Tag: AEC Regent V
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Hebble – AEC Regent V – PCP 403 – 277
Hebble Motor Services1962AEC Regent VNorthern Counties H65F These two Regent Vs of Hebble are in Halifax bus station the one on the left is five years older with a Weymann Orion body there is a better colour shot of one of these buses here. I am not sure what the registration is of the one…
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Bradford Corporation – AEC Regent V – UKY 123 – 123
Bradford Corporation Transport 1961AEC Regent VMCW H39/31F After my lengthy piece re the Routemaster yesterday I will keep the information on today’s bus to the point. It is a straight forward AEC Regent V with an AEC 9.6 litre engine, monocontrol four speed direct selection gearbox and air brakes, nothing controversial there unless you can come…
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City of Oxford – AEC Regent V – 978 CWL – H978
The City of Oxford Motor Services1958AEC Regent V LD3RAPark Royal H65R The Regent V was in production from 1954 until 1968 there was a prototype Regent IV which had an underfloor engine but there was not much interest so it never went into production. According to research the only difference between the Regent III chassis…
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Doncaster Corporation – AEC Regent V – TDT 349 – 149
Doncaster Corporation1956AEC Regent V MD3RVRoe H34/28R If you visit this site on a regular basis the last bus that was on stand was a Sheffield Corporation AEC Regent III that looked like a Regent V here we have a Doncaster Corporation Regent V that looks like a Regent III. It was possible to order the…
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Huddersfield Corporation – AEC Regent V – SCX 194 – 194
Huddersfield Corporation1961AEC Regent VEast Lancs H39/31F The AEC code for this bus was 2D2RA this code started in 1960 and was really the start of the Regent V series 2. This bus is a straight forward Regent V being 30ft long 8ft wide has a AEC AV590 six cylinder 9.6 litre engine with Monocontrol four…
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East Yorkshire – AEC Regent V – VKH 47 – 649
Photographer unknown – if you took this photo please go to the copyright page. East Yorkshire Motor Services1957AEC Regent VWillowbrook L31/28RD Now we have two Regent Vs from a batch of 19 delivered to East Yorkshire in 1956/7 they were fleet numbered 634 – 652.634 to 648 were 27ft in length had AEC 7.68 litre…
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Leeds City Transport – AEC Regent V – ENW 980D – 980
Leeds City Transport1966AEC Regent VRoe H39/31R Perhaps this snippet about Leeds City Transports AEC Regent V fleet number 980 which has been preserved and is stored at the Keighley Bus Museum may be of interest. 980 spent most, if not all of its service life at the Headingley depot along with the remainder of the…
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Sheffield Corporation – AEC Regent V – 7865 WJ – 865
Sheffield Corporation1960AEC Regent V 2D3RAAlexander H37/28R This photo was taken just after lunch but as you can see this Regent V has the interior lights on, what a miserable day that was. I know this is not a very good shot but it is worth posting due to the fact that most Alexander bodied Regent…
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A Mayne & Sons – AEC Regent V – CXJ 520C
A. Mayne & Sons1965Regent V 2D3RANeepsend H41/32R Another independent bus operator but this time from the other side of the Pennines, A. Mayne & Sons operated in the Manchester area. I must admit I know very little about A. Mayne & Sons but I have two photographs of AEC Regent Vs that are worth posting,…
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Bradford Corporation – AEC Regent V – 2168 KW – 168
Bradford Corporation Transport1963AEC Regent V 2D3RAMCW H40/30F I have a personal “adoration” for these BCT Mark V Regents – a liking in which I appear to be virtually alone !! The “Mononcontrol” vehicles were in the minority, the first twenty only, the remainder of the large fleet being of three pedal four speed synchromesh specification.…