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Horndean – Morris Commercial – DS 7422
Copyright Pete Davies Horndean Private Hire 1926 Morris Commercial 1 Ton Harris B10D DS 7422 is shown in the PSVC listing for 2012 as being a 1926 Morris Commercial 1 Ton vehicle, with B10D body by Harris of Clanfield. She’s seen here in the Southsea Rally of 8 June 1986, in the markings of Horndean…
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Morris Works Band – Morris Commercial FF – 14 LFC
Morris Works Band 1961 Morris Commercial FF Wadham 14 LFC is another of those peculiar vehicles which was never a PSV. She is a Morris Commercial FF, new in 1961 with a Wadham RC27F body for use as the Morris Works Band transport. I suppose this explains the raised rear part of the saloon –…
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Stocker’s – Morris Commercial – AJD 959
Stocker’s of St Margarets 1945 Morris Commercial CV11/40 Stocker C16F AJD 959 is a Morris Commercial CV11/40 new in 1945. She started life with a van body, which was replaced by Mr Harry Stocker in 1959. The capacity is given as C16F, but should it be FC16F? She’s on Southampton Common, arriving to take part…
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Montagu Motor Museum – Maxwell 25 cwt – CJ 5052
Montagu Motor Museum 1922 Maxwell 25 cwt 14 seat charabanc body. Something a little different here. CJ 5052 is a Maxwell 25 cwt chassis of the USA powered by a four cylinder 3.09 litre side valve engine and fitted with a 14 seat charabanc body of unknown make. The Maxwell business began in 1904 as…
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Heaps Motor Tours – Maudslay Magna – EUA 500
Copyright Unknown Heaps Motor Tours 1937 Maudslay SF40 Magna Holbrook C37F This Maudslay Magna, chassis number 5333, was new to Heaps Tours in March 1937 and was sold to Baker, Featherstone in March 1951. Clearly, later still it joined the fair circuit. I have no other information but think the Yorkshire Tykes will be queuing…
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White Heather – LGOC CC Class – GF 7254 – 12 (ex LT 1000)
Copyright D A Jones White Heather 1930 LGOC CC Class with Meadows Engine Duple C??C When Chris Youhill posted his Daimler/Brush Hybrid HGF 948, it made me search out another such vehicle. Although LGOC’s associate, AEC, had designed the AEC Renown chassis and they had gone into service in 1929 as the LT class, LGOC…
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Ellen Smith’s Tours – Leyland Worldmaster – SDK 442
Copyright John Stringer Ellen Smith’s Tours (Rochdale) 1958 Leyland Royal Tiger Worldmaster Plaxton Consort Mk.II C41C In the mid 1950’s Leyland abandoned their heavyweight underfloor-engined Royal Tiger model in favour of the very much lighter Tiger Cub. Most export customers however required something rather more substantial, so the opportunity was taken to revamp the old…
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Crosville – Leyland Titan TD7 – GCD 688
Copyright Roy Cox Crosville 1941 Leyland Titan TD7 Body unknown see text in -Gallery’ This shot is from the Roger Cox gallery contribution titled "The People’s League for the Defence of Freedom" click on the title if you would like to view his Gallery and comments. The shot is shown here for indexing purposes but…
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Smiths Luxury Coaches – Leyland Titan TD7 – EDK 648
Photograph taken by Stuart Wyss Smiths Luxury Coaches (Reading) Ltd 1940 Leyland Titan TD7 English Electric H30/26R Once again I am most grateful to Stuart Wyss for this photo. Peter Greave’s recent comment on that handsome Rochdale Regent III and Chris Youhill’s mention of the Leyland 8.6-litre engine prompted me to send this English Electric-bodied…
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Ribble – Leyland Titan TD7 – RN 8979 – 2323
Ribble Motor Services 1940 Leyland Titan TD7 Leyland L27/26R I cannot now remember where in 1960 I took this rather sad picture of RN 8979, a former Ribble Leyland TD7 with Leyland L27/26R bodywork, or who the operator then was. The old telephone code HIL (for Hillside) covered the Barnt Green area of Birmingham, which…