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The Bristol G chassis was built by Bristol Tramways and Carriage Company Limited with bodies by Beadle, Bristol, Brush, Cowieson, Eastern Counties, Eastern Coachworks, Roe, Tilling (London) and Weymann. The G was produced between 1931 and 1937.
There were various types of G's developed:
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Bus (Double Deck) | H20/26R, H24/24R, H24/26R, H26/22R, H26/25R, H26/26R, H26/28R, H27/22R, H27/24R, H27/26R, H28/24R, H28/26R, H30/26R, H32/28R, L24/24R, L26/24R, L26/26R, L27/26R, L27/27R, L27/28R, O30/26R |
They were powered by an Beardmore 6 cylinder diesel (GO6B), Bristol 6 cylinder petrol engine (GJW), Gardner 5 cylinder diesel (GO5G), Gardner 6 cylinder diesel (GO6G) or Leyland 6 cylinder diesel (GO6L) .
There were 248 Bristol G's built. The G's were delivered to the following operators:
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Aberdare UDC | 1 | ||
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Brighton, Hove & District | 16 | ||
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Bristol Tramways | 81 | ||
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Chatham & District | 4 | ||
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Eastern Counties | 14 | ||
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Eastern National | 16 | ||
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Exeter Corporation | 5 | ||
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Greyhound Motors | 3 | ||
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Keighley-West Yorkshire | 4 | ||
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Maidstone & District | 12 | ||
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Norwich Electric Tramways | 8 | ||
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Pontypridd UDC | 2 | ||
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Red & White | 1 | ||
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Southern National | 4 | ||
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Southern Vectis | 2 | ||
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United Automobile | 16 | ||
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West Yorkshire | 23 | ||
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Westcliff-on-Sea | 11 | ||
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Western National | 6 | ||
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York-West Yorkshire | 19 |