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Accession 567
21/06/07
1951 Bristol
LWL5G with ECW B39R body.
Originally 1613 was a Western
National vehicle being transferred to Southern National in 1960 and
allocated to Weymouth depot. Number 1613 was sold to the Dorset
Transport Circle in October 1968 for preservation. In 1981 1613 was
put on long term loan to the Science Museum at Wroughton and ran on
open days until 1985 when it was put into deep store. A change of
policy in 2007 resulted in DTC being asked to remove 1613 and the
decision was made to donate this fine vehicle to WHOTT. On
inspection it was found that 1613 had suffered body damage through
too close an encounter with the wing of a Trident airliner and
serious frost damage to radiator and engine. This has now been
repaired and 1613 returned to the road just in time for the Weymouth
rally in June 2007, to be reunited with 1299 there for the first
time since 1981. More recently 1613 has been changed back to Western
National logos. Sponsored by Members of WHOTT. |
