< View previous picture - View next picture > Photographer / Copyright Julian Bowden-Green collection Images should not be reused without permission. View vehicle details 1901F GHV513N Location Link/s Camberwell Garage Date added to site 11/05/2021 Printer-friendly version of this page

Details: I recently added a photo of an early Mk2 Ford Escort Estate with London Transport, to highlight the fact that some of these vehicles were delivered in a lighter shade of red than standard (sometimes referred to as orange or tangerine). Several Escort vans were also in this livery, but I don't have any colour photos of these. This view of van 1901F was taken in Camberwell Garage sometime between its delivery in 1975 and withdrawal in 1978. I was about to say that the lighter colour of the bodywork is evident in comparison with the buses in the background, until I noticed that the RT on the far right appears even brighter! So, inconclusive. Despite the evidence of engineering work all around, 1901F was in fact used by the Publicity Department. Camberwell seems to have been home to just one publicity van, and 1901F replaced grey 1704F, a photo of which is curiously similar to this one. In turn, 1901F was replaced by Bedford HA 2076B.

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