Tag: AEC
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PMT – AEC Reliance – 761 CVT – C8761
Potteries Motor Traction1958AEC Reliance 470Willowbrook C41F PMT had five of these coaches plus one similar acquisition on a Leyland Tiger Cub chassis from the takeover of Dawsons, Ash Bank. They suffered as always with AH470 engines with cylinder head gasket and wet liner seal failures. This is why this photo was taken adjacent to Llandrindod…
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PMT – AEC Reliance – PVT 103F – SL1103
Potteries Motor Traction1968AEC Reliance 691 8U2RAAlexander DP49F SL1103 is at the Barlaston terminus of services 24/25 having worked the service from Hanley on 3rd May 1970. Barlaston was a pleasant village on the south eastern side of the Stoke conurbation, it’s main fame at that time being the nearby Wedgwood China factory. This was one…
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PMT – AEC Reliance – 4989 VT – C989
Potteries Motor Traction1964AEC Reliance 2U3RADuple C49F Potteries C989 registration 4989 VT was an AEC Reliance 2U3RA with a Duple Commander I body delivered in early 1964. One of it’s early duties was an appearance at that years Brighton coach rally where it won the Coach of the Year trophy with favourable comments from the judges…
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London Transport – AEC Reliance – 497 ALH – RW3
London Transport1960AEC Reliance 2MU2RAWillowbrook B42D 497 ALH, AEC Reliance 2MU2RA with Willowbrook B42D body, dates from 1960. She is, of course, better known as seen here in London Transport’s RW3 guise, although she spent some time with other operators – notably Chesterfield with her two sisters. She’s seen at the Alton Rally on 21 July…
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Maidstone & District – AEC Reliance – 3 YKK – S 3
Maidstone & District Motor Services Ltd1963AEC Reliance 2U3RAWillowbrook B53F S 3 was among Maidstone & Districts first 36ft long vehicles being an AEC Reliance 2U3RA with a Willowbrook B53F body delivered in September 1963 as part of a batch of four, the body was to the early BET design with a curved rear dome and…
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Economic Bus Service – AEC Reliance – 8031 PT – 5
Economic Bus Service1962 EconomicAEC Reliance 4MU3RAPlaxton B55F The fad for changing registrations – for whatever reason – strikes again. 8031 PT is a 1962 AEC Reliance 4MU3RA with Plaxton B55F body, built for Economic of Whitburn, Tyneside We see in the rear view that there is an alternative plate, WNL 259A. Seen in Showbus at…
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Chiltern Queens – AEC Reliance – 474 FCG
Chiltern Queens1963AEC Reliance 4MU3RAPark Royal C49F This AEC Reliance of Chiltern Queens is seen outside Reading General Station on 9 September 1981. I don’t know anything about her, but I suspect she came from Aldershot & District. I’m sure someone will advise. Photograph and Copy contributed by Pete Davies 24/09/15 – 06:07 Yes, this is…
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E S J Motor Coaches – AEC Reliance – AJH 163A
E S Jacobs of Saltash1963AEC Reliance 4MU3RAPlaxton C51F AJH 163A had an interesting history. She was an AEC Reliance 4MU3RA, with Plaxton C51F body, and dates from 1963, The registration appears to be authentic, but all is not quite as it seems, for she was another victim of the fad for changing registrations. Whilst we…
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Highland Omnibuses – AEC Reliance – EWS 115D – BA26
Highland Omnibuses1966AEC Reliance 590 2U3RAAlexander DP49F Highland Omnibuses BA26 (EWS 115D) was a AEC Reliance with an Alexander Y-type body. It was new to Eastern Scottish, being transferred to Highland in mid-life. I have always thought that there is a fine line between coach and dual-purpose versions of the Y-type. This example was classed as…
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Rotherham Corporation – AEC Reliance – RET 162 – 162
Rotherham Corporation1957AEC Reliance MU3RAWeymann B45F It looks like it could well be market day in this busy scene in Upper Millgate, Rotherham, looking into All Saint’s Square, in July, 1962. It’s quite likely that 162 is performing as a duplicate on the 37 service to Richmond Park, as this route was normally double-deck operated, in…