The Bristol HG was a heavy goods lorry built by Bristol Commercial Vehicles, offered as the HG6L eight-wheeler for loads of 22 to 24 tons. Grace's Guide dates it to 1952, when the company produced its first goods vehicle for the Road Haulage Executive, later British Road Services, and the first vehicles were built to the maximum 22 tons then allowed. Bristol had built lorries earlier, including the 4 ton and 2 ton models of the 1920s, but had stopped making them in 1932 after being acquired by Thomas Tilling. The HG marked its return to goods vehicles, which ended again in 1964 when production of goods vehicles ceased.
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Source Bristol: Lorries (Grace's Guide)
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1. Bristol: Lorries (Grace's Guide)
Lorries history, 1952
1952 Produced its first good vehicle for the Road Haulage Executive, later to be British Road Services (BRS).
Lorries history, 1964
1964 Production of goods vehicles ceased.
Photograph caption, 1955
Bristol HG6L 8-Wheeler Flatbed Lorry.
Of Make: Bristol Commercial Vehicles, Models, HG6L
1952 Produced its first good vehicle for the Road Haulage Executive, later to be British Road Services (BRS).
In Group: Classic Commercial Trucks, Models, HG6L
1952 Produced its first good vehicle for the Road Haulage Executive, later to be British Road Services (BRS).
Exemplifies: Road Transport, Models, HG6L
1952 Produced its first good vehicle for the Road Haulage Executive, later to be British Road Services (BRS).
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Bristol Commercial Vehicles was a vehicle manufacturer located in Bristol, England.
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