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.
747P	(TP)	AEC Matador 120HP 5-ton Master Breakdown Tender	Heavy Lorry	08538570	9472

Licence on:	?
Into stock:	22/12/1947
From:	Scottorn Ltd (2nd hand)
Out of stock:	05/01/1977 (Life: 29.04 years)
Disposal:	C.M.S. (Kent), Paddock Wood
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Status:	Withdrawn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:	15/04/2012 ?This is the date of the most recent edit. To see details of all edits, scroll to the bottom of the page.

Photos

2 photos of this vehicle have been published, shown below in order of date taken (oldest first).

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

Sightings
6 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.
24/07/1971	Poplar Garage	-	Ray
04/04/1969	Poplar Garage		Clive G
01/01/1966	?	Approximate date	Steve Howard
15/05/1961	Poplar Garage	Transferred ex C when closed	Ray
10/01/1960	Athol Street (Poplar) Garage	Allocated here	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.
14 history entries have been added, shown below in date order (oldest first).

Date	Event	Operator	Department	Location	Status	Notes	Source
23/02/1945	Into stock	LT	?	Unknown		To War Department	Vehicle Record Card
22/12/1947	Into stock	LT	n/a	Chiswick Works	u	ex Scottorn Ltd, Kingston Road, New Malden	LT Miscellaneous Vehicles Advice Book
23/02/1948	Transferred (unlicensed)	LT	n/a	Slough Garage	u	Langley Road (SL) ex Chiswick	LT Variation Sheets
11/03/1948	Transferred (unlicensed)	LT	n/a	n/a	u	To Metro Coach Building Co, Hayes, ex Slough	LT Variation Sheets
16/06/1948	Transferred (unlicensed)	LT	n/a	Chiswick Works	u	ex Metro Coach, Hayes	LT Variation Sheets
01/09/1948	Licensed and transferred	LT	n/a	West Ham Garage		ex Chiswick, GTP 085GF on	LT Miscellaneous Vehicles Advice Book
17/02/1949	Transferred	LT	RSE (RS)	Athol Street (Poplar) Garage		ex West Ham, OM (TT). GTP 085GF	LT Miscellaneous Vehicles Advice Book
09/05/1961	Transferred	LT	RSE (RS) (Gp.1)	Poplar Garage		ex Athol Street, RSE (RS)(Gp.1)	LT Miscellaneous Vehicles Advice Book
07/10/1971	Transferred	LT	Mechanical Engineer (Rolling Stock - Buses) (Gp.1)	Tottenham Garage		ex Poplar, Mechanical Engineer (Rolling Stock - Buses) (Gp.1). Swapped with 746P	LT Variation Sheets
by01/09/1972	Allocated to	LT	Mechanical Engineer (Rolling Stock - Buses) (Gp.1)	Poplar Garage		GTP 593LB	LT Miscellaneous Vehicles Register (as date)
by01/01/1974	Allocated to	LT	Mechanical Engineer (Rolling Stock - Buses) (Gp.1)	Poplar Garage		TP 593LB	LT Miscellaneous Vehicles Register (as date)
28/09/1975	Delicensed and transferred	LT	n/a	Northumberland Park Depot	u	ex Tottenham, Mechanical Engineer (Rolling Stock - Buses) (Gp.1). TP 593LB off. Non-contiguous	LT Variation Sheets
09/09/1976	Transferred (unlicensed)	LT	n/a	Works	u	ex Northumberland Park	LT Variation Sheets
05/01/1977	Sold	LT	n/a	n/a		ex Works	LT Variation Sheets

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

Note	Posted by	On
The move to Northumberland Park is questionable, as Simon Kaye, then a mechanic at Leyton, reports 747P and 750P dumped in their bay in the mid 70s as a source of spares for 746P. Both finally being engine-less and towed by the latter to Chiswick for disposal.	Clive G	26/11/2024
Photo at https://www.flickr.com/photos/rw3-497alh/40191733431	Ray	01/10/2019
Photos in LTM collection 1998/88786, 1998/88778, 1998/88658, 1998/88777 & 1998/88782	Ray	24/12/2014
Photo at http://www.flickr.com/photos/21437618@N02/6654049589/	Ray	14/01/2012
Photograph in 'London Transport Service Vehicles' (Capital Transport)	Ray	27/02/2009
Photograph in LBM145	Ray	23/02/2009
2nd hand. Ex War Department. New 2/45. TP 085GF	Thomas Young	19/02/2009

Documents ?This section contains scans of official documents that relate to this vehicle.
9 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 1 time, as detailed below.

Date	Summary	Edited by	Public?
15/04/2012	Improved date in	Thomas Young	Y