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.
813B	KLB851	Bedford OLBD 27HP 5-ton Open Lorry	Heavy Lorry	OLBD122279	9538

Licence on:	?
Into stock:	28/10/1949
From:	Spurlings
Out of stock:	16/01/1961 (Life: 11.22 years)
Disposal:	Birds Commercial Motors Ltd
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Status:	Withdrawn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:	25/11/2012 ?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
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.
01/01/1961	?	Approximate date	Steve Howard
12/11/1960	Stanmore Station	-	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.
7 history entries have been added, shown below in date order (oldest first).

Date	Event	Operator	Department	Location	Status	Notes	Source
28/10/1949	New into stock	LT	n/a	Chiswick Works	u	ex Spurlings	LT Miscellaneous Vehicles Advice Book
13/12/1949	Licensed and transferred	LT	PWE (Trams)	Rye Lane PW Depot		ex Chiswick. As Towing Lorry	LT Miscellaneous Vehicles Advice Book
01/07/1952	Withdrawn and transferred	LT	n/a	Reigate Garage	w	ex PWE (Trams)	LT Miscellaneous Vehicles Advice Book
01/10/1952	Relicensed and transferred	LT	RSE (RS) (Gp.2)	Garston Garage		ex Reigate, PWE (Trams). GTP 058GK on. Listed as modified from Welding Lorry to Lorry. Memo of M.V. shows fitted with half metal tilt and T/P 058GK on	LT Miscellaneous Vehicles Advice Book
30/06/1959	Change of registration	LT	RSE (RS)	Garston Garage		GTP 058GK off and surrendered, 399GH on	LT Miscellaneous Vehicles Advice Book
09/09/1960	Withdrawn	LT	Reserve	Garston Garage	w	GTP 399GH off (to 1150F). Replaced by 1150F	LT Miscellaneous Vehicles Advice Book
16/01/1961	Sold	LT	n/a	n/a		ex Aldenham. Non-contiguous	LT Miscellaneous Vehicles Advice Book

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 in L.T. Service Vehicles (Webber) Bowden Publishing	Ray	30/01/2025
Listed on Variation Sheets as being a '5 ton Lorry (Tow)' when new.	Thomas Young	18/09/2012
Used for welding until 10/52	Thomas Young	19/02/2009

Documents ?This section contains scans of official documents that relate to this vehicle.
7 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?
25/11/2012	Improved date out	Thomas Young	Y
18/09/2012	Improved date in	Thomas Young	Y