THE SOUTH OF ENGLAND BUS IMAGE GALLERY
Hants & Dorset

Southern England
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Hants & Dorset VAM70 820 MW5G 811 MW6G 722 LH6L 533
Compared to the number of MW coaches, H&D's MW bus fleet was much smaller and powered by the five cylinder Gardner engine, making them MW5G models. Still in Tilling green is 811 (XEL553) of 1958. The other buses here are former Wilts & Dorset machines, with the Bristols still in Tilling red and cream. The dual purpose MW6G is 722 (134AMW) new in 1963. To its right is LH6L 533 (XEL837K), part of a batch shared with Hants & Dorset back in late 1971. The companies had been under common management since 1964 under Tilling and merged under NBC in 1972. NBC foisted some lightweight Ford and Bedford buses on its subsidiaries in the seventies, but H&D and W&D both had some Willowbrook dual door bodied Bedford VAM70 buses in 1968. The only bus in NBC poppy red here is former W&D 820 (LMR740F).
 
Hants & Dorset Bristol LH6L ECW 3503
From the first delivery of Bristol LH6L buses is 3503 (DEL539L) in Basingstoke in unrelieved NBC poppy red. Unfortunately the paint used initially was prone to fading in sunlight and several Basingstoke buses looked more like they were in poppy pink than poppy red!
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Hants & Dorset Bristol LH6L ECW 3511
Bristol LH6L 3511 (NEL844M) delivered to Basingstoke the following year looking better with its white band.
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Hants & Dorset Bristol LH6L ECW 3576
An LH6L from the following year's delivery, 3576 (HJT47N).
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Hants & Dorset Ford R1014 ECW 3593, FS6G 646 & Bristol OC FLF6B 7249
At first sight this might be thought to be another LH but is in fact one of those NBC lightweights, ECW bodied Ford R1014 3593 (RRU593N). It is seen in Salisbury Bus Station with two Bristol Lodekkas, a red former Wilts & Dorset FS6G 646 (684AAM) and a green Bristol Omnibus FLF6B, 7249 (FHU507D) on the long distance service to Bath.
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