1940 Bristol K5G ECW

1940 Bristol K5G in On the Fiddle, Movie, 1961

Class: Bus, Double-deck — Model origin:

00:08:46 Minor action vehicle or used in only a short scene

Author	Message
johnfromstaffs ◊ 2019-03-02 08:38	1940 Bristol K5G/ECW. CAP 212 Brighton, Hove and District Fleet No 6357. Fleet no. seems a bit odd, but that’s what it says in the records. -- Last edit: 2019-03-02 08:42:14
Dmitry_P ◊ 2019-03-02 12:44
johnfromstaffs ◊ 2019-03-02 13:38	I have re-checked, and there are quite a number of buses in the B,H & D fleet with similar numbers. Presumably some accountant gone doolally.
SteveA ◊ 2019-03-02 14:15	Fleet numbers all started in the 6000 series. I would think this was because BH&D was at the time a subsidiary of Thomas Tilling. CAP212 was converted to a convertible opentopper in 1955 and renumbered 357. .....actually the complete footage shows the BH&D fleetname covered over. By the time it was filmed CAP212 was out of use with BH&D. -- Last edit: 2019-03-02 23:34:01