Tag: AEC
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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…
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East Kent – AEC Reliance – MJG 42
East Kent Road Car Co Ltd1957AEC Reliance MU3RVBeadle C32C It’s a fine warm day on 12th July 1969 as this East Kent coach stands outside Lichfield cathedral on a private hire (assumed as it is unlikely at 12 years old to be on an extended tour). The entrance door and forward emergency exit are both…
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Wakefields Motors – AEC Reliance – FT 9000 – 200
Copyright Unknown Wakefields Motors1955AEC Reliance MU3RVWeymann C41F I’ve recently been to an Historic vehicle rally at Seaburn, and as usual I came back with a load of photos, some I took and others I bought. But I managed to get hold of one that has eluded me for a while, and that is a colour…
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Greenslades Tours – AEC Reliance – FFJ 13D
Greenslades Tours 1966AEC Reliance 2MU4RAHarrington C40F Sadly the very last Harrington body to be built, No 3218, was this Grenadier C40F example on an AEC Reliance 2MU4RA chassis for Greenslades Tours of Exeter registration No FFJ 13D. This photo was taken on the 24th April 1966 at the British Coach Rally on Madeira Drive Brighton whilst…