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The Bristol K chassis was built by Bristol Tramways and Carriage Company Limited/Bristol Commercial Vehicles Limited with bodies by Barnard, Beadle, Brighton, Hove & District, Bristol, Bruce, Brush, Davies, Duple, East Lancs, Eastern Counties, Eastern Coach Works, Massey, MCW, NIRTB, Northern Coachbuilders, Northern Counties, Park Royal, Roe, Silcox, Strachan, Weymann and Yorkshire Equipment. The K was produced between 1937 and 1957.
There were various types of Ks developed:
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Bus (Double Deck) | CL27/26RD, CL27/28R, CL27/28RD, FDPL32/28F, FH30/24F, H20/26R, H20/28R, H24/24R, H26/26R, H26/26R, H28/28R, H30/24R, H30/25R, H30/26R, H30/28R, H30/32R, H31/25R, H31/28R, H32/26R, H32/28R, H32/28RD, H33/26R, H33/27R, H33/28R, H34/28R, L23/24R, L24/24R, L26/24R, L26/26R, L27/26R, L27/28R, L28/26R, L30/26R, L53R, L55R |
They were powered by an AEC 6 cylinders, Bristol 6 cylinders or Gardner 5 & 6 cylinders.
There were 4148 Bristol Ks built. The K's were delivered to the following operators:
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Aberdare | 8 | ||
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Associated | 1 | ||
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Bath Electric | 20 | ||
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Bath Tramways | 28 | ||
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Brighton, Hove & District | 150 | ||
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Bristol Omnibus | 28 | ||
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Bristol Tramways | 878 | ||
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Bryn Melyn | 1 | ||
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Burrows | 2 | ||
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Caledonian | 4 | ||
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Cardiff | 38 | ||
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Central SMT | 1 | ||
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Chatham & District | 46 | ||
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Cheltenham District | 13 | ||
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Colchester | 7 | ||
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Coventry | 1 | ||
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Crosville | 301 | ||
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Derby | 1 | ||
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Doncaster Corporation | 6 | ||
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East Midland | 1 | ||
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Eastern Counties | 258 | ||
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Eastern National | 209 | ||
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Edinburgh | 1 | ||
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Gosport & Fareham | 1 | ||
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Griffin | 2 | ||
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Hants & Dorset | 298 | ||
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Harper Brothers | 1 | ||
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Keighley-West Yorkshire | 38 | ||
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Lincolnshire | 36 | ||
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Liverpool | 5 | ||
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London Passenger TB | 29 | ||
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Luton Corporation | 9 | ||
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Maidstone & District | 226 | ||
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Merthyr Tydfil | 32 | ||
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Moore Bros | 1 | ||
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North Western | 64 | ||
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Northern Ireland RTB | 2 | ||
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Notts & Derby | 15 | ||
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Oxford | 1 | ||
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Plymouth | 1 | ||
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Pontypridd UDC | 21 | ||
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Potteries | 7 | ||
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Rotherham Corporation | 28 | ||
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Silcox | 7 | ||
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Southern National | 104 | ||
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Southern Vectis | 63 | ||
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St Helens | 7 | ||
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Stockton | 4 | ||
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Thames Valley | 182 | ||
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Tilstone | 2 | ||
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United Automobile | 196 | ||
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United Counties | 140 | ||
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United Welsh | 4 | ||
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Warrington | 29 | ||
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West Yorkshire | 123 | ||
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Westcliff-on-Sea | 74 | ||
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Western National | 214 | ||
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Wigan | 3 | ||
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Wilts & Dorset | 121 | ||
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York-West Yorkshire | 55 | ||