The GWR Preservation Group at Southall have drained down the residual oil from the AV312 fitted in the AEC shunting loco. As there is no manual on hand the...
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Andy Richards
AndyRichards.uk@...
Mar 3, 2001 1:03 pm
... residual ... The major oil companies maintain extensive databases of oil requirements to help with just this type of situation. It would be well worth...
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haughey1
haughey1@...
Mar 3, 2001 4:39 pm
Another view of this Harrington bodied Reliance. Photographed at Cobham a few years ago on it's last outing with owner Geoff Cochrane of Ely. The vehicle was...
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haughey1
haughey1@...
Mar 3, 2001 4:39 pm
One of the last AEC's to have been purchased by Premier Travel, it survived into the Cambus era and is seen in the Cambus Cowley Road yard....
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Neil Fraser
vangastow@...
Mar 3, 2001 9:36 pm
Unfortunately there have been lengthy delays in the restoration of London's Transport Museum's 1931 single deck AEC Renown 664 (LT 1076, GO 5198), so it was...
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Paul
jfne08894@...
Mar 4, 2001 2:05 am
Hello Folks, This is AEC Regal III OJO 727 at Gateshead Metrocentre Rally on May 14th 1995. New to City of Oxford Motor Services in 1950 as one of a batch of...
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BILL COTTRELL
bill@...
Mar 4, 2001 7:31 am
Seen at an AEC family day on 14th May 1966 were this pair of Regent 5's. They were part of orders of a couple of hundred ( I seem to remember). They were...
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BILL COTTRELL
bill@...
Mar 4, 2001 9:57 am
I am pleased to learn that the LT Museum Tower Wagon will be out and about this year. I assisted with a gearbox adjustment (pre-select) prior to handing over...
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Neil Fraser
vangastow@...
Mar 4, 2001 8:43 pm
Thanks to Paul (Fuller) for your excellent pictures from the 1995 Metro Centre rally. This looks like a great venue for photographers, with vehicles parked in...
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Andy Richards
AndyRichards.uk@...
Mar 5, 2001 2:42 pm
... 5's. They were part of orders of a couple of hundred ( I seem to remember). They were generally shipped with the top deck and all the remaining Park Royal...
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josh99@...
Mar 7, 2001 12:05 am
Hi folks, Militant and RT take the top-slot this week, knocking Mammoth off its perch for the first time since the albums were launched. Thanks for all your...
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Neil Fraser
vangastow@...
Mar 7, 2001 4:51 am
Andrew Wright posted this picture recently (#443). Who can tell us if it's a Marshal TGM6R or a Mammoth Major 6 TG6R ? Thanks, Neil Fraser...
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Neil Fraser
vangastow@...
Mar 7, 2001 9:39 pm
Mike Penn posts some really nice images over at the uk-bus-photo group. Here Big Bus PFN 853, a Park Royal bodied AEC Regent V originally in the East Kent...
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BILL COTTRELL
bill@...
Mar 8, 2001 1:22 pm
My guess, due to the style of bodywork fitted, this is not a Mammoth Major.However, don't forget that in later years there was a model Marshall Major. Regards,...
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BILL COTTRELL
bill@...
Mar 8, 2001 1:23 pm
Recent references to tower wagons has prompted me to submit this leafletfrom 1937, Cheers, Bill...
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Neil Fraser
vangastow@...
Mar 8, 2001 9:23 pm
... Neil Fraser replies: This Tower Wagon is a Mercury Type 641, shown with it's original London Transport fleet number, 150. It was registered BYL 380 in ...
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Neil Fraser
vangastow@...
Mar 8, 2001 11:03 pm
Steve Taylor raised a query in the Photo Album guestbook about the recovery vehicle pictured in Post No 172. Steve says ... "I think this motor is a Leyland...
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andrewwright23@...
Mar 9, 2001 5:54 pm
Hi all Should anybody have a programe for the 1990 rally at Nottingham the vehicle in question should be in it.Also does anybody keep old trucking mags if so...
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martyncallaghan@...
Mar 9, 2001 10:25 pm
The lorry shown in this photograph is a 1970 Marshal, ex Theodore Emms of Dudley. Laid up in 1971 due to industrial strife, it was not used again until 1988...
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Neil Fraser
vangastow@...
Mar 10, 2001 9:42 am
Thanks Martyn for confirming the chassis identity of Andrew's photo of BFD 642J. The Marshal is as well known as the Mandator or Mammoth Major but we have only...
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andrewwright23@...
Mar 10, 2001 3:09 pm
Hello all I've said before how good people are,so thanks Martyn I can keep my magazines till next time.HOW come I was the only person to photograph the...
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josh99@...
Mar 10, 2001 11:39 pm
EXCELLENT Bill, Excellent!!! We could have done with that nice crisp AEC Southall logo when we were struggling to make the AEC Society logo for this...
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Neil Fraser
vangastow@...
Mar 11, 2001 11:35 pm
RM 2146 advertising the doomed Shoplinker service, outside Selfridges Oxford Street on 18th March 1979. Neil Fraser http://www.aecsouthall.co.uk...
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josh99@...
Mar 12, 2001 1:17 am
There's a gentleman of Australian extraction seeking help with info on AEC bus chassis. He's left a message on the "Noticeboard" at http://aecsociety.com Sorry...
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Neil Fraser
vangastow@...
Mar 12, 2001 10:12 pm
A first class photo, Peter, thanks for sharing it with the AEC Group. We'll post the photo to our Photo Album (link below) for quick & easy browsing. Regards, ...
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Neil Fraser
vangastow@...
Mar 12, 2001 10:30 pm
... Ex London AEC Swift / Marshall EGN 200J has lead a very confused life recently. Having come to Malta and spent much of it's time as a school bus in the...
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Neil Fraser
vangastow@...
Mar 12, 2001 10:32 pm
... I've already mentioned in my previous posts that the Min of Ed school bus fleet has reached crisis point. Seen here early during my two week stay is a...
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rolova@...
Mar 13, 2001 11:37 am
To my friends and the friends of my friends. My name is Rosa and I hope that you don't smoke but, if you do, I found a really hot deal on this page...
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josh hayles
josh99@...
Mar 14, 2001 1:14 am
THIS WEEK'S ALBUM STATS. (Do people find this info of interest or not..let me know whether you'd like me to keep posting it every week, or whether you'd rather...
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haughey1
haughey1@...
Mar 14, 2001 7:31 pm
The last AEC Reliance to have been purchased by Preimer Travel. It is seen having been repainted into Miller of Cambridge livery, which was also part of the...
