| The Bristol FLF was a forward-entrance, crew-operated Lodekka with a flat floor throughout. In its normal format it seated 70 passengers - 38 upstairs and the remainder in the lower saloon.
The first FLF appeared (appropriately enough) in the Bristol Omnibus fleet as L8540 in 1959 with sliding doors. It was later modified with standard jack-knife doors, and renumbered LC7000 with fleet numbers rising eventually to 7321. Production of the FLF continued until the late Sixties. All the vehicles were bodied by Eastern CoachWorks (ECW) of Lowestoft. All were flat-floor vehicles, unlike the earlier LD range of Lodekka which had a step up to the seats. There were three chassis configurations - the FLF6B (Bristol six-cylinder engine), the FLF6G (its Gardner equivalent) and later the FLF6L (a Leyland-engined configuration). The vehicles were normally built with manual gearboxes, but towards the end of production they were produced as 76- or 78-seaters, and with semi-automatic gearboxes. The FLF was the most successful marque after the Bristol K type - until it was supeceded by the VRT (and later the Olympian). |
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![7000 - [1] Bristol City LC7000 (995 EHW) in Lawrence Hill depot](http://thumbs.fotopic.net/746012000531.jpg)
7000 - [1] Bristol City LC7000 (995 EHW) in Lawrence Hill depot 553x480 000.001_209.jpg 1962-01-01 00:00:00 |
![7000 - [2] Bristol City LC7000 (995 EHW - the original FLF - went to Hawaii where the entrance was located on the offside.](http://thumbs.fotopic.net/988007000292.jpg)
7000 - [2] Bristol City LC7000 (995 EHW - the original FLF - went to Hawaii where the entrance was located on the offside. 640x425 000.088_37.jpg 1966-05-04 00:00:00 |
![7001 - [1] Bristol City LC7001 (571 HHY)](http://thumbs.fotopic.net/985007000991.jpg)
7001 - [1] Bristol City LC7001 (571 HHY) 640x425 000.626_59.jpg 1966-07-23 00:00:00 |
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7001 - [2] Bristol City LC7001 (571 HHY) 469x480 000.114_29.jpg 1966-07-23 00:00:00 |
7002 - Bristol City C7002 (572 HHY) 640x425 000.504_136.jpg 1970-05-18 00:00:00 |
7002 - Bristol City LC7002 (572 HHY) 640x431 000.090_12.jpg 1964-05-04 00:00:00 |
7003 - Bristol City LC7003 (573 HHY) 640x425 000.051_37.jpg 1965-08-06 00:00:00 |
7003 - Bristol City LC7003 (573 HHY) 836x554 000.364_180.jpg 1968-01-22 00:00:00 |
7004 - Bristol City LC7004 (574 HHY) 640x425 000.0184_61.jpg 1966-11-27 00:00:00 |
7005 - Bristol City C7005 (575 HHY) 640x413 000.552_143.jpg 1971-02-02 00:00:00 |
7005 - Bristol City LC7005 (575 HHY) at Muller Road depot 563x480 000.078a_30.jpg 1966-02-02 11:42:00 |
7006 - Bristol City LC7006 (576 HHY) 640x428 000.553_78.jpg 1971-02-02 00:00:00 |
7007 - Bristol City LC7007 (577 HHY) 640x421 000.011_7.jpg 1965-04-19 00:00:00 |
7008 - Bristol City C7008 (578 HHY) 640x421 000.075_30.jpg 1966-02-02 00:00:00 |
7009 - Bristol City LC7009 (579 HHY) 640x425 000.104_37.jpg 1966-05-04 00:00:00 |
7010 - 7012 640x432 Blank115.jpg 1999-11-30 00:00:00 |
7013 (808 MHW) 307x480 000.425_70.jpg 1969-08-05 00:00:00 |
7013 (808 MHW) went to the USA in 1980 640x425 000.698_201.jpg 1969-03-03 00:00:00 |
7014 (809 MHW) 640x410 000.368_99.jpg 1968-01-22 00:00:00 |
7015 (810 MHW) at the Joys Green, Lydbrook depot of Dean Forest coaches. 640x421 000.294_240.jpg 1981-04-05 00:00:00 |
7016 (811 MHW) 640x425 000.492_121.jpg 1970-05-18 00:00:00 |
7017 (812 MHW) 640x423 005.096c_61.jpg 1966-06-27 14:57:00 |
7017 (812 MHW) and L8460 (YHT 956) 640x394 000.098_153.jpg 1966-05-04 00:00:00 |
7018 - 7020 640x425 Blank116a.jpg 0000-00-00 00:00:00 |
7021 (816 MHW) 640x425 000.260_58.jpg 1968-04-03 00:00:00 |
7021 (816 MHW) and L8460 (YHT 956) 640x459 000.010_7.jpg 1965-04-19 00:00:00 |
7022 (817 MHW) 640x417 000.486_120.jpg 1970-05-18 00:00:00 |
7023 (818 MHW) and 360 MHU 640x425 000.421_114.jpg 1969-08-05 00:00:00 |
7024 (819 MHW) is seen on a rare working for a Bristol FLF - the 529 service between Bristol and Cheltenham. It must have been pressed into service at Cheltenham depot where it was based. It is pictured on the A40 near Staverton (Gloucestershire) Airport. 7024 went to Double Two Shirts at Wakefield for staff transport after withdrawal by Bristol. 640x383 000.590S_4-4.jpg 0000-00-00 00:00:00 |
7025 (820 MHW) 587x480 010.013a_30.jpg 1966-02-02 18:07:00 |
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7027 - Bristol City C7027 (822 MHW) may have gone to the USA 640x425 000.092_37.jpg 1966-04-05 00:00:00 |
7028 - Bristol City C7028 (823 MHW) went to the uSA 640x425 000.246_59.jpg 1968-04-25 00:00:00 |
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7030 (825 MHW) 640x438 000.043_157.jpg 1965-07-09 00:00:00 |
7030 (825 MHW) 640x417 000.525_139.jpg 1970-09-08 00:00:00 |
7031 (826 MHW) 640x405 000.299_130.jpg 1968-09-07 00:00:00 |
7032 (827 MHW) 640x425 000.106_97.jpg 1965-07-31 00:00:00 |
7032 (827 MHW) showing the driver's cab from the entrance platform 640x421 000.032_27.jpg 1965-07-02 00:00:00 |
7033 (201 NAE) in overall Berni advert livery 334x221 000.659_186.jpg 1971-01-01 00:00:00 |
7033 (201 NAE) in the bus wash at Gloucester depot 640x425 000.183_87.jpg 1967-01-25 00:00:00 |
7033 (201 NAE) was allocated to Gloucester depot from new. It is seen laying over in the city bus station. 640x428 053.126a_79.jpg 1968-04-01 00:00:00 |
7034 (202 NAE) ended up as farm transport in Kent 640x410 000.058_62.jpg 1966-04-07 00:00:00 |
7035 - Bristol City C7035 (203 NAE) 640x424 000.251_59.jpg 1968-04-25 00:00:00 |
7036 - Bristol City C7036 (204 NAE), 7032 (827 MHW) and 7110 (803 SHW) await disposal in Lawrence Hill. 640x400 000.591S_4-32.jpg 1978-01-01 00:00:00 |
7037 - 7039 640x425 Blank1.jpg 0000-00-00 00:00:00 |
7040 - Bristol City C7040 (208 NAE) was another West Riding-bound vehicle, becoming its 435. 640x425 000.079_78.jpg 1966-04-07 00:00:00 |
7043 - Bristol City C7043 (521 OHU) 640x431 000.703_201.jpg 1969-01-01 00:00:00 |
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7045 (215 NAE) 552x480 053.124a_55.jpg 1968-04-01 00:00:00 |
7046 (216 NAE) later became Crosville DFG 746 640x435 000.044_157.jpg 1965-07-09 00:00:00 |
7046 (216 NAE) later became Crosville DFG 746 640x421 000.029_21.jpg 1965-05-25 00:00:00 |
7047 (215 NAE) became Crosville DFG747 640x425 000.309_87.jpg 1966-09-29 00:00:00 |
7048 (216 NAE) 640x415 00.310_87.jpg 1966-09-29 00:00:00 |
7049 640x425 Black117.jpg 1999-11-30 00:00:00 |
7050 (218 NAE) 640x434 000.403_106.jpg 1969-05-21 00:00:00 |
7050 (218 NAE) at Weston-Super-MAre 640x425 000.404_106.jpg 1969-05-21 00:00:00 |
7051 (219 NAE) later served Crosville as its DFG751. Here it is seen at the furthest extremity of the Bristol Omnibus network, in Bridgwater bus station preparing to return to Burnham-on-Sea 640x425 000.533_140.jpg 2004-10-08 09:59:00 |
7052 (220 NAE) went to Crosville as its DFG 752 640x418 000.067_11.jpg 1965-07-06 00:00:00 |
7053 640x432 Blank115.jpg 1999-11-30 00:00:00 |
7054 (222 NAE) 640x428 000.287_81.jpg 1966-08-29 00:00:00 |
7054 (222 NAE) 640x423 000.179_133.jpg 1967-01-01 00:00:00 |
7054 (222 NAE) outside Kingsholm rugby ground, Gloucester 640x425 000.263_153.jpg 1968-01-01 00:00:00 |
7055 (223 NAE) in Cheltenham 640x425 000.408_108.jpg 1969-05-19 00:00:00 |
Gloucester City FLF awaiting repairs to front nearside dome damage 640x425 Damage.jpg 0000-00-00 00:00:00 |
Unidentified FLF under repair 317x480 000.658_196.jpg 0000-00-00 00:00:00 |
Unidentified Gloucester City FLF at speed in Churchdown 640x428 scan0013_70.jpg 0000-00-00 00:00:00 |
Unidentified Gloucester FLF at night 640x425 FLF_2_32.jpg 0000-00-00 00:00:00 |
