1961 Bedford C5 Z1 Duple Vista

1961 Bedford C5 Z1 in Grand Tours of Scotland, TV Series, 2010-2012 Ep. 2.02

Class: Bus, Single-deck — Model origin:

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dsl ◊ 2016-02-03 22:42	Filmed in and around Ullapool; the driver is the owner (in 2011 at least) - Murdo MacPherson. Quotes below from same bus in Monarch of the Glen kudos wrote 603 CYS, a Duple bodied Bedford C5 C1 new to MacBraynes as their 179 in May 1961. Now preserved by the MacBrayne Circle: http://www.macbraynecircle.org/ Sunbar wrote It's a Bedford C5 Z1 Duple Vista as kudos' comment and as listed here - http://www.macbraynecircle.org/HTML_Pages/Vehicles.html Registration: 603 CYS Fleet no.: 179 Year: 1961 Make: Bedford Model: C5Z1 Body: Duple Seating: C29F Status: Restored The Bedford C4 and C5 bus chassis introduced in 1957 were significantly smaller than the SB, seating 29 passengers and based on the C Type truck chassis. Link to "archive.commercialmotor.com" "Duple Motor Bodies, Ltd., however, have gone into production with a forward control successor to this popular series. It is based on the standard forward-control Bedford (C-type) 4-ton chassis, or the 5-ton chassis in the case of the oil-engined model, the wheelbase of which has been lengthened and the frame slightly modified to take coach body mountings." Read more at Link to "archive.commercialmotor.com"

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◊ 2016-02-03 22:42

Filmed in and around Ullapool; the driver is the owner (in 2011 at least) - Murdo MacPherson. Quotes below from same bus in Monarch of the Glen

kudos wrote 603 CYS, a Duple bodied Bedford C5 C1 new to MacBraynes as their 179 in May 1961. Now preserved by the MacBrayne Circle: http://www.macbraynecircle.org/

Sunbar wrote It's a Bedford C5 Z1 Duple Vista as kudos' comment and as listed here - http://www.macbraynecircle.org/HTML_Pages/Vehicles.html

Registration: 603 CYS Fleet no.: 179 Year: 1961 Make: Bedford Model: C5Z1 Body: Duple Seating: C29F Status: Restored

The Bedford C4 and C5 bus chassis introduced in 1957 were significantly smaller than the SB, seating 29 passengers and based on the C Type truck chassis.

Link to "archive.commercialmotor.com"

"Duple Motor Bodies, Ltd., however, have gone into production with a forward control successor to this popular series. It is based on the standard forward-control Bedford (C-type) 4-ton chassis, or the 5-ton chassis in the case of the oil-engined model, the wheelbase of which has been lengthened and the frame slightly modified to take coach body mountings."

Read more at Link to "archive.commercialmotor.com"

1961 Bedford C5 Z1 Duple Vista

1961 Bedford C5 Z1 in Grand Tours of Scotland, TV Series, 2010-2012 Ep. 2.02

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