Tag: Duple

  • Hutchison – Ford R192 – FVA 462D

    Hutchison of Overtown1966Ford R192Duple C45F FVA 462D a Ford R192 with Duple C45F body, it was new to Hutchison of Overtown in 1966. She’s seen at the Wisley Rally on 5 April 2009, but I’ve never (knowingly) seen a vehicle in Hutchison livery. Is this the original livery of Hutchisons? Photograph and Copy contributed by…

  • East Kent – Dennis Lancet – HJG 6

    East Kent Road Car Co. Ltd.1954 – 1957Dennis Lancet UF – Guy Arab IVDuple C41C – Park Royal H33/28RD East Kent’s first foray into underfloor engined vehicles occurred in 1951 when six Leyland Royal Tigers with ornate but rather uncertainly styled Park Royal coach bodies arrived in 1951. In 1953 came two more Royal Tigers,…

  • Smiths Luxury Coaches – Dennis Lancet – EDP 818

    Copyright Roger Cox Smiths Luxury Coaches (Reading) Ltd1950Dennis Lancet J3Duple C35F This shot is from the Roger Cox gallery contribution titled “Smith’s Luxury Coaches Dennis Lancets” click on the title if you would like to view his Gallery and comments.The shot is shown here for indexing purposes but please feel free to make any comment…

  • Smiths Luxury Coaches – Dennis Lancet – EDP 819

    Copyright Roger Cox Smiths Luxury Coaches (Reading) Ltd1950Dennis Lancet J3Duple C35F This shot is from the Roger Cox gallery contribution titled “Smith’s Luxury Coaches Dennis Lancets” click on the title if you would like to view his Gallery and comments.The shot is shown here for indexing purposes but please feel free to make any comment…

  • Smiths Luxury Coaches – Dennis Lancet – EDP 820

    Copyright Roger Cox Smiths Luxury Coaches (Reading) Ltd1950Dennis Lancet J3Duple FC33F This shot is from the Roger Cox gallery contribution titled “Smith’s Luxury Coaches Dennis Lancets” click on the title if you would like to view his Gallery and comments.The shot is shown here for indexing purposes but please feel free to make any comment…

  • Smiths Luxury Coaches – Dennis Lancet J3 – KXX 329

    Photograph by Graham Low Smiths Luxury Coaches (Reading) LtdDennis Lancet J31947-50Duple C35F I read with great interest Frank and Derrick’s notes on the Dennises run by Prestwells of Woodhouse Eaves. Unfortunately I’ve no info that might help, but here’s a Dennis Lancet J3 of about 1950 run by Smith’s of Reading until about 1964. The…

  • East Kent – Dennis Lancet UF – HJG 18

    Copyright Roger Cox East Kent Road Car Co Ltd1954Dennis Lancet UFDuple C41C This picture of East Kent HJG 18, a Dennis Lancet UF with Duple C41C body, was taken in Rye in 1967. East Kent, like fellow BET operator Aldershot & District, was a great fan of the pre war and post war vertical engined…

  • East Kent – Dennis Lancet UF – HJG 3

    East Kent Road Car Co Ltd1954Dennis Lancet UFDuple C41C This photo taken on Margate seafront in about 1966 shows HJG 3 numerically the first of a batch of 30 Dennis Lancet UF’s fitted with Duple Ambassador C41C bodies delivered to East Kent in 1954 these made up the largest fleet of Lancet UF’s in the…

  • Prince of Wales Tours – Dennis Dart – TJ 836

    Prince of Wales Tours1933Dennis DartDuple C20R So far as I am aware, Entwhistle & Sons of Morecambe, trading as Prince of Wales tours, only ever had two vehicles. I offered a view of ETC 760B a while ago. Here are two views of their first, a 1933 Dennis Dart with Duple C20R body, with door.…

  • Lytham St Annes Corp’n – Daimler CWA6 – FTD 618 – 23

    Copyright Roy Cox Lytham St Annes Corporation1943Daimler CWA6Duple H30/26 This shot is from the Roger Cox gallery contribution titled “The People’s League for the Defence of Freedom” click on the title if you would like to view his Gallery and comments.The shot is shown here for indexing purposes but please feel free to make any…