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List of AEC buses

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List of AEC buses

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This is a list of Associated Equipment Company (AEC) and London General Omnibus Company (LGOC) buses from 1909 to closure in 1979.

LGOC / AEC (1909–1918)

AEC B 43 (1910-1919)
  • X-type
  • B-type
  • W
  • Z
  • Y

1918–1941

A red 1920s open top double decker bus
LGOC S 742 AEC S-Type in the National Motor Museum, Beaulieu
AEC 403 Type S (1920-1924)
  • K-type (1919–1926)
  • S-type (1920–1927)
  • NS-type (1922–1929)
  • 400-series
  • 500-series
  • Renown 411/413-series (1925–1929)
  • LS-type (1927–1928)
  • Reliance 660-series (1928–1932), transitional model featuring newly developed 6-cylinder engine in 1920s type chassis
  • LT-type (1929–1933), with six wheels; first 150 had outside staircases due to enforcement by the Metropolitan Police. Both single and double deck
  • ST-type (1929–1931), similar to LT-type, but shorter
  • Mercury 640/O640-series (1930–35), normal control 3.5 ton lorry sometimes bodied as a light coach
  • Regal 662/O662-series (1929–40), principal AEC single deck model of the 1930s
  • Regal 4 642/O642-series (1930–37), variant of Regal with smaller (4-cylinder) engine
  • Regal II 862/O862-series (1935–39), variant of Regal with shortened bonnet to allow higher seating capacity
  • Ranger 650-series (1934), normal control version of Regal 4, only 2 built
  • Ranger 665/O665-series (1930–38), normal control version of Regal
  • Ranger 670/O670-series (1931–37), export version of Ranger, predominantly for Canada
  • Regent 661/O661-series (1929–1942), principal AEC double deck model of the 1930s
  • Renown 663-series (1929–1938), 3-axle double decker
  • Renown 664/O664-series (1930–40), longer variant of Renown built as either single or double deck
  • Q-type 761/O761-series (1933–1936), double deck variant of Q-type
  • Q-type 762/O762-series (1932–1937), single decker with side-mounted engine positioned behind front axle
  • Q-type O763-series (1937), one-off 3-axle Q-type double decker

1945–1979

A preserved 1964 AEC Renown, previously run by King Alfred Motor Services and currently owned by the Friends of King Alfred Buses (FoKAB)
  • Regent II (1945–1947)
  • Regent III RT-type (1939–1954)
  • Regent III (1947–1957)
  • Regal I (1946–1947)
  • Regal III (1947–1953)
  • Regal IV (1949–1960), underfloor-engined single decker
  • Regal V (1955–1959)
  • Reliance (1953–1979)
  • Monocoach (Integral)
  • Regent V (1954–1969)
  • Routemaster (1954–1968)
  • Ranger (1955–?), export model based on the Mercury/Monarch lorry
  • Bridgemaster (1956–1962)
  • Ranger (1957–1979)
  • Renown (1962–1967)
  • Regal VI (1962–1979)
  • Swift (1964–1979)
  • Merlin (1965–1972)
  • Sabre (1968–1970)

Prototypes

  • T-type (1920)
  • Regent IV (1949) – an underfloor-engined double decker with only a one-off prototype built
  • FRM Rear-engined Routemaster (1966)

Trolleybuses

1934-built [[AEC 661T
  • 601
  • 602
  • 603 / 603T
  • 604
  • 605
  • 607
  • 661T
  • 662T
  • 663T
  • 664T
  • 691T
  • 761T

References

References

  1. "Ian's Bus Stop, The LONDON GENERAL NS".
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