck bodywork. The design featured a longitudinal mounted engine…
A Northern Counties-bodied Atlantean seen at the Manchester Museum of Transport
The first production Atlantean of Wallasey Corporation
A distinctive feature (shared with the Daimler Fleetline) was the recess in the rear of the bodywork, required by the lift-up engine cover
Preserved Newport Transport Alexander bodied Atlantean in 2004