Bristol Commercial Vehicles Enthusiasts

Illustrated Histories For

Western National Omnibus Company Limited

Including Devon General (500-series fleetnumbers)

Last Amended : 1st May 2008 (AFJ760T updated)


VRT Series 1

1050 : OTA284G  Doubledecker Bus and Tours, Chula Vista, San Diego, California, U.S.A.

Last noted : March 2005

1051 : OTA285G
SCRAPPED
1052 : OTA286G SCRAPPED 1053 : OTA287G Greet, Broadhempstead (playbus)

Last noted : April 2006

1054 : OTA288G SCRAPPED
1055 : OTA289G 
SCRAPPED
1056 : OTA290G Western National Preservation Group (preserved)

Last noted : October 2007

1057 : OTA291G SCRAPPED 1058 : OTA292G Royal Blue Line, Victoria,British Columbia, Canada

Last noted : December 2007

1059 : OTA293G SCRAPPED

     

VRT Series 2

 542 : VOD542K Graham Thorogood, Bournemouth (preserved)

Last noted : October 2005

 543 : VOD543K  
SCRAPPED
544 : VOD544K SCRAPPED  545 : VOD545K Stuart Gilkes, Chislehurst (preserved)

Last noted : January 2007

546 : VOD546K
SCRAPPED
 
547 : VOD547K
SCRAPPED
548 : VOD548K  
SCRAPPED
549 : VOD549K SCRAPPED 550 : VOD550K Graham Thorogood, Bournemouth (preserved)

Last noted : March 2007

1060 : ATA160L
SCRAPPED
1061 : ATA161L
SCRAPPED
1062 : ATA162L 
SCRAPPED
1063 : ATA163L SCRAPPED 1064 : ATA164L
SCRAPPED
1065 : ATA165L
SCRAPPED
1066 : ATA166L
SCRAPPED
1067 : ATA167L 
SCRAPPED
1068 : BFJ168L SCRAPPED 1069 : BFJ169L
SCRAPPED
1070 : BFJ170L
SCRAPPED
1071 : BFJ171L
SCRAPPED
1072 : BFJ172L 
SCRAPPED
1073 : BFJ173L SCRAPPED 1074 : BFJ174L
SCRAPPED
1075 : BFJ175L Graham Thorogood, Bournemouth (preserved)

Last noted : May 2004

1076 : BFJ176L
SCRAPPED
1077 : BFJ177L, WTV933 Western TV, Plymouth (non-PCV)

Last noted : January 1998

551 : ATA551L SCRAPPED 552 : ATA552L 
SCRAPPED
553 : ATA553L
SCRAPPED
554 : ATA554L Wilkie, Old Sodbury (non-PCV)

Last noted : March 2005

555 : ATA555L
SCRAPPED
556 : ATA556L SCRAPPED 557 : ATA557L 
SCRAPPED
558 : ATA558L
SCRAPPED
559 : ATA559L Jordan, Coltishall (dealer)

Last noted : July 2007

560 : ATA560L 
SCRAPPED
561 : ATA561L SCRAPPED 562 : ATA562L 
SCRAPPED
563 : ATA563L Terry Bennett, Sherborne (preserved)

Last noted : July 2007

564 : BFJ564L
SCRAPPED
1079 : GTA49N 
SCRAPPED
1080 : GTA50N SCRAPPED 1081 : GTA51N Unknown owner on the Isle of Wight (preserved)

Last noted : October 2006

1082 : GTA52N
SCRAPPED

   

VRT Series 3

1078 : ODV78M Bountiful Blessings, Waikouaiti, New Zealand

Last noted : March 2007

1083 : LOD723P
SCRAPPED
1084 : LOD724P
SCRAPPED
1085 : LOD725P
SCRAPPED
1086 : LOD726P
SCRAPPED
1087 : LOD727P
SCRAPPED
565 : LOD721P
SCRAPPED
566 : LOD722P
SCRAPPED
567 : MOD567P
SCRAPPED
568 : MOD568P
SCRAPPED
569 : MOD569P Blue Bus, Debach. Withdrawn by 5/2006

Last noted : February 2007

570 : MOD570P
SCRAPPED
571 : MOD571P First Hampshire and Dorset 38571

Last noted : July 2007

572 : MOD572P
SCRAPPED
573 : MOD573P
SCRAPPED
1088 : MOD88P
SCRAPPED
1089 : MOD89P
SCRAPPED
1090 : MOD90P
SCRAPPED
1091 : PTT91R
SCRAPPED
1092 : PTT92R
SCRAPPED
1093 : PTT93R
SCRAPPED
1094 : PTT94R
SCRAPPED
1095 : PTT95R 
SCRAPPED
1096 : PTT96R
SCRAPPED
1097 : PTT97R
SCRAPPED
1098 : PTT98R Johnson, Hodthorpe

Last noted : April 2006

1099 : PTT99R
SCRAPPED
1100 : SFJ100R
SCRAPPED
1101 : SFJ101R
SCRAPPED
1102 : SFJ102R
SCRAPPED
1103 : SFJ103R
SCRAPPED
1104 : SFJ104R
SCRAPPED
 1105 : SFJ105R
SCRAPPED
1106 : SFJ106R 1106 Society, Petworth (preserved)

Last noted : August 2007

1107 : SFJ107R
SCRAPPED
1108 : VDV108S
SCRAPPED
1109 : VDV109S
SCRAPPED
1110 : VDV110S UGC Marketing, ?, U.S.A.

Last noted : June 2007

1111 : VDV111S Smiths Engineering, Eastington (non-PCV)

Last noted : May 2007

1112 : VDV112S
SCRAPPED
1113 : VDV113S
SCRAPPED
1114 : VDV114S
SCRAPPED
1115 : VDV115S
SCRAPPED
1116 : VDV116S
SCRAPPED
1117 : VDV117S Universal Limos, St Martins, Guernsey

Last noted : October 2007

1118 : VDV118S
SCRAPPED
1119 : VDV119S
SCRAPPED
1120 : VDV120S
SCRAPPED
1121 : VDV121S 603 Preservatiion Group, Brighton (preserved)

Last noted : July 2007

1122 : VDV122S Terry Partridge, Saltash (preserved)

Last noted : October 2007

574 : VOD594S Classic Bus West Nederland, Amsterdam, Holland

Last noted : April 2004

575 : VOD595S ?, ?, U.S.A.

Last noted : April 1997

576 : VOD596S
SCRAPPED
577 : VOD597S
SCRAPPED
578 : VOD598S
SCRAPPED
579 : VOD599S, 586PHU SCRAPPED 580 : VOD590S
SCRAPPED
581 : VOD591S Kelpie Playbus, Leven (playbus)

Last noted : October 2005

582 : VOD592S
SCRAPPED
583 : VOD593S
SCRAPPED
584 : VDV123S Terry Bennett, Sherborne (preserved)

Last noted : September 2007

934 : VDV134S First Hampshire & Dorset 38634

Last noted : September 2006

935 : VDV135S DJ Catering, Leicester (non-PCV)

Last noted : March 2007

936 : VDV136S East Yorkshire 8833 (tree lopper)

Last noted : February 2007

937 : VDV137S West of England Historic Omnibus Transport Trust, Winkleigh (preserved)

Last noted : September 2007

938 : VDV138S East Yorkshire 838

Last noted : September 2007

939 : VDV139S The Big Red Bus Company, Wilmington

Last noted : September 2007

940 : VDV140S K&J Logistics, York

Last noted : September 2007

941 : VDV141S Melvyl Williams, Penzance (preserved)

Last noted : September 2007

942 : VDV142S Terry Partridge, Saltash (preserved)

Last noted : October 2007

943 : VDV143S First Devon & Cornwall 39943

Last noted : July 2007

944 : VDV144S
SCRAPPED
585 : XDV602S
SCRAPPED
1123 : XDV603S
SCRAPPED
1124 : XDV604S
SCRAPPED
1125 : XDV605S Classic Auto Limousine Service, Minneapolis, Minnesota, U.S.A.

Last noted : September 2005

1126 : XDV606S
SCRAPPED
1127 : XDV607S
SCRAPPED
1128 : XDV608S West of England Historic Omnibus Transport Trust (preserved)

Last noted : July 2007

1129 : XDV609S
SCRAPPED
1130 : XDV600S FS Distribution, Banbury (promotional vehicle for Haagen Dazs)

Last noted : March 2007

1131 : XDV601S
SCRAPPED
1132 : AFJ697T Unknown U.K. preservationists

Last noted : August 2007

1133 : AFJ698T
SCRAPPED
1134 : AFJ699T Oscar Soria Resina, Pinto, Madrid, Spain

Last noted : August 2005

1135 : AFJ700T
SCRAPPED
1136 : AFJ701T Unknown owner in the Virgin Islands

Last noted : September 2006

1137 : AFJ702T
SCRAPPED
1138 : AFJ703T
SCRAPPED
1139 : AFJ704T
SCRAPPED
1140 : AFJ705T Lancaster Leisure, Woolacombe

Last noted : May 2007

1141 : AFJ706T Melvyl Williams, Penzance (preserved)

Last noted : July 2007

1142 : AFJ744T
SCRAPPED
1143 : AFJ745T
SCRAPPED
1144 : AFJ746T
SCRAPPED
1145 : AFJ747T West of England Historic Omnibus Transport Trust (preserved)

Last noted : July 2007

1146 : AFJ748T
SCRAPPED
1147 : AFJ749T Melvyl Williams, Penzance (preserved)

Last noted : October 2007

1148 : AFJ750T Mark Wilson, Monmouth (dealer). Stored in Brittany

Last noted : September 2007

1149 : AFJ751T
SCRAPPED
1150 : AFJ752T
SCRAPPED
1151 : AFJ753T Sims Metal, Camborne (dealer)

Last noted : May 2007

1152 : AFJ759T
SCRAPPED
1153 : AFJ760T Jon Harris, Crediton (preserved)

Last noted : May 2008

1154 : AFJ761T
SCRAPPED
1155 : AFJ762T
SCRAPPED
1156 : AFJ763T
SCRAPPED
1157 : AFJ764T West of England Historic Omnibus Transport Trust, Winkleight (preserved)

Last noted : September 2007

1158 : AFJ765T
SCRAPPED
1159 : AFJ766T Terry Bennett, Sherbourne (preserved)

Last noted : September 2007

1160 : AFJ767T Big Bus, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S.A.

Last noted : June 2004

1161 : AFJ768T
SCRAPPED
1162 : AFJ769T
SCRAPPED
1163 : AFJ770T Chepstow Classic Buses, Chepstow

Last noted : July 2007

1164 : AFJ771T Truronian, Truro. Withdrawn with accident damage, 12/2006

Last noted : August 2007

1165 : AFJ772T
SCRAPPED
1166 : AFJ773T Smiths Engineering, Eastington (non-PCV)

Last noted : July 2007

1167 : FDV779V FADDS Party Bus, Nashville, Tennessee, U.S.A.

Last noted : December 2005

1168 : FDV780V
SCRAPPED
1169 : FDV781V Philadelphia Trolley Works, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S.A.

Last noted : February 2006

1170 : FDV782V
SCRAPPED
1171 : FDV783V
SCRAPPED
1172 : FDV784V
SCRAPPED
1173 : FDV785V
SCRAPPED
1174 : FDV806V
SCRAPPED
1175 : FDV807V
SCRAPPED
1176 : FDV808V
SCRAPPED
1177 : FDV809V
SCRAPPED
1178 : FDV810V Unknown owner in Charlotte, North Carolina, U.S.A.

Last noted : April 2004

1179 : FDV811V
SCRAPPED
1180 : FDV812V Sistema Bibliotecario Castelli Romani, Rome, Italy

Last noted : May 2005

1181 : FDV813V
SCRAPPED
1182 : FDV814V
SCRAPPED
1183 : FDV815V
SCRAPPED
1184 : FDV816V
SCRAPPED
1185 : FDV817V
SCRAPPED
1186 : FDV818V Timetrak, Shepperton

Last noted : June 2007

1187 : FDV819V Mark Dolan, Crook (preservationist for spares)

Last noted : November 2005

1188 : FDV832V Unknown non-PCV owner in the Forest of Dean

Last noted : June 2006

1189 : FDV833V
SCRAPPED
1190 : FDV834V
SCRAPPED
1191 : FDV835V Unknown owner in Mid-Glamorgan (for conversion to a playbus)

Last noted : August 2006

1192 : FDV836V ?, Fort Lauderdale, Florida, U.S.A.

Last noted : December 2004

1193 : FDV837V Chepstow Classic Buses, Chepstow

Last noted : August 2007

1194 : FDV838V
SCRAPPED
1195 : FDV839V Chepstow Classic Buses, Chepstow

Last noted : October 2007

1196 : FDV840V
SCRAPPED
1197 : LFJ841W
SCRAPPED
1198 : LFJ842W
SCRAPPED
1199 : LFJ843W
SCRAPPED
1200 : LFJ844W Western National Preservation Group (preserved)

Last noted : September 2007

1201 : LFJ845W
SCRAPPED
1202 : LFJ846W British Women Racing Drivers Club, Silverstone (non-PCV)

Last noted : October 2006

1203 : LFJ847W West of England Historic Omnibus Transport Trust (preserved)

Last noted : September 2007

1204 : LFJ851W
SCRAPPED
1205 : LFJ852W
SCRAPPED
1206 : LFJ853W ? (playbus), South Wales

Last noted : July 2000

1207 : LFJ854W
SCRAPPED
1208 : LFJ855W Shaun Courtnage, Saltash (preserved)

Last noted : September 2007

1209 : LFJ856W
SCRAPPED
1210 : LFJ857W
SCRAPPED
1211 : LFJ858W Embling, Guyhirn

Last noted : March 2008

1212 : LFJ859W Powner of Market Harborough

Last noted : January 2008

1213 : LFJ860W
SCRAPPED
1214 : LFJ861W
SCRAPPED
1215 : LFJ862W James Pratt, Exeter (preserved)

Last noted : May 2007

1216 : LFJ863W Unknown owner in France (caravan)

Last noted : August 2004

1217 : LFJ864W
SCRAPPED
1218 : LFJ865W
SCRAPPED
1219 : LFJ866W
SCRAPPED
1220 : LFJ867W
SCRAPPED
1221 : LFJ868W Ribble Vehicle Preservation Trust (preservationists for spares)

Last noted : September 2007

1222 : LFJ869W Bus Prophils, Charleroi, Belgium

Last noted : February 2005

1223 : LFJ870W
SCRAPPED
1224 : LFJ871W
SCRAPPED
1225 : LFJ872W
SCRAPPED
1226 : LFJ873W First Devon & Cornwall 38873

Last noted : October 2007

1227 : LFJ874W
SCRAPPED
1228 : LFJ875W
SCRAPPED
1229 : LFJ876W
SCRAPPED
1230 : LFJ877W
SCRAPPED
1231 : LFJ878W
SCRAPPED
1232 : LFJ879W
SCRAPPED
1233 : LFJ880W Basingstoke YMCA (non-PCV)

Last noted : August 2000

1234 : LFJ881W
SCRAPPED
1235 : LFJ882W
SCRAPPED
1236 : LFJ883W
SCRAPPED
1237 : LFJ884W Philadelphia Trolley Works, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S.A. 310

Last noted : August 2005

1238 : LFJ885W
SCRAPPED

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