LTSV Vehicle Detail

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Main vehicle details

Number	Registration	Type	Class	Chassis No.	Body No. ? If the vehicle had two or more bodies (i.e. if it was rebodied), the body numbers (where known) are shown in chronological order. Refer to the history records for more details.
1817F	MGX979L	Ford Escort 1300 Auto Estate Car (Radio Control)	Car	BBADNM52317

Licence on:	05/06/1973
Into stock:	31/05/1973
From:	Godfrey Davis Ltd
Out of stock:	13/01/1976 (Life: 2.62 years)
Disposal:	S Baldwin, London
Licence off:	30/09/1986 ?This is the last recorded licence expiry date. Previous expiry dates will be shown in the Licensing History section below.

Livery:	Red
Operator:	LT
Status:	Withdrawn
Allocation:	n/a
Added to LTSV:	01/09/2005 by Thomas Young
Last edited:	04/02/2014 ?This is the date of the most recent edit. To see details of all edits, scroll to the bottom of the page.

Photos

1 photo of this vehicle has been published.

There may be references to other photos in the Notes section further down this page.

Sightings
3 sightings of this vehicle have been reported. Shown below with the most recent at the top.

Date	Place	Comments	Posted by ?If the name is in brackets, the vehicle was not seen by the person, but the sighting was added by the person.
27/10/1973	?	-	Steve Howard
25/08/1973	London		Trevor Watson
28/07/1973	Victoria (Gillingham Street) Garage	-	Ray

History ?This section contains details of events during the lifetime of this vehicle. These can be drawn from official documents or from observations, and will eventually cover the whole career of each vehicle.
6 history entries have been added, shown below in date order (oldest first).

Date	Event	Operator	Department	Location	Status	Notes	Source
31/05/1973	New into stock	LT	n/a	Works	u	ex Godfrey Davis Ltd	LT Variation Sheets
04/06/1973	Licensed and transferred	LT	Chief Operating Manager (Buses) (Gp.2)	Victoria (Gillingham Street) Garage		ex Works. Listed on 08/08/1973	LT Variation Sheets
by22/01/1974	Allocated to	LT	Chief Operating Manager (Buses)	Unknown			LT Register of Private Cars (as date)
by17/01/1975	Allocated to	LT	Chief Operating Manager (Buses)	Unknown			LT Register of Private Cars (as date)
31/10/1975	Delicensed and transferred	LT	n/a	Works	u	ex Victoria, Chief Operating Manager (Buses) (Gp.2)	LT Variation Sheets
13/01/1976	Sold	LT	n/a	n/a		ex Works	LT Variation Sheets

Notes ?This section contains notes that users have added about this vehicle.
2 notes about this vehicle have been posted, shown below with the most recent first.

Note	Posted by	On
This may not have had a roof mounted roundel	Ray	11/09/2023
Photo at https://www.flickr.com/photos/rtw501/52819913536	Ray	30/05/2023

Documents ?This section contains scans of official documents that relate to this vehicle.
4 documents relating to this vehicle have been published. Shown below in date order (oldest first). Hover over a document to see more details.

Licensing History ?The licence expiry dates are regularly updated, with all records shown here (most recent first).

Date checked	Expiry date	Notes	Added by
01/01/2022	30/09/1986		Ray

Edits ?This section shows a description of each change that has been applied to the database entry for this vehicle.
This record has been edited 3 times, as listed below (most recent edits first).

Date	Summary	Edited by	Public?
04/02/2014	Improved date out	Thomas Young	Y
01/02/2014	Improved date in	Thomas Young	Y
28/04/2009	Licensing date/s updated	Ray	Y