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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.
388W GK3178 AEC Regal 6 1/2-ton Stores Lorry Heavy Lorry 662780 9126

Licence on: ?
Into stock: 12/05/1939
From: AEC chassis ex coach T284
Out of stock: 04/10/1961 (Life: 22.40 years)
Disposal: Birds Commercial Motors
Licence off: n/a ?This is the last recorded licence expiry date. Previous expiry dates will be shown in the Licensing History section below.
Livery: Green
Operator: LT
Status: Withdrawn
Allocation: n/a
Added to LTSV: 01/09/2005 by Thomas Young
Last edited: 02/03/2024 ?This is the date of the most recent edit. To see details of all edits, scroll to the bottom of the page.
Photos
No photos of this vehicle have been published.
There may be references to other photos in the Notes section further down this page.
Sightings
2 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.
12/06/1960 Cricklewood Broadway Ray
01/01/1960 - Approximate date Bighat
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.
18 history entries have been added, shown below in date order (oldest first).
Date Event Operator Department Location Status Notes Source
02/1931 New into stock LGOC ? Tunbridge Wells Garage ex AEC (as T-type coach) to Green Line Estimate
01/07/1933 Change of Operator LT Country Buses & Coaches To L.P.T.B. Observations
06/05/1939 withdrawn as coach LT ? Epping Garage Ian's Bus Stop/London Bus File 1933-39 (S/Deckers)
07/05/1939 Transferred LT ? Unknown to Transport Engineering Co., Old Kent Road for conversion The London 'T' types
12/05/1939 Allocated to LT Chief Stores Superintendent (Buses & Coaches) Chiswick Works Stores Lorry T/P 076XY on Vehicle Record Card
by01/11/1946 Allocated to LT Dept of the Chief Comm Offcr (Chief Stores Supt) Chiswick Works TP 076XY CDS Fleetlist November 1946
21/09/1949 Allocated to LT CDS (Gp.3) Chiswick Pool Chiswick Works Vehicle Record Card
27/03/1950 Change of registration LT CDS (Gp.3) Chiswick Works GTP 076XY surrendered, 649GF on LT Miscellaneous Vehicles Advice Book
17/07/1950 Withdrawn and transferred LT n/a Aldenham Works w ex Chiswick, CDS Gp.3. GTP 649GF LT Miscellaneous Vehicles Advice Book
03/08/1950 Transferred (unlicensed) LT n/a Potters Bar Garage u ex Aldenham. GTP 649GF LT Miscellaneous Vehicles Advice Book
21/11/1950 Relicensed and transferred LT CDS (Gp.3) Chiswick Works ex Potters Bar. GTP 649GF LT Miscellaneous Vehicles Advice Book
01/01/1951 Withdrawn and transferred LT n/a Potters Bar Garage w ex Chiswick, CDS Gp.3. GTP 649GF surrendered LT Miscellaneous Vehicles Advice Book
16/03/1951 Relicensed and transferred LT CDS (Gp.3) Chiswick Works ex Potters Bar. GTP 642GF (ex 745J) on LT Miscellaneous Vehicles Advice Book
12/11/1954 Modified LT CDS (Gp.3) Chiswick Works Petrol to Oil LT Miscellaneous Vehicles Advice Book
01/07/1961 Delicensed LT CDS (Gp.3) Hendon Garage u GTP 642GF off and surrendered. Replaced by 1187F or 1188F (although these are listed as going to Colindale). Non-contiguous LT Miscellaneous Vehicles Advice Book
03/07/1961 Transferred (unlicensed) LT Reserve Hendon Garage u ex Hendon, Stored LT Miscellaneous Vehicles Advice Book
11/07/1961 Transferred (unlicensed) LT Reserve Works u ex Hendon, Reserve LT Miscellaneous Vehicles Advice Book
04/10/1961 Sold LT n/a n/a ex Works, Reserve LT Variation Sheets
Notes ?This section contains notes that users have added about this vehicle.
3 notes about this vehicle have been posted, shown below with the most recent first.
Note Posted by On
Photo at https://www.flickr.com/photos/rw3-497alh/32542594123 Ray 29/05/2017
Converted petrol to oil 12/11/1954. Thomas Young 08/10/2012
Ex T284. TP 076XY Thomas Young 19/02/2009
Documents ?This section contains scans of official documents that relate to this vehicle.
5 documents relating to this vehicle have been published. Shown below in date order (oldest first). Hover over a document to see more details.
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Licensing History ?The licence expiry dates are regularly updated, with all records shown here (most recent first).
No licensing data has been captured yet.
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 2 times, as listed below (most recent edits first).
Date Summary Edited by Public?
02/03/2024 Update LOTS Notes Ray Y
25/11/2012 Improved date out Thomas Young Y