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.
397W	GH3800	AEC Regal 6 1/2-ton Stores Lorry	Heavy Lorry	662753	9135

Licence on:	?
Into stock:	05/06/1939
From:	AEC chassis ex coach T257
Out of stock:	12/09/1962 (Life: 23.27 years)
Disposal:	Hoblyn Bros, Lower Kingswood
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Status:	Withdrawn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:	07/03/2024 ?This is the date of the most recent edit. To see details of all edits, scroll to the bottom of the page.

Photos

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.
09/05/1962	Kingston	-	Ray
01/01/1962	?	Approximate date	Steve Howard
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.
13 history entries have been added, shown below in date order (oldest first).

Date	Event	Operator	Department	Location	Status	Notes	Source
01/1931	New into stock	other	?	Unknown		ex AEC (as T-type coach) to Green Line (National, Ware)	Estimate
01/07/1933	Change of Operator	LT	Country Buses & Coaches			To L.P.T.B.	Observations
26/05/1939	Into stock	LT	Chief Engineer (B&C) Garage Stores	Chiswick Works		Contradicts dates below	Vehicle Record Card
26/05/1939	withdrawn as coach	LT	?	St Albans Garage			Ian's Bus Stop/London Bus File 1933-39 (S/Deckers)
27/05/1939	Transferred	LT	?	Unknown		to Transport Engineering Co., Old Kent Road for conversion	The London 'T' types
08/06/1939	transferred & licensed	LT	Chief Engineer (B&C) Garage Stores	Camberwell Garage		T/P 081XY	Vehicle Record Card
by01/11/1946	Allocated to	LT	Dept of the CME (Road Servs) RSE (Buses & Coaches)	Camberwell Garage		TP 081XY	CDS Fleetlist November 1946
01/01/1949	Change of registration	LT	RSE (RS)	Camberwell Garage		GTP 081XY off, 088GW on	LT Miscellaneous Vehicles Advice Book
24/08/1954	Modified	LT	RSE (RS)	Camberwell Garage		Petrol to Oil	LT Miscellaneous Vehicles Advice Book
30/06/1959	Change of registration	LT	RSE (RS)	Camberwell Garage		GTP 088GW off and surrendered, 410GH on	LT Miscellaneous Vehicles Advice Book
24/05/1962	Delicensed	LT	RSE (RS) (Gp.1)	Camberwell Garage	u	GTP 410GH off (to 1238F). Replaced by 1238F	LT Variation Sheets
01/06/1962	Transferred (unlicensed)	LT	Reserve	Chiswick Works	u	ex Camberwell	LT Variation Sheets
12/09/1962	Sold	LT	n/a	n/a		ex Works, Reserve	LT Variation Sheets

Notes ?This section contains notes that users have added about this vehicle.
6 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/rtw501/17829806778	Ray	10/11/2015
Photo at http://www.flickr.com/photos/rw3-497alh/7244700864/	Ray	29/12/2013
Photograph in 'TLB Extra 1962' (LOTS)	Ray	11/03/2009
Photograph in 'London Transport Buses & Coaches 1949' (Hambley)	Ray	24/02/2009
Photograph in 'The London Trolleybus Vol.2' (Capital Transport)	Ray	23/02/2009
Ex T257. TP 081XY	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.

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?
07/03/2024	Update LOTS Notes	Ray	Y
26/11/2012	Improved date out	Thomas Young	Y