Bristol Commercial Vehicles
Bristol Commercial Vehicles Ltd was a manufacturer of buses and trucks based in Bristol
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1955 Bristol chassis production was separated from the Bristol Tramways and Carriage Co bus operating activities and renamed Bristol Commercial Vehicles.
1963 Bristol Commercial Vehicles became part of the Transport Holding Co
1965 Leyland Motors buys a 25% holding of Bristol and Eastern Coach Works from the Transport Holding Company, allowing sales to non THC fleets.
BCV became part of Leyland Bus.
1983 Closed - All production moved to Leyland plant in Workington. The closure of BCV resulted in Leyland Bus with four plants in the UK and a workforce reduced from 4,800 to 4,270.[1]
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Sources of Information
- ↑ The Engineer 1983/02/03
- [1] Wikipedia