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Sheffield Corporation – AEC Reliance – 9000 WB – 900
Copyright Ian Wild Sheffield Corporation1958AEC Reliance MU3RVRoe Dalesman C37C This was a one off purchase by Sheffield initially used for visits, inspections etc by the Transport Committee but later used in normal service. My mother travelled on it on a number of occasions on service 48 to Manchester via Woodhead when visiting relations ‘over there’.…
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West Riding – AEC Reliance – JHL 717 – 817
Copyright Chris Hough West Riding Automobile1956AEC RelianceRoe B44F In the nineteen fifties West Riding bought very few batches of saloons They were used on a selection of routes. Seen in Leeds bus station is a Roe bodied AEC Reliance fleet number 817 registration JHL 717 which dates from 1956. It is on the “back roads…
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Maidstone & District – AEC Reliance – TKM 329 – C329
Copyright Chris Hough Maidstone & District Motor Services Ltd1954AEC Reliance MU3RVHarrington C37C A recent posting led to a discussion about the relative importance in a PSV of economy, reliability and good looks, and I picked this vehicle as an example that in my opinion embraces all three qualities. Beauty is in the eye of the…
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Black and White – AEC Reliance – 8222 AD – 222
Copyright Bob Gell Black and White Motorways1961AEC Reliance 2MU3RVDuple C37C Seen at their base in Cheltenham Coach Station on Sunday 20 August 1967 on Associated Motorways services are two members of the Black and White Motorways fleet. 182 (PAD 182) is a Willowbrook bodied Guy Arab LUF, new in 1955 and 222 (8222 AD) is…
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East Kent – AEC Reliance – MJG 48
Copyright Brendan Smith East Kent Road Car Co Ltd1957AEC Reliance MU3RVBeadle C32C When new, this handsome-looking vehicle would have worn East Kent’s traditional coach livery of maroon and cream. In the photo it is seen towards the end of its East Kent days, still on active coaching duties, but wearing a revised livery of grey…
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Hunter’s – AEC Reliance – VTY 360 – 26
Photographer unknown – if you took this photo please go to the copyright page. H W Hunter and Sons1962AEC Reliance 2MU3RVPlaxton Highway B45F Still with H W Hunter. Looking a bit grubby with the days road dirt still wet, VTY 360 was new to Hunter’s in April 1962 and was their second AEC 2MU3RV Plaxton…
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Northern General – AEC Reliance – FT 9917 – 2262
Photographer unknown – if you took this photo please go to the copyright page. The Northern General Transport Company1957AEC Reliance MU3RVWillowbrook B43F When it was new in 1957, this Willowbrook bodied AEC Reliance was one of three in the Tynemouth and District fleet, FT 9916/8 – 216/8 the livery was always all one colour but…
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Reading Corporation – AEC Reliance – CRD 152C – 52
Copyright Pete Davies Reading Corporation1965AEC Reliance 2MU3RANeepsend B34D In my comments on the Royal Tiger coach GWM 981, which John Stringer posted, I noted that there were no views of the vehicles of Reading Corporation in the column on the left. The Gallery section does have some views from Roger Cox, however. Even into the…
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PMT – AEC Reliance – KVT 192E – 1092
Potteries Motor Traction1967AEC Reliance 8U2RAlexander C49F A firm favourite of mine was the A.E.C. Alexander Y type, what a difference these buses made to our Excursion and Express allocation. I worked at this time on the P.M.T. based at Newcastle Under Lyme depot none of these vehicles were based there at this time they were…
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Maidstone & District – AEC Reliance – FKL 135D – C72
Maidstone & District Motor Services Ltd1965AEC Reliance 2U3RAHarrington Grenadier C47F Comparing the various body styles available in the sixties amongst my photos I decided that my all time favourite had to be the Harrington Grenadier.This Maidstone & District example with it’s superb livery which complemented the sleek elegant lines of the bodywork was as near…