Tag: Harrington
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Maidstone & District – Albion Nimbus – 310 LKK – S310
Maidstone & District Motor Services Ltd1960Albion Nimbus NS3NHarrington B30F One of Maidstone and Districts batch of Albion Nimbus/Harrington single deckers resting at the rear of the now demolished Tonbridge Depot. Its normal duties would have been the local town service route 77 which ran a twenty minute headway. The route always had Albions which I…
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Yelloway – AEC Reliance 4U3RA – CDK 856C
Yelloway Motor Services1965AEC Reliance 4U3RAHarrington “Cavalier” C45F As it is Sunday I think we will go posh again and have another coach trip this time courtesy of “Yelloway Motor Services” of Rochdale Lancashire. Taken at the 1966 Blackpool Coach Rally this coach was entered number 18, unfortunately “Harrington” body builders ceased trading that very same…
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Maidstone & District – AEC Reliance – TKM 329 – C329
Copyright Chris Hough Maidstone & District Motor Services Ltd1954AEC Reliance MU3RVHarrington C37C A recent posting led to a discussion about the relative importance in a PSV of economy, reliability and good looks, and I picked this vehicle as an example that in my opinion embraces all three qualities. Beauty is in the eye of the…
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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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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…
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Black and White – AEC Reliance – AAD 249B – A249
Black & White Motorways1964AEC Reliance 2MU4RAHarrington Grenadier C41F This batch of five coaches seems to be rarely photographed despite their superb appearance enhanced once again by a beautifully simple livery on the most elegant of bodies.Delivered in May 1964 they were AEC Reliance 2MU4RA chassis with Harrington Grenadier C41F coachwork, fleet No’s were A247-A251, the…
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Neath & Cardiff – AEC Reliance – WWN 191 – 56
Neath & Cardiff Luxury Coaches Ltd1960AEC Reliance 2MU3RAHarrington C41F Neath & Cardiff coaches were affectionately known as ‘Brown Bombers’ and they certainly made short work of demolishing the miles along the M4. This AEC Reliance (2MU3RA083) carries a handsome Harrington C41F body (2309) and was new to Neath & Cardiff in 1960.I am not sure…
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Maidstone & District – AEC Reliance – 251 BKM – SO251
Maidstone & District1958AEC Reliance 2MU3RVHarrington B42F By the mid 1950s, bus patronage was beginning to show signs of serious decline, and the Traffic Commissioners were empowered to grant dispensation for the use of buses with more than the traditional 20/26/30 seats on (what was then called) OMO operation. The first large saloons bought by Maidstone…
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Bevan Bros – AEC Regal III – KDD 38
Bevan Brothers of Soudley1950AEC Regal III 9621AHarrington FC33F Bevan Brothers of Soudley (also known as Soudley Valley Coaches) seem to have had an interesting fleet. KDD 38 is an AEC Regal III of the 9621A variety and it has Harrington FC33F body, complete with the famous dorsal fin. The first view shows it is passing…
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Margo’s of Thornton Heath – AEC Regal I – CPK 168
Margo’s of Thornton Heath1937AEC Regal IHarrington C33F This picture, taken in 1960 or 1961, shows an AEC Regal of either late pre-war or early post-war vintage – the mechanical specification was virtually identical – with a straight stepped waistrail body of unknown (to me) manufacture. I would suspect that the chassis is of the usual…