Tag: AEC Regent V
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Sheffield Corporation – AEC Regent V – 365 EWE – 1365
Copyright Ian Wild Sheffield Corporation1963AEC Regent V 2D2RAPark Royal H38/32F After several years of deliveries of rear engined double deckers, Sheffield bought batches of forward entrance for all three fleets in 1963 and 1964. This bus was from the first batch and is seen in May 1967 at the Oughtibridge terminus of service 18. Although…
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Leeds City Transport – AEC Regent V – 952 JUB – 952
Photograph by “unknown” if you took this photo please go to the copyright page. Leeds City Transport1964AEC Regent V 2D2RARoe H39/31R In the early days of Tyne and Wear PTE they suffered some severe vehicle shortages, to fill the gaps buses were bought borrowed or hired in from wherever they could get them. Among the…
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Maidstone & District – AEC Regent V – VKR 35 – 6735
Copyright John Stringer Maidstone & District Motor Services Ltd1956AEC Regent V MD3RVPark Royal L30/26RD During the mid to late 1950’s a number of BET operators seemed to switch their double deck allegiance to AEC Regent V’s. Though Maidstone & District had bought a number of AEC Regal single deckers before and just after the Second…
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Hants & Dorset – AEC Regent V – 975 CWL – 3475
Hants & Dorset Motor Services1958AEC Regent V LD3RAPark Royal H65R 975 CWL is an AEC Regent V of the LD3RA variety. She was new in 1958 and has a Park Royal body seating 65. New to City of Oxford as their 975, she is seen in the yard of the Hants & Dorset depot in…
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East Kent – AEC Regent V – MFN 946F
East Kent Road Car Company1967AEC Regent V 3D3RAPark Royal H40/32F This photograph, copyright of the ‘M & D and East Kent Bus Club’, shows East Kent Road Car Company MFN 946F in the guise of one of the holiday exhibition buses which toured northern towns in the 1960s to publicise the holiday resorts in Kent…
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Southampton Corporation – AEC Regent V – 369 FCR – 349
Southampton Corporation1963AEC Regent V 2D3RAEast Lancs H37/29R 369 FCR is a Regent V of the 2D3RA variety, with East Lancs H66R bodywork from 1963, in the fleet of Southampton City Transport, fleet number 349. She’s seen in Vincent’s Walk on a sunny lunchtime in January 1976, between duties on the 15 to Swaythling via Bassett…
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Southampton Corporation – AEC Regent V – 373 FCR – 353
Southampton Corporation1963AEC Regent V 2D3RAEast Lancs H37/29R 373 FCR is a Regent V, 2D3RA, from the Southampton City Transport fleet. Unlike some, which had Neepsend bodywork, she is listed as having East Lancs bodywork, of the H66R configuration. She was new in 1963. She’s seen in Winchester, during a King Alfred Running Day on 1…
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A Mayne & Son – AEC Regent V – 8859 VR
A Mayne & Son1964AEC Regent V 2D3RANeepsend H41/32R 8859 VR was an AEC Regent V 2D3RA with a Neepsend H73R bodywork originally with A Mayne & Son of Manchester. She was built in 1963 and delivered in January 1964 and is seen at the Wisley rally on 5 April 2009. Rumour has it this bus…
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Sheffield Corporation – AEC Regent V – 6336 WJ – 1336
Sheffield Corporation1960AEC Regent V 2D3RARoe H39/30RD This is July 1974 and South Yorkshire PTE has been in operation for just over three months. The bus looks a little uncared for, no fleetname, no destination and generally a bit shabby. It is at Bents Green terminus of the 81/82 Cross City services. At 14 years old,…
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Southampton Corporation – AEC Regent V – BOW 507C – 371
Southampton Corporation1965AEC Regent V 2D3RANeepsend H37/29R This AEC Regent V with East Lancs (Neepsend) H66R bodywork was new in 1965 to Southampton City Transport with fleet number 371. Some of this delivery (358 to 370) were to have been 358 HCR to 370 HCR, but were caught in the change to year suffix numbers. Indeed,…