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  • Chiltern Queens AEC Reliance

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    Photo taken just before departure to Whittaker Tours of Walsall after sale in 1984 Click here to go back to the Chilterns Queens AEC Reliance

  • OK Motor Services – AEC Reliance – 129 DPT

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    OK Motor Services1959AEC Reliance 2MU3RAPlaxton C41F 129 DPT is an AEC Reliance, 2MU3RA variety, with Plaxton C41F body. She was new to OK Motor Services in 1959 and is seen in the Alton Bus Rally on 18 July 2010. This event is organised as part of the Mid Hants Railway (Watercress Line) programme and, weather…

  • Double Gangway Lowbridge Layout

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    It seems that upstairs there were 8 rows of 3 seats each, and the rearward-looking view of the lower saloon reveals a low arch (but not quite as low as the side gangways) just as you step down onto the platform, which would be the consequence of having a partly-sunken cross-gangway across the forward end…

  • AEC Regent 4½

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    I believe Yorkshire Woollen District cut down the engines of the Regent Vs so as to save fuel and that AEC ordered the blue triangles to be removed. Can anyone confirm this please. Philip Carlton I must say that I’ve never heard of this theory and, if “Yorkshire Woollen” did adopt this measure then they…

  • Newcastle Training Bus

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    Copyright R. C. Davis Yet another from the job lot, but this one has the following on the back of it. JTN 243 (243) now L918 – Park Royal AEC RT picture by R. C. Davis. The yellow livery dates the photo as post 1949 but from the registration I would say the vehicle is…

  • AEC EVG 426

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    This AEC looks as though it had recently changed hands. The most likely explanation for the odd-coloured square on the side would be to black out the previous owners name. Some contractors would continue to use the vehicle like that, however, I don’t think this is with a contractor because it still has its shiny…

  • The One and Only FRM 1

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    A week or so ago I received quite a few photographs that were the collection of Eddie Collings, they were donated to the Old Bus Photos website by Margaret, Eddies daughter. I was very pleased to find the above shots and Eddie must have known the importance of this vehicle because he took two cameras…

  • Flea Market Find

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    Found on a table was an AEC roundel from a wheel hub. Thought this would be useful in my ‘den’ as a mat for hot drinks.Bought for £1, I was intrigued to find on the reverse a sticky label which read ‘From the hub of FKY 24 – B.C.P.T. – From Ticker’.I knew that FKY…

  • London Transport – Model LT “Scooter” LT1033

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    A few shots of one of my models scratchbuilt in card to a scale of 1/43rd (7mm scale)This time a 1931 London Transport AEC Renown “Scooter” LT1033 six wheeeled single deck bus is shown below.The model was commisioned for a client in Canada. Completed shell in primer prior to assembly and painting Painted, lettered and…

  • Model AEC Matador

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    A few shots of one of my models scratchbuilt in card to a scale of 1/43rd (7mm scale)This time an AEC Matador 4 x 4 Recovery Vehicle of the type used by many bus companies, part of my own Model Bus Fleet. Painted and lettered and ready for the next breakdown.. Iain Simms01/2012