Following Dick Gilbert's sterling work in assembling what is the closest we have to a "definitive" list of survivors (see Classic Buses Half-cab list), here is my attempt to supply up to date photos, information, and links.
Inevitably this list will take some time to complete, as some of the vehicles are remarkably camera-shy, and even if I have photos, I may not be able to display them on a website for copyright reasons. So please take everything here as work in progress.
Because I am currently restricting this page to half-cab regals, the list contains Models I, II, and III only, with a time-span from 1929 to mid 1950s. I have decided NOT to include vehicles which have been rebuilt as breakdown lorries, or of which only the chassis survives, or which were originally half-cabs but have been rebodied to full-front, etc.
If you are able to send me any recent photos or information for the site, I would be most grateful. Please note that I am restricting the photos to shots of the vehicles as they are now, not in-service shots, although I will be happy to provide links to other pages.
As at June 2006 there are 57 vehicles listed here (do you know of any more?), of which 46 have photos. So I need 11 recent photos please!
Please email them (confirming the owner's permission to use them) to John Braga@crownsys.co.uk
New (5/9/2005) Press here for pictures of AECs in Uruguay
Updated 31/8/2007. Press here for pictures of AEC Regals in Australia
| Model | Photo | Details | Chassis | Body | Updated |
| 1929 | |||||
| I |  Dick Gilbert |
UU 6646. LT T31. Engine: AEC A140 6.1 litre petrol, 95bhp with manual gearbox. Cobham Bus Museum | 662058 | London General Omnibus Co. Chiswick B30R. | |
| 1931 | |||||
| I |  Lance Blackman |
FJW 322 (originally OV 4448?) Birmingham 448? > Don
Everall. Boath, Norwood Green [Info supplied 9/2005 by Lance Blackman] To Don Everall, Wolverhampton May 1948 (Burlingham body number 3348). Withdrawn 1950 and sold to E.Edwards (Rainham Luxury Coaches), Rainham August 1950. Sold by Edwards to Jenkins & Vickery Ltd (Enterprise Coaches), Portishead November 1953. Withdrawn by Jenkins & Vickery November 1958 and then used as a workshop at Overcombe Garage, Weymouth, Passed to Lance Blackman, Halifax. Acquired (Aug 2007) by Quantock Motor Services.(Quantock Heritage) |
661600? | rebuilt 5/48 to {E36/0/48}) / Short H48R (To Burlingham {4154} C33F and chassis lengthened 5/48). | Sept 2005 |
| I |  London Transport Museum |
GK 5486. LT T219. London Transport MuseumCollection. | 662715 | Duple C30F. | 2005 |
| I |  Neil Fraser |
GN 8242 LT T357. Green Line > L.T., T357. Found in barn in France 2002. Repatriated to UK 3/03. LBPT, Cobham Bus Museum (long-term restoration) | 662630 | London Lorries C26R (rebodied Weymann {M274} C26F 1935, to B26F 1936, to B30F 1939. LT No. 15132. | 2003 |
| I |  Aston Manor Road Transport Museum |
JF 2378. Provincial R1. Miss Muriel Morley, Leicester, c/o Aston Manor Road Transport Museum, Birmingham | 6621120 | Burlingham C32R. | 2005 |
| I |  Neil Fraser |
VO 6806. Red Bus, Mansfield. Science Museum, Wroughton, Wilts. | 6621015 | Cravens B32F. | 2004 |
| 1932 | |||||
| I |  Neil Halliday |
TY 9608. United Auto / Orange Bros.42. Ian Hunter, Leeds (caravan
conversion), c/o Escrick Group, Escrick, nr.York, stored awaiting restoration
Note: This photo is dated 1999. Has anyone got a more recent one? |
6621331 | Strachan B??R. | 2000 |
| 1934 | |||||
| I |  Martin Smith |
FV 4548. Ribble DS1 > Salisbury > Blackpool. Grand Edwardian
Touring / Wild Rose Connections Ltd., Warrington, 'Lord Clive'. PSV. Photograph taken at Dorset Steam Fair, probably in 2000. |
6621547. | English Electric C30R. (Re-bodied 1946? by Burlingham? with body built in 1934). | 2000(?) |
| 1936 | |||||
| I |  Cobham Bus Museum |
CXX 171. LT T448. Engine: AEC A173 7.7 litre diesel and mechanical pre-select gearbox . Cobham Bus Museum | O6621997 | Weymann C30F coach No M777. LPTB No 16665. | 2005 |
| 1937 | |||||
 Bammot |
RC 4615. Trent 714, BAMMOT, Wythall. | O6622059 | Willowbrook {50796} B35F.(1950). | Sept 2005 | |
| 1938 | |||||
| I |  Ensignbus Transport Museum |
ELP 223. LT T499. Brought back from Australia by Ensignbus, Purfleet (2004) for their new museum. | O6622646 | LPTB {18141} C33F. | 2004 |
| I |  Dick Gilbert |
ELP 228. LT T504. Engine: AEC A180 8.8 litre diesel and mechanical pre-select gearbox. Cobham Bus Museum | O6622651 | London Passenger Transport Board C30F No 18127. | |
| 1940 | |||||
| I |  |
DOD 474. Devon General SR474. Jim Shorland, Exeter 1999. c/o WETC Winkleigh | O6623452 | Weymann {C5577} B35F. | 1996 |
| I | |
DDV 446. Devon General SR446.In use as store for some years in yard of Rush Green Motors, Herts.. | O6623326 | Harrington B35F (to Weymann H58R around 1953 and renumbered 716) | 2005 |
| 1946 | |||||
| I |  John Braga |
AWG 639.Engine: AEC A173 7.7 litre 6-cylinder diesel First Licensed: 1st September, 1946. Seen at SVBM | 06625476 | W.Alexander/Brockhouse, C35F single deck coach | June 2005 |
| I |  Paul Baker |
HKL 819 Maidstone & District SO9 > OR1. Paul Baker, St.Neots., Cambs. | O6624609 | Beadle {391} B36F (to OB35F in 1958). | 2005 |
| I | |
HKL 826 Maidstone & District SO16 > OR2. Chris Moyes, Durham | O6624616 | Beadle {399} B36F (to OB35F in 1958.) | 2003 |
| I |  John Braga |
HKL 836. One of a pair of 1946 Regals converted to open top, which were for many years a feature of the Hastings town tour. This vehicle is now with West Coaches of Wood Green | Beadle | 2005 | |
| I |  Lance Blackman |
HTT 487. Devon General SR487. Ron Greet (Nostalgic Transport), Broadhempston, nr.Torbay, Devon | O6624813 | Weymann {C9053} B35F. | 2005 |
| I | |
KEH 608 Potteries S315 (or S363?). Tom Hollis, Queensferry, N.Wales? | O6624981 | Brush B34F | |
| I |  Neil Fraser |
KNU 446 Woolliscroft, Darley Dale > Silver Service, Matlock. John Burton, Alfreton, Derbyshire (restoration completed 2004 in Burton Coaches livery). | O6624654 | Willowbrook {6160} B35F. | |
| 1947 | |||||
| I |  John Braga |
AWG 623 at SVBM, temporarily lacking a nearside front mudguard(!). | Alexander | June 2005 | |
| III |  David Fisher  Kelvin Curtis |
LRA 907 Woolliscroft, Darley Dale 14 > Silver Service, Matlock
14. Warren Darling, Hanwell (under long-term restoration, will be in Silver
Service livery). The first photo is from Jan 2006, and shows the current state of the backend. The other splendid photo included here is from June 1988 (breaking my rule on having only recent photos, because it is such a good photo!). |
O962093. | Duple 'A' {45398} C33F. | 2006 |
| 1948 | |||||
| III |  Robert Wilson |
ESV 811 Lisbon 17 > 5303?, Regal III {O963428} / Weymann {M3411}
B20D 1948 ESV 811 (Originally II-14-49 - Portuguese) Carris AEC Preservation
Group, Croydon, Surrey.Lisbon 17 > 5303?/ {M3411} (Originally II-14-49 -
Portuguese) Carris AEC Preservation Group, Croydon, Surrey. [April 2006: currently stored at Midland Railway Centre, nr Derby] |
O963428 | Weymann B20D | |
| II |  copyright Quantock Motor Services |
ACH 441 Trent 611, Stephen Morris (Quantock Heritage), Norton Fitzwarren, Somerset | O682012 | Windover {6790} C32F. | 2005 |
| III |  Lance Blackman |
CFK 340Burnham, Worcester, Russell Smith, Hexham 1999 | 6821A121 | Burlingham {3427} C33F. | 2005 |
| III |  Pedro Fonseca  Carris Museum, Lisbon |
EB-14-30 Carris 109. Carris Museum in Lisbon. | 9631E537 | Originally Carris 46, Weymann bodywork rebodied in 1970 by UTIC, and renumbered 109 | 2005 |
| III | |
FL-14-86.Lisbon 54. Carris 123. Grahame Wareham | 9631E548 | Weymann/CCFL {M3556} B24D 1948 (Portuguese) | Sept 2005 |
| III | |
GNR 427. (> CIE A427), ZH 3926. National Transport Museum of Ireland, Howth, Dublin, awaiting restoration | O962231 | Park Royal {B33615} C35R. | 2000 |
| III |  John Braga |
HLX 462 LT. T792, . John P.Herting, Chorleywood | 9621E177 | Mann Egerton B31F. | 2005 |
| I |  Robert Wilson |
HUO 510. Devon General SR510. Stephen Morris (Quantock Heritage), Norton Fitzwarren, Somerset. (Photo from a Devon General Society/WHOTT running day at Tiverton, "several years ago") | O6625520 | Weymann {C9188} B35F. | 2005 |
| III | I have just been informed (15/5/2006) that this has been scrapped (date unknown). |
HUP 662 Gillett Bros. Simon Cowley, Durham 1969. | O962285 | Burlingham C33F. | |
| III |  Alan Bond  Martin Smith |
JFM 575 Crosville TA5.Rescued from farm nr.Llandudno, Stephen Morris
(Quantock Heritage), Norton Fitzwarren, Somerset, newly restored (April 2006).
For larger photos, see AEC Regals
website. The "before" shot (late 1990s), kindly provided by Martin Smith, should serve to give hope to all restorers. Keep at it! |
6821A198 | Strachan B35R. | 2006 |
| III |  John Law |
JTB 749 Florence Motors, Morecambe, Cumbria Classic Coaches, Ravenstonedale, Kirkby Stephen, Cumbria (PSV) | O962313 | Burlingham C33F. | 2005 |
| III |  Martin Smith  John Baker |
JUP 233 Gillett Bros., . ? Southam, Leicester (Having been supplied with a fairly recent photo by Martin Smith, I have still kept the attractive photo sent by John Baker) |
6821A125 | Burlingham {3788} B35F | 2002 |
| 1949 | |||||
| III | |
DFK 214 Burnham, Worcester > Mulleys, . In Monnickendam, Holland 1997-98. Now back in UK? | 6821A174 | Burlingham {3651} C33F. | 1998 |
| III |  John Law |
FFU 860 Enterprise, Scunthorpe 60 > Lincolnshire in 1950 as 860. Milner, Lincoln, c/o Lincoln Road Transport Museum. | 9621E439 | Willowbrook{9592} DP35F. | 2004 |
| III |  Kevin Jagger (Photo taken 1990) |
KKH 650 Hull 5. Hull Museum of Transport, Kingston-upon-Hull. | 6821E753 | Weymann {C9333} B35F. | 2001 |
| III |  John Braga |
KRR 255 Mansfield & District 9 > Midland General 175. John Peck, Mansfield Woodhouse, Notts. Kept at Midland Railway Centre, nr Derby | 9621E481 | Weymann {M4122} DP35F. | 2006 |
| III | |
KYD 151 Scarlet Pimpernel > Prance Coach Tours 01, Cardiff. Brian Waldron (haulier), Bromsgrove | 6821A119 | Harrington {425} C33F. | 2000 |
| III |  Neil Gow |
NJO 703 City of Oxford 703. Oxford Bus Museum Trust 2004 (psv). | 9621A624 | Willowbrook {9584} DP32F. | 2005 |
| III |  Martin Smith |
OFC 205 South Midland 66. Shaw, Farmoor, c/o Oxford Bus Museum | 6821A423 | Duple {51609} C32F. | 2005 |
| 1950 | |||||
| III |  Dick Gilbert |
AHC 411. . 7.7 litre engine and crash gearbox. | 6821A532 | East Lancs. Dual Purpose 30 seat, rear entrance (No. 4605) | |
| III | |
CCF 671 Jolly's, Norton > Mulley, Ixworth. Don Allmey, Eastcote, to Ghidorzi, Basle, Switzerland around 1992 (but also rumoured to have gone to Holland 1998). | Duple C35F. | 1998 | |
| III |  Lance Blackman |
LTA 629 Devon General / Grey Cars TCR629. David Dean (Classique Tours), Paisley (PSV) | 9621A779 | Duple {55182} C32F. | 2004 |
| III |  Lance Blackman |
LUO 595 Devon General SR595. Soan, Exeter. Ashley Blackman, Halifax | 6821A450 | Weymann {C9389} B35F | 2004 |
| III | |
MHY 1 Westbury (Bristol) 7. Phil James, Blaenporth, Cardigan. | 9621A1034 | Plaxton {434} C33F. | 2004 |
| III |  Lance Blackman |
OJO 727City of Oxford 727 > Burnetts > Alexander NA106. Grahame Wareham, Kidlington, Oxford. | 9621A1217 | Willowbrook {50779} DP32F. | 2000 |
| 1951 | |||||
| III |  John Braga |
DMS 130, A173 7.7 litre engine, manual 4-speed box. Currently under restoration. See details here. | 6821A512 | Alexander C35F (8' wide) (No. 4035). | August 2005 |
| III |  Frank Bruyninckx |
FVY 411 York Pullman 59. Frank Bruyninckx, www.the-london-ceremony-bus.com, Antwerp Kapellen, Belgium. | 6821A383 | Barnaby B35F (rebodied Roe {GO5468} B39F 3/62). | 2005 |
| III |  Robert Wilson |
JWO 355 Bedwas & Machen 7, John Allen, Glen Hills, Durban, S.Africa, donated to Sandstone Heritage Foundation, Ficksburg, Free State. | 9621A854 | Bruce B35R | 2005 |
| III |  Phil Trotter |
LPT 328 Gillet Bros. of Quarrington Hill. Silver Star Coaches, Caernarfon, Wales | 9621E989 | Burlingham {4186} C33F. | 2004 |
| III | |
LTV 702. Nottingham 702. Blood, North Tawton (nr.Okehampton). At WETC Winkleigh? | 9621E844 | East Lancs {4604} B35R. | 1998 |
| III |  Dick Gilbert |
PPF 492 Surrey Motors 36. David Hurley & Nick Belton, Worthing . (David Hurley tells me that the 7.7 litre engine was found to be underpowered when the coach was first in service [Easter 1951], and was replaced by the 9.6 litre version in Sept. 1951) | 6821A375 | Harrington (8 ft) {859} C37F. | 2005 |
| 1953 | |||||
| III |  Allan Morse |
MDT 222 Doncaster 22. Doncaster Omnibus & Light Railway Society. | 9621A588 | Roe {GO3606} B39F. | 2003 |
| III |  Neil Fraser |
NXL 847 Eastern Belle, Bow. PSV. Roger Burdett, Long Eaton | 6821A483 | Duple 'A' {146/1}C39F. | 2003 |
| III |  Ray Evans |
MTG 884. Gelligaer 19, Welsh Industrial & Maritime Museum 1996. Put in store after closure of the museum (This bus looks much too attractive to stay in store!! Does anyone know who owns it? - JB) | 9621A1554 | Longwell Green/Park Royal B35F | 1996 |
| 1954 | |||||
| III |  David O'Farrell |
JVY 516 York Pullman 66. Andrew Bowman, Burthwaite, Carlisle | 6821A632 | Barnaby C35F (to B39F in 1964). | 2004 |
