Focus on this artwork and discuss the Bus.
The bus itself is a 1958 Bristol Lodekka LD double-decker with ECW bodywork. Despite being painted red, it never saw use as a London bus—it was new to the Isle of Wight-based operator Southern Vectis, numbered 555, registered ODL 15, and painted in their green livery. After twenty years of service, it was sold to a dealer who exported it to a museum in the Netherlands. In the 1990s, it was sold to a private operator, who returned it to use in the Netherlands as a red liveried corporate hospitality vehicle, registered BE-27-64. Černý sourced it in December 2011 from a Dutch dealer.
Lodekka LD Southern Vectis Bristol livery ECW Bristol Lodekka