Tag: AEC Regal I
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Smiths Luxury Coaches – AEC Regal I – HTJ 857
Copyright Ray Soper Smiths Luxury Coaches (Reading) Ltd1940 AEC Regal IAlexander FC35F This shot is from the Ray Soper gallery contribution titled “Smith’s Luxury Coaches of Reading” click on the title if you would like to view his Gallery and comments.The shot is shown here for indexing purposes but please feel free to make any comment…
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Provincial – AEC Regal I – GOU 449 – 66
Copyright Stan Fitton. Provincial (Gosport & Fareham Omnibus Co)1931AEC Regal IReading FB35F The Regent in the above shot was on the Crossley Omnibus Society Grand Southern tour and here it can be seen at the Provincial bus depot parked next to their number 66. Provincial had a tendency to get their monies worth out of…
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PMT – AEC Regal I – KEH 608 – S315
Copyright Ian Wild Potteries Motor Traction1946AEC Regal IBrush B34F This shot shows PMT S315 an AEC Regal I about to be towed away from Milton Depot for preservation by Hollis of Queensferry ex Western Welsh Leyland Royal Tiger FUH 424 on 10th October 1970 – wonder what happened to it?The engineless vehicle had been in…
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Margo’s of Thornton Heath – AEC Regal I – CPK 168
Margo’s of Thornton Heath1937AEC Regal IHarrington C33F This picture, taken in 1960 or 1961, shows an AEC Regal of either late pre-war or early post-war vintage – the mechanical specification was virtually identical – with a straight stepped waistrail body of unknown (to me) manufacture. I would suspect that the chassis is of the usual…
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Provincial – AEC Regal I/Regent I – EHO 282 – 15
Provincial (Gosport & Fareham Omnibus Co)1943AEC Regal I/Regent IReading H??/??R Doubt exists about the vehicle chassis type, but here is the story as of now.In 1943, Mr Orme-White carried out his first (of many) vehicle re-constructions, involving an AEC Regal I (although recent research suggests it was a Regent I chassis), purchased from the War…
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Bickers of Coddenham – AEC Regal 1 – GK 3172
Copyright Victor Brumby Bickers of Coddenham1931AEC Regal IDuple C32F Here is a pair of poor photos taken in Great Yarmouth in August 1958. As a London Transport spotter predominantly, I was excited to note the registration GK 3172 on a cream and green AEC coach under the Bickers title – it had to be an…
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Trent – AEC Regal I – RC 9668/74 – 303/768
Copyright Bob Gell Trent Motor Traction 303 – 1947 – AEC Regal I – Willowbrook FDP39F Trent Motor Traction 768 – 1947 – AEC Regal I – Willowbrook B35F A company not yet represented on this site is Trent Motor Traction, so this photo is to rectify that omission. In the early postwar years, Trent…
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Wakefields Motors – AEC Regal – FT 7278 – 178
Wakefields Motors1952AEC Regal 1Beadle FC35F These Beadle bodies were popular with many BET group companies, most were built on refurbished pre war chassis, usually AEC or Leyland, and that was certainly the case with ten of Northern General Transport. However, from as early as 1923, NGT had a number of vehicles built on their own…
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Sheffield Corporation – AEC Regal I – KWJ 184 – 1184
Sheffield Corporation1948AEC Regal IWeymann B34R A few early post war Sheffield single deckers found their way to Contractors on withdrawal and this example is with H Camm. It is seen on the car park near Pond Street Bus Station in 1963. The bus would have been a regular performer on Peak District services during its…
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Red Bus Service – AEC Regal – Craven – VO 6806
Red Bus Service1931AEC Regal 662Craven B32F VO 6806 is a petrol-engined AEC Regal 662 with Craven B32F body new in 1931 to Bevan & Barker Ltd. (t/a Red Bus Service), Warsop Road Garage, Mansfield, one of three similar vehicles. The company was taken over by Mansfield District Traction on 1st January 1957 along with eight…