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.
79Q	BYM148	AEC Mercury 4-ton Tower Wagon	Heavy Lorry	641249

Licence on:	?
Into stock:	24/07/1935
From:
Out of stock:	06/04/1960 (Life: 24.70 years)
Disposal:	G H Groves and Sons Ltd, SW19
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Status:	Withdrawn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:	25/01/2024 ?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
1 sighting of this vehicle has been reported. Shown below.

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

Date	Event	Operator	Department	Location	Status	Notes	Source
by01/01/1938	Allocated to	LT	Electrical ( T&T)	Unknown		Allocated 'South'	KR CD List
by03/05/1940	Allocated to	LT	Elect. Engr. Overhead - South Division - Electrical Supply	Unknown			Vehicle Record Card
01/05/1946	Delicensed	LT	Electrical Engineer	Unknown	u		LT Miscellaneous Vehicles Advice Book
16/07/1946	Relicensed	LT	Electrical Engineer	Bexleyheath Garage			LT Miscellaneous Vehicles Advice Book
by01/11/1946	Allocated to	LT	Dept of the Chief Engr (Distribution Engr (T&T) S	Bexleyheath Garage			CDS Fleetlist November 1946
20/12/1951	Withdrawn	LT	Electrical Equipment Engineer	Bexleyheath Garage	w		LT Miscellaneous Vehicles Advice Book
01/03/1952	Relicensed	LT	Electrical Equipment Engineer	Bexleyheath Garage			LT Miscellaneous Vehicles Advice Book
17/04/1959	Transferred	LT	Electrical Equipment Engineer (Gp.1)	Bowles Road PW Depot		ex Bexley, Electrical Equipment Engineer (Gp.1)	LT Miscellaneous Vehicles Advice Book
01/01/1960	Withdrawn	LT	Electrical Equipment Engineer	Bowles Road PW Depot	w		LT Miscellaneous Vehicles Advice Book
29/02/1960	Transferred (unlicensed)	LT	Reserve	Loughton Garage	w	ex Bowles Road, Reserve	LT Miscellaneous Vehicles Advice Book
06/04/1960	Sold	LT	n/a	n/a		ex Loughton. Listed on 05/05/1960. Variation Sheet gives actual sale date	LT Miscellaneous Vehicles Advice Book

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

Note	Posted by	On
Petrol cost £1058 (1935) 32hp	Ray	12/05/2023
Lorry/Tower Wagon body by Eagle Engineering, Warwick	Ray	27/05/2022
Photograph in 'Trolleybuses in Outer North London' (LTPS)	Ray	06/03/2009
Previous number 154	Thomas Young	19/02/2009

Documents ?This section contains scans of official documents that relate to this vehicle.
11 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
01/04/2022	n/a		Ray
01/04/2022	31/07/2022		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 4 times, as listed below (most recent edits first).

Date	Summary	Edited by	Public?
25/01/2024	History Event ID 33365 edited	Ray	Y
01/04/2022	Licensing date updated	Ray	Y
01/04/2022	Licensing date updated	Ray	Y
23/11/2012	Improved date out (listed on 05/05/1960)	Thomas Young	Y