Bristol Lodekka LD Bus Western National 1950s

Bristol Lodekka LD

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Bristol were the first to dispense with the awkward sunken gangway arrangement of the traditional lowheight double-decker, introducing its revolutionary Lodekka model in 1950. The LD, which replaced the K-series had a 16ft 8in wheelbase and a width of 8ft. Engines were Bristol AVW, Gardner 5LW or Gardner 6LW, model designations being LD6B, LD5G and LD6G respectively. The LD6B/ECW 60-seater was obtained by the West Country operator Western National, part of the Tilling group of companies. The Bristol/ECW Lodekka model was the Tilling Group's main double-decker for more than a decade.

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