Tag: Northern Coachbuilders
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Leon Motor Services – Leyland Lion – JP 42
Photograph by “unknown” : if you took this photo please go to the copyright page. Leon Motor Service193?Leyland Lion LT5ANorthern Coachbuilders UH55C Over the years there have been many fascinating vehicle rebuilds, many based on sound economics and engineering feasibility, but this one must surely be one of the most bizarre and ambitious. The chassis…
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Newcastle Corporation – Guy BTX – FVK 109 – 109
Newcastle Corporation1937Guy BTXNorthern Coachbuilders H33/27D Once again, these photos are from the Newcastle City Libraries Archives. They are pre delivery publicity shots of FVK 109, a 1937 Guy BTX, and were taken at the Northern Coachbuilders works which was located on Claremont Road Newcastle, my records suggest that the vehicle may have been a one…
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Harper Bros – Guy Arab I – HWA 714 – 3
Copyright Ray Soper Harper Bros1943Guy Arab IPark Royal H56R rebodied Northern Coachbuilders 1954 This shot is from the Ray Soper gallery contribution titled “Harper Brothers of Heath Hayes” click on the title if you would like to view his Gallery and comments to it.The shot is shown here for indexing purposes but please feel free…
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Newcastle Corporation – Daimler COG5 – HTN 222 – ?
Photograph by “unknown” – if you took this photo please go to the copyright page. Newcastle Corporation1939Daimler COG5Northern Coachbuilders H56R What looks like a pre delivery photo of three Daimlers for Newcastle Corporation, “note the blue light to the side of the destination blind†this has been commented on before on this site. Going by…
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Newcastle Corporation – AEC Regent III – NVK 341 – 341
Copyright Ronnie Hoye Newcastle Corporation1950AEC Regent III 9612ANorthern Coachbuilders H30/26R Not a very good picture I’m afraid. I got my PSV licence in 1967 with Tynemouth & Wakefields (Northern General). By the time of the Queens Silver Jubilee in 1977 I was with Armstrong Galley, the coaching division of Tyne & Wear PTE. The PTE…
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Tynemouth and District – AEC Regent III – FT 6564 – 164
Tynemouth and District1949AEC Regent IIINorthern Coachbuilders H30/26R Eight of these splendid AEC Regent III were among the 1949 intake. By 1951, the size of the name had been considerably reduced; this would also be around the time these were due for their first repaint, so my guess would be that the photo was taken roughly…
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Wakefields Motors – AEC Regent I – FT 2611 – 42
Photograph by “unknown” if you took this photo please go to the copyright page. Wakefields Motors1932AEC Regent IShort Bros – Northern Coachbuilders H56R (1945) Featured elsewhere on this site is a posting of a 1931 Short Bros bodied AEC Regent of Portsmouth Corporation. Between 1931/2 Percy Main depot took delivery of 16 virtually identical vehicles,…
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Bradford Corporation – AEC 661T – KY 8210 – 607 & AAK 422 – 620
Copyright J A Pitts Copyright J Copland Bradford Corporation Transport – 1934 – AEC 661T – English Electric H32/26R Bradford Corporation Transport – 1935 – AEC 661T – NCB H30/26R (rebuilt 1949) This photo of Bradford “Regen” 607 was taken in 1944 outside Duckworth Lane depot and shows this trolleybus in dark blue with war…