Bristol Commercial Vehicles Enthusiasts

Illustrated Histories For

Western National Omnibus Company Limited

Including Devon General (500-series fleetnumbers)

Last Amended : 24th January 2025 (brought up-to-date)


VRT Series 1

1050 : OTA284G  Unknown owner at Safety Harbor, Clearwater, Florida, U.S.A.

Last noted : August 2021

1051 : OTA285G
SCRAPPED
1052 : OTA286G
SCRAPPED
1053 : OTA287G 
SCRAPPED
1054 : OTA288G
SCRAPPED
1055 : OTA289G 
SCRAPPED
1056 : OTA290G Colin Billington, Maidenhead (preserved)

Last noted : April 2024

1057 : OTA291G
SCRAPPED
1058 : OTA292G Big Bus, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. Withdrawn by 6/2019

Last noted : June 2019

1059 : OTA293G
SCRAPPED

     

VRT Series 2

 542 : VOD542K
SCRAPPED
 543 : VOD543K  
SCRAPPED
544 : VOD544K
SCRAPPED
 
545 : VOD545K Dan Shears, Winkleigh (preserved)

Last noted : July 2020

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

Last noted : February 2016

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 : June 2024

1076 : BFJ176L
SCRAPPED
1077 : WTV933 (ex-BFJ177L)
SCRAPPED
551 : ATA551L
SCRAPPED
552 : ATA552L 
SCRAPPED
553 : ATA553L
SCRAPPED
554 : ATA554L Dan Shears, Winkleigh (preserved)

Last noted : April 2023

555 : ATA555L
SCRAPPED
556 : ATA556L
SCRAPPED
557 : ATA557L 
SCRAPPED
558 : ATA558L
SCRAPPED
559 : ATA559L Neil Markwick & Graham Thorogood (preserved)

Last noted : October 2022

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

Last noted : October 2014

564 : BFJ564L
SCRAPPED
1079 : GTA49N 
SCRAPPED
1080 : GTA50N
SCRAPPED
1081 : GTA51N Unknown owner in the UK (non-PCV)

Last noted : October 2006

1082 : GTA52N
SCRAPPED

   

VRT Series 3

1078 : ODV78M Anthony Holliday, Otago, New Zealand

Last noted : May 2024

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
SCRAPPED
570 : MOD570P
SCRAPPED
571 : MOD571P Peter Nedin, Swansea (preserved)

Last noted : June 2024

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 Peter Dalley, Camborne (preserved)

Last noted : January 2021

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 : July 2024

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

Last noted : June 2007

1111 : VDV111S
SCRAPPED
1112 : VDV112S
SCRAPPED
1113 : VDV113S
SCRAPPED
1114 : VDV114S
SCRAPPED
1115 : VDV115S
SCRAPPED
1116 : VDV116S
SCRAPPED
1117 : VDV117S Charlie Burns, Nuneaton (mobile home)

Last noted : June 2024

1118 : VDV118S
SCRAPPED
1119 : VDV119S
SCRAPPED
1120 : VDV120S
SCRAPPED
1121 : VDV121S Cornwall Bus Preservation Group, Penzance (preserved)

Last noted : April 2023

1122 : VDV122S Josh Mann, Godalming (preserved)

Last noted : July 2019

574 : VOD594S
SCRAPPED
575 : VOD595S ?, ?, U.S.A.

Last noted : April 1997

576 : VOD596S
SCRAPPED
577 : VOD597S
SCRAPPED
578 : VOD598S
SCRAPPED
579 : 586PHU (ex-VOD599S) SCRAPPED 580 : VOD590S
SCRAPPED
581 : VOD591S Dabbs Show & Activity Centre, Kinloch (static viewing tower)

Last noted : August 2008

582 : VOD592S
SCRAPPED
583 : VOD593S
SCRAPPED
584 : VDV123S Pete Prior-Sankey, Taunton (preserved)

Last noted : August 2024

934 : VDV134S A2B Travel, Royston (preserved)

Last noted : May 2023

935 : VDV135S The Drinks Bus, Leicester (non-PCV)

Last noted : May 2021

936 : VDV136S
SCRAPPED
937 : VDV137S West of England Historic Omnibus Transport Trust, Winkleigh (preserved)

Last noted : June 2024

938 : VDV138S David Jory, Torpoint (preserved)

Last noted : August 2024

939 : VDV139S Feste Divertenti, Rome, Italy (party bus)

Last noted : May 2024

940 : VDV140S Valentino di Girolamo, Pescara, Italy (mobile bar)

Last noted : August 2017

941 : VDV141S Cornwall Bus Preservation Group (preserved)

Last noted : April 2014

942 : VDV142S John Francis, Chorley (preserved)

Last noted : August 2024

943 : VDV143S Feste Divertenti, Rome, Italy

Last noted : May 2023

944 : VDV144S
SCRAPPED
585 : XDV602S
SCRAPPED
1123 : XDV603S
SCRAPPED
1124 : XDV604S
SCRAPPED
1125 : XDV605S Cheyenne Bus Company, Tulsa, Oklahoma, U.S.A.

Last noted : September 2022

1126 : XDV606S
SCRAPPED
1127 : XDV607S
SCRAPPED
1128 : XDV608S David Jory, Torpoint & Trevellyan Jacket, Gunnislake (preserved)

Last noted : August 2024

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

Last noted : March 2009

1131 : XDV601S
SCRAPPED
1132 : AFJ697T 1132 Group, Lincon (for preservation)

Last noted : May 2020

1133 : AFJ698T
SCRAPPED
1134 : AFJ699T Kite School, Tarifa, Cadiz, Spain

Last noted : January 2016

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

Last noted : April 2019

1137 : AFJ702T
SCRAPPED
1138 : AFJ703T
SCRAPPED
1139 : AFJ704T
SCRAPPED
1140 : AFJ705T
SCRAPPED
1141 : AFJ706T Cornwall Bus Preservation Group (preserved)

Last noted : April 2024

1142 : AFJ744T
SCRAPPED
1143 : AFJ745T
SCRAPPED
1144 : AFJ746T
SCRAPPED
1145 : AFJ747T David Jory, Torpoint (preserved)

Last noted : August 2023

1146 : AFJ748T
SCRAPPED
1147 : AFJ749T Cornwall Bus Preservation Group (preserved)

Last noted : November 2022

1148 : AFJ750T David Jory, Torpoint (preserved)

Last noted : December 2023

1149 : AFJ751T
SCRAPPED
1150 : AFJ752T
SCRAPPED
1151 : AFJ753T
SCRAPPED
1152 : AFJ759T
SCRAPPED
1153 : AFJ760T
SCRAPPED
1154 : AFJ761T
SCRAPPED
1155 : AFJ762T
SCRAPPED
1156 : AFJ763T
SCRAPPED
1157 : AFJ764T West of England Historic Omnibus Transport Trust, Winkleigh (preserved)

Last noted : April 2024

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

Last noted : July 2021

1160 : AFJ767T Kevin Warren, Staplehurst (preservationist for spares)

Last noted : June 2021

1161 : AFJ768T
SCRAPPED
1162 : AFJ769T
SCRAPPED
1163 : AFJ770T Chepstow Classic Buses, Chepstow. Used for spares, by 7/2024

Last noted : July 2024

1164 : AFJ771T
SCRAPPED
1165 : AFJ772T
SCRAPPED
1166 : AFJ773T Bob Pain, Daventry (preserved)

Last noted : September 2021

1167 : FDV779V Scot Dunlap, Nashville, Tennessee, U.S.A.

Last noted : April 2023

1168 : FDV780V Dave Tossell, Weston-super-Mare (preserved)

Last noted : January 2025

1169 : FDV781V Peter Hellgren, Stroudsburg, Pennsylvania, U.S.A.

Last noted : December 2018

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 Stephan Hoffer, Anderson, Indiana, U.S.A.

Last noted : December 2022

1179 : FDV811V
SCRAPPED
1180 : FDV812V Unknown owner in Rome, Italy

Last noted : April 2010

1181 : FDV813V
SCRAPPED
1182 : FDV814V
SCRAPPED
1183 : FDV815V
SCRAPPED
1184 : FDV816V
SCRAPPED
1185 : FDV817V
SCRAPPED
1186 : FDV818V
SCRAPPED
1187 : FDV819V
SCRAPPED
1188 : FDV832V The Red Bus, Pope's Hill (as a caravan)

Last noted : December 2021

1189 : FDV833V
SCRAPPED
1190 : FDV834V
SCRAPPED
1191 : FDV835V 
SCRAPPED
1192 : FDV836V ?, Fort Lauderdale, Florida, U.S.A.

Last noted : December 2004

1193 : FDV837V Oscar Soria Rosina,  Madrid, Spain

Last noted : July 2021

1194 : FDV838V
SCRAPPED
1195 : FDV839V
SCRAPPED
1196 : FDV840V
SCRAPPED
1197 : LFJ841W
SCRAPPED
1198 : LFJ842W
SCRAPPED
1199 : LFJ843W
SCRAPPED
1200 : LFJ844W Luke Farley, Exeter (preserved)

Last noted : July 2021

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

Last noted : September 2016

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

Last noted : April 2023

1204 : LFJ851W
SCRAPPED
1205 : LFJ852W
SCRAPPED
1206 : LFJ853W "Saron", Norton, Presteigne (non-PCV)

Last noted : November 2023

1207 : LFJ854W
SCRAPPED
1208 : LFJ855W Wayne Snowden, Newquay (preserved)

Last noted : February 2022

1209 : LFJ856W
SCRAPPED
1210 : LFJ857W
SCRAPPED
1211 : LFJ858W Justin Westaway, St Austell (mobile bar)

Last noted : April 2024
1212 : LFJ859W Feste Divertente, Rome, Italy

Last noted : May 2023

1213 : LFJ860W
SCRAPPED
1214 : LFJ861W
SCRAPPED
1215 : LFJ862W Royce's Rolls, Leicester (non-PCV)

Last noted : September 2024

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
SCRAPPED
1222 : LFJ869W Bus Prophils, Charleroi, Belgium

Last noted : February 2005

1223 : LFJ870W
SCRAPPED
1224 : LFJ871W
SCRAPPED
1225 : LFJ872W
SCRAPPED
1226 : LFJ873W Cornwall Bus Preservation Group (preserved)

Last noted : April 2024

1227 : LFJ874W
SCRAPPED
1228 : LFJ875W
SCRAPPED
1229 : LFJ876W
SCRAPPED
1230 : LFJ877W
SCRAPPED
1231 : LFJ878W
SCRAPPED
1232 : LFJ879W
SCRAPPED
1233 : LFJ880W
SCRAPPED
1234 : LFJ881W
SCRAPPED
1235 : LFJ882W
SCRAPPED
1236 : LFJ883W
SCRAPPED
1237 : LFJ884W DD-MM24, Myerstown, Pennsylvania, U.S.A.

Last noted : September 2023

1238 : LFJ885W
SCRAPPED

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