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.
457P	PO8279	AEC Matador 6-ton Towing Lorry	Heavy Lorry	0645054	9181

Licence on:	?
Into stock:	05/11/1940
From:	Maskells Motor Repair Works (second-hand
Out of stock:	20/05/1955 (Life: 14.54 years)
Disposal:	Lammas Motors, Wandsworth
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:	Red
Operator:	LT
Status:	Withdrawn
Allocation:	n/a
Added to LTSV:	01/09/2005 by Thomas Young
Last edited:	08/10/2012 ?This is the date of the most recent edit. To see details of all edits, scroll to the bottom of the page.

Photos

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

Sightings
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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.
8 history entries have been added, shown below in date order (oldest first).

Date	Event	Operator	Department	Location	Status	Notes	Source
05/11/1940	Into stock	LT	n/a	Chiswick Works	u	ex Maskells Motor Repair Works	LT Miscellaneous Vehicles Advice Book
04/02/1941	Licensed and transferred	LT	Engineering (TT)	Charlton Works		ex Chiswick. VRC states 4/2/1940 T/P 025GN	LT Miscellaneous Vehicles Advice Book
by01/11/1946	Allocated to	LT	Dept of the CME (Road Servs) Works Engr Charlton	Charlton Works		TP 025GN	CDS Fleetlist November 1946
09/09/1947	Repainted	LT	T&T	Charlton Works		Listed as 'Change of colour', but colours not given! VRC states red to green	LT Miscellaneous Vehicles Advice Book
12/10/1949	Transferred	LT	CDS (Gp.3) pool	Rye Lane PW Depot		later to Bowles Road then to Charlton (no dates)	Vehicle Record Card
23/11/1954	Change of registration	LT	CDS (Gp.3)	Charlton Works		GTP 025GN off, 294GC on	LT Miscellaneous Vehicles Advice Book
17/03/1955	Withdrawn and transferred	LT	n/a	Walthamstow, Ferry Lane (ex AEC)	w	ex Charlton, CDS Gp.3. Replaced by 1009J. GTP 294GC off	LT Miscellaneous Vehicles Advice Book
20/05/1955	Sold	LT	n/a	n/a		ex Ferry Lane	LT Miscellaneous Vehicles Advice Book

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
New 17/10/1933 ex Maskells Motors, Bruxton Road, SW9	Ray	14/03/2024
Was red then green	Ray	11/07/2020
Photo at https://thetransportlibrary.co.uk/index.php?route=product/product&product_id=136919&search=london+transport&category_id=478&page=5	Ray	03/04/2020
Photograph in 'London Transport Service Vehicles' (Capital Transport)	Ray	27/02/2009
Photograph in 'The London Trolleybus Vol.2' (Capital Transport)	Ray	23/02/2009
2nd hand (new 10/33). TP 025GN. To Green 9/47	Thomas Young	19/02/2009

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).
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?
08/10/2012	Improved date out	Thomas Young	Y
13/04/2012	Improved date in	Thomas Young	Y