Bristol Lodekkas

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A6463.0
A6463
The Bristol Lodekka derived from a prototype of 1949. It offered the solution to a problem familiar to almost every bus operator: low railway bridges. An ingenious re-design of the transmission in which the propeller shaft was offset to the side and drove a drop-centre, double-reduction rear axle, eliminated the conventional step up from the platform to the lower saloon, allowing a flat floor and reducing the overall height of a double-decker by a foot. The production vehicle, known as the LD-type, began to appear from 1953. All Lodekkas were bodied by Eastern Coach Works of Lowestoft, who embraced the post-war fashion for enclosing the engine in a rounded 'cowl'. The result was rather inelegant, but subsequent refinements of the design and the relaxation of the 'construction and use' regulations to permit buses 30 foot long, made the final form of the Lodekka, the FLF-type, a handsome and imposing vehicle.
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Stock Code A6463.0
Author Dowle S
ISBN13 9781445664637
Format Softback
Height(mm) 234
Width(mm) 165
Page Count 96
Pictures 180
Publication Date 7 Sep 2017
Publisher AMBERLEY PUBLISHING
Publication Status Available
Record last updated 14/09/2023