Another set of photos from the album.
Roy Dodsworth
01/2016
Registration CJG 948 was a 1947 Leyland Titan PD1A with Leyland L27/26R bodywork.
Registration EFN 570 was a 1950 Dennis Falcon P3 with, originally a Dennis B20F body, it was reseated to B25F in 1956 then reseated again to B29F in 1959.
Registration PFN 870 was a 1959 AEC Regent V 2LD3RA with Park Royal FH40/32F bodywork.
Registration TFN 412 was a 1960 AEC Reliance 2MU3RV with Park Royal DP41F bodywork.
Registration MFN 945F was a 1967 AEC Regent V 3D3RA with Park Royal H40/32F bodywork.
07/01/16 – 06:25
What a super collection of photographs. I never knew East Kent in its BET days but this gallery shows just how individualistic the BET Group Companies were in vehicle purchasing policy.
Ian Wild
07/01/16 – 11:40
Lovely pictures Roy depicting a fascinating and proud Company serving a lovely coastal area of “The Garden of England” as the county is often known. East Kent had a classic simple but rich and dignified livery and fleetnames of an appeal which is sadly lacking in today’s “marketing consultant” led times. If I recall, wasn’t East Kent one of those companies who delighted me with an unexpected treat – prewar Leyland TD4s/TD5s rebodied postwar by ECW – a classic combination which looked right in every detail. The East Yorkshire “Beverly Bar” examples were just too good to be true – Utopia.
Still in Kent, neighbouring Maidstone and District had a totally different character but were equally delightful in dignity and excellence.
Chris Youhill
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