Old bus photos

Tag: Strachans

  • Aldershot & District – Dennis Lancet III – GAA 611 – 975

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    Aldershot & District Traction Co.1948Dennis Lancet III J3Strachan C32R During the latter stages of WW2, all commercial vehicle manufacturers had new models awaiting production to take advantage of an anticipated post war boom in passenger and haulage markets. Dennis revealed EOR 743, its prototype of the Mark III Lancet, in the early months of 1945.…

  • Aldershot & District – Dennis Falcon P5 – POR 428 – 282

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    Aldershot & District Traction Co1956Dennis Falcon P5Strachans B30F In the 1930s, Dennis manufactured a bewildering choice of small buses for lightly trafficked routes – Dart, Pike, Arrow Minor, Ace and Mace. These were all replaced in 1938 by a single model, the Falcon, available in normal or forward control, with the engine options of Dennis…

  • Aldershot & District – Dennis Dominant – HOU 900 – 174

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    Copyright Roger Cox Aldershot & District1950Dennis DominantStrachans B41C The Dominant represented the initial attempt by Dennis to offer an underfloor engined single deck chassis. Like the contemporary Regal IV, Royal Tiger, Freeline and Arab UF models, the Dominant was a heavy beast, but, unlike those competitors, it never achieved quantity production. The engine was a…

  • J Amos & Son – Bedford OB – JAF 832

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    Copyright Nigel Turner J Amos & Son (Belchamp St. Paul)19??Bedford OBStrachans C27F – C26F (1953) Photos on this site have four main characteristics to be discussed – the location, the operator, the chassis and the body. With this one, I have no problem with three of them but the last is more tricky.Firstly the location,…

  • Southampton Corporation – AEC Swift – MTR 420F – 2

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    Southampton Corporation1968AEC Swift MP2RStrachans B47D I thought a southern flavour was in order with another Southampton photo this one in service in early 1968 when the bus was quite new I am not sure of the exact location in the city.No 2 MTR 420F was an AEC Swift MP2R with a Strachans B47D body delivered…

  • Aldershot & District – AEC Reliance – MOR 581 – 543

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    Aldershot & District Traction Co1954AEC Reliance MU3RVMetro-Cammell B40F MOR 581 is an AEC Reliance MU3RV. The chassis of this Aldershot & District vehicle dates from 1954, but the body we see (“MCW” in the PSVC listings) was fitted in 1967. The seating is of the B40F layout, and we see it in the Alton Rally…

  • Lancaster City Transport – AEC Regal III – KTF 581 – 581

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    Photographer unknown – if you took this photo please go to the copyright page. Lancaster City Transport1949AEC Regal IIIStrachans B36F This in my mind is what an half cab single deck bus should look like, mind you the 50-50 split livery of this Lancaster Corporation does help. I’m not all that knowledgeable about Strachans bodybuilders…

  • London Transport – AEC Merlin – SMM 15F – XMB 15

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    London Transport Board1966AEC Merlin P2RStrachans B46D In the mid 1960s London Transport began moving away from its ageing bespoke designs – RT family/ RF/ RM family – and belatedly began investigating the standard offerings of the bus manufacturing industry. The ensuing saga became a sad, expensive story of incompetence, profligacy and waste, from the RC…

  • Reading Corporation – Bristol RE – KRD 258F – 258

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    Reading Corporation1967Bristol RELL6GStrachans B34D KRD 258F, Reading 258, is another of the operator’s Bristol RELL6G fleet, with Strachans of Hamble B34D body (and the tribute to Burlingham’s “Seagull” motif). She’s seen at Wisley airfield, arriving for the open day there on 4 April 2004. Since the organisers’ move from Cobham to Brooklands, these events are…