Tag: AEC
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Hunter’s – AEC Reliance – VTY 360 – 26
Photographer unknown – if you took this photo please go to the copyright page. H W Hunter and Sons1962AEC Reliance 2MU3RVPlaxton Highway B45F Still with H W Hunter. Looking a bit grubby with the days road dirt still wet, VTY 360 was new to Hunter’s in April 1962 and was their second AEC 2MU3RV Plaxton…
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Northern General – AEC Reliance – FT 9917 – 2262
Photographer unknown – if you took this photo please go to the copyright page. The Northern General Transport Company1957AEC Reliance MU3RVWillowbrook B43F When it was new in 1957, this Willowbrook bodied AEC Reliance was one of three in the Tynemouth and District fleet, FT 9916/8 – 216/8 the livery was always all one colour but…
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Reading Corporation – AEC Reliance – CRD 152C – 52
Copyright Pete Davies Reading Corporation1965AEC Reliance 2MU3RANeepsend B34D In my comments on the Royal Tiger coach GWM 981, which John Stringer posted, I noted that there were no views of the vehicles of Reading Corporation in the column on the left. The Gallery section does have some views from Roger Cox, however. Even into the…
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PMT – AEC Reliance – KVT 192E – 1092
Potteries Motor Traction1967AEC Reliance 8U2RAlexander C49F A firm favourite of mine was the A.E.C. Alexander Y type, what a difference these buses made to our Excursion and Express allocation. I worked at this time on the P.M.T. based at Newcastle Under Lyme depot none of these vehicles were based there at this time they were…
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Maidstone & District – AEC Reliance – FKL 135D – C72
Maidstone & District Motor Services Ltd1965AEC Reliance 2U3RAHarrington Grenadier C47F Comparing the various body styles available in the sixties amongst my photos I decided that my all time favourite had to be the Harrington Grenadier.This Maidstone & District example with it’s superb livery which complemented the sleek elegant lines of the bodywork was as near…
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Wakefields Motors – AEC Reliance – FT 9002 – 202
Wakefields Motors1955AEC Reliance MU3RVWeymann C41F Am I in a minority, or was the Weymann Fanfare one of the most handsome coach bodies ever built? Whatever chassis they were on they looked exactly what they were, well designed, well built and comfortable. To me they fell into the same category as the first Burlingham Seagulls, nothing…
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P M T – AEC Reliance – 4990 VT – C990
Potteries Motor Traction1964AEC Reliance 2U3RADuple C49F Potteries Motor Traction took delivery of six of these fantastic vehicles in 1964 they had the AEC 590 engine and 6 speed ZF manual gearbox. Drivers and passengers loved them, 4989 VT won the 1964 Brighton coach rally. I have not driven a coach before or since as good…
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Western Welsh – AEC Reliance – WKG 284 – 1284
Western Welsh Omnibus1961AEC Reliance 2MU3RAWillowbrook DP41F Delivered in 1961 to Western Welsh, WKG 284 is a dual purpose AEC Reliance with Willowbrook body. WKG 284 would last with the company until 1972 when it then passed to Gelligaer UDC. It has been restored by the RE-Liance Bus Preservation Group and was photographed from an open…
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PMT – AEC Reliance – WJO 744 – S5626
Potteries Motor Traction1955AEC Reliance MU3RVWillowbrook B45F Nine of these AEC Reliance MU3RV’s with Willowbrook B45F bodies had been ordered by City of Oxford Motor Services for delivery in 1955. Registered in Oxford as WJO 736-744, the last three were instead diverted to PMT which numbered them S5624-5626 and placed them in their Wells Motor Services…
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Sheffield United Tours – AEC Reliance – SWJ 395F – 395
Sheffield United Tours1968AEC Reliance 6U3ZRPlaxton C45F Definitely not taken on a tour, this is PMT Stoke No1 Garage underneath the Essex bus washing machine on 19th April 1970. PMT was going through a reliability crisis and amongst other vehicles (see Birmingham 2252 elsewhere on this site) hired in some coaches from Sheffield United Tours in…