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Autovac
I believe that the metal box to be found on the external nearside of petrol-engined buses was called an AUTOVAC. If so, what did this piece of equipment actually do? I can find no mention of the device on the web. Chris Hebbron 15/11/11 – 11:09 The AUTOVAC is a fuel lifting and supply device,…
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AEC Regent 11
I came across an old photo of what I think is an AEC Regent 11 with a registration mark of MWL 977 on the wall at Pinewood studio . I would like to know if anyone has any info on her? My family own FUF 63 so have an interest in AEC. Garry Brace 20/03/12…
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A Kind of Money Jar
Please can anyone shed some light on a subject for me. I have tried researching about a kind of money jar for want of better wording. It was a kind of ticket machine but with a glass jar for holding the coins that I seem to vaguely remember from the Yorkshire Traction bus I used…
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Gay Hostess Coaches
Can anyone throw some light on a puzzling thing that is bothering me relating to Ribble/Standerwick/Scout Gay Hostess Coaches? In the early/middle 1960s I was living in Patchway very near to the present day M4/M5 interchange, I took my young son down to the (then) main A38 trunk road to see the heavy congestion that…
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Sunderland Crossley Alpha
Does anyone know the current location or status of the ex-Sunderland Blagg-bodied Crossley Alpha GR 7100 that is supposed to be still in existence in the Reading/Maidenhead area? Norman Lowe 28/10/12 – 09:20 If it’s the one I’m thinking about, it’s still unrestored but in very safe, dry storage, along with fellow-Crossley Reading 85 (ERD…
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Bedford OWB Identity
Another request for information, this is troubling me because I should know it but unfortunately I don’t! It is HRB 37, Bedford OWB with standard utility body. With the Derbyshire registration (where I live!) I presume it was allocated to an operator in Derbyshire who ran a stage service. Does anyone know who it was,…
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Charlton-on-Otmoor Services
Where I grew up we had no Leyland Tiger Cubs around. I used to think of them as rather characterless boxes on wheels, but when I drove a couple (only once each) for Charlton-on-Otmoor Services, NE of Oxford, in the early seventies, I came to appreciate what a delightful machine they are. The impression was…
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Empress Coaches of Stockbridge
I have desperately been trying to find some photographs of Empress coaches of Stockbridge. My Grandfather was a driver for them before he left for national service. We have one photo of him stood in front of what looks to be an early Leyland Tiger. I would be grateful of any images at all you…
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Information on Two Companies
Could anyone please point me in the right direction, I am trying to find the history of the bus manufacturing of Lancashire Aircraft Corporation and Samlesbury Engineering. The companies where based at Samlesbury in Lancashire. Fleet list or pictures would also be appreciated. Many thanks. David Hutton 03/08/12 – 10:58 The Lancashire Aircraft Corporation was…
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London Skid Pan
I’ve just come across a Pathe Film entitled “The Traffic Moves – 1933” (see the link below).It features Berlin’s trams, buses and S-bahn trains taking up their daily duties (claiming to be in 1933). However, my attention was drawn to the scene showing their imposing six-wheel double-deckers on a “skid pan”.When did London start using…