Tag: AEC
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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,…
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Provincial – AEC Regent V – 972 CWL – 60
Provincial (Gosport & Fareham Omnibus Co)1957AEC Regent V LD3RAPark Royal H37/28R Taken at Hoeford depot on 30/03/69 having been recently transferred from City of Oxford where it had been No H972 this photo shows newly painted Provincial No 60 an LD3RA AEC Regent V with a Park Royal H37/28R body registration number 972 CWL delivered…
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Hebble – AEC Regent V – GJX 847 – 303 – (2)
Hebble Motor Services1957AEC Regent V D3RVWeymann H33/28R Due to a height restriction at their garage in Walnut Street, Halifax, Hebble had always purchased lowbridge double deckers, and their first two Regent V’s (75/76, GCP 4/5) of 1956 carried lowbridge Weymann Orion bodies. However, by early 1957 the northern end of the garage had been modified…
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South Wales Transport – AEC Regent V – MCY 407 – 447
South Wales Transport Co Ltd1955AEC Regent VMD3RVWeymann H33/26R Seen at the Swansea Bus Museum Running Day was this AEC Regent V MD3RV010 bearing Weymann body M6709 H33/26R and new to South Wales (447) in 1955. South Wales were loyal AEC customers over the years. For several years the livery was all-over red without the cream…
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Southampton Corporation – AEC Regent V – KOW 909F – 401
Southampton Corporation1967AEC Regent V 3D2RANeepsend H40/30R KOW 909F was in the last batch of AEC Regents delivered to Southampton, in 1967. It is of the 3D2RA variety and the body was built by Neepsend, to the H70R formation. It was decorated in the early 1980s as being the Transport Department’s last rear entry bus, but…
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Huddersfield Corporation – AEC Regent V – PVH 992 – 192
Huddersfield Corporation1960AEC Regent V 2D2RAEast Lancs. H37/28R 192 (PVH 992) was an AEC Regent V 2D2RA with East Lancs. H37/28R bodywork, one of a pair (192/3) added to the Huddersfield Joint Omnibus Committee fleet on 1st February 1960. They had the AV590 engine and Monocontrol semi-automatic gearboxes. The traditional exposed radiator arrangement had remained an…
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Leeds City Transport – AEC Regent V – XUM 888 – 888
Leeds City Transport1957AEC Regent V MD2RARoe H33/27R Leeds was one of several operators initially not persuaded by the AEC “new look” front end (a preference with which I entirely concur), and its first Regent V deliveries retained the classic radiator design and hence the outward general appearance of the Regent III. These buses were of…