1956 Bristol HG6L Metro-Cammell Cab, British Road Services

1956 Bristol HG6L in They Take The High Road, Short Movie, 1960

Class: Trucks, Simple truck — Model origin:

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Author	Message
Sunbar ◊ 2010-02-15 15:26	http://ccmv.fotopic.net/p26841250.html
Exiv96 ◊ 2010-02-15 19:54	Not really the same cab, though.
Sunbar ◊ 2010-02-16 10:40	The same HG6L chassis with the Metro-Cammell cab then. The different styles of Bristol radiator got me confused I guess, but both must be possible. http://ccmv.fotopic.net/p42350755.html -- Last edit: 2010-02-16 10:40:20
chris40 ◊ 2010-02-16 11:04	IIRC British Road Services was the only customer for Bristol commercial vehicles; Bristol was primarily a bus maker.
dudley ◊ 2010-02-17 18:33	Strange asymmetric headlight arrangement.
Sunbar ◊ 2010-02-17 21:01	I've looked at the film again, in case it was an optical illusion, but almost certainly the passenger's side headlamp appears to be higher than the driver's side. Probably to allow the foglight to be fitted between the headlamp and the bumper.
dsl ◊ 2017-10-01 02:15	Main replaced. PXP 957 = London, Jan 55 to May 56, "allocated in blocks".
dsl ◊ 2018-04-16 23:48	Brief glimpse of same clip but shorter and B&W here.