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.
1071Q	TXV898	AEC Mercury 7-ton Open Lorry with Tail-Lift	Heavy Lorry	2GM4RA1815	9794

Licence on:	?
Into stock:	16/01/1958
From:	AEC (chassis only)
Out of stock:	09/05/1979 (Life: 21.31 years)
Disposal:	A Foster Ltd, London
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/Aluminium
Operator:	LT
Status:	Withdrawn
Allocation:	n/a
Added to LTSV:	01/09/2005 by Thomas Young
Last edited:	20/11/2012 ?This is the date of the most recent edit. To see details of all edits, scroll to the bottom of the page.

Photos

3 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
4 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.
19/04/1969	?		Steve Howard
25/03/1969	Chiswick Works		Clive G
14/04/1961	Brentford	-	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.
8 history entries have been added, shown below in date order (oldest first).

Date	Event	Operator	Department	Location	Status	Notes	Source
16/01/1958	New into stock	LT	n/a	n/a	u	ex AEC. Chassis only. To Holmes (Preston) Ltd	LT Miscellaneous Vehicles Advice Book
11/03/1958	Transferred (unlicensed)	LT	n/a	n/a	u	To Anthony Hoist, Ruislip. Ex Holmes (Preston) Ltd	LT Miscellaneous Vehicles Advice Book
25/03/1958	Transferred (unlicensed)	LT	n/a	Chiswick Works	u	ex Anthony Hoist. Now bodied	LT Miscellaneous Vehicles Advice Book
14/04/1958	Licensed	LT	CDS (Gp.3)	Chiswick Works		As Open Lorry (Rear Loader)	LT Miscellaneous Vehicles Advice Book
by01/09/1972	Allocated to	LT	Distribution Services Manager (Gp.3)	Chiswick Works		Docked at Chiswick	LT Miscellaneous Vehicles Register (as date)
by01/01/1974	Allocated to	LT	Distribution Services Manager (Gp.3)	Chiswick Works			LT Miscellaneous Vehicles Register (as date)
27/03/1975	Delicensed and transferred	LT	n/a	Works	u	ex Chiswick, Distribution Services Manager (Gp.3). MVR Amendment Sheet gives date as 01/04/1975	LT Variation Sheets
09/05/1979	Sold	LT	n/a	n/a		ex Works	LT Variation Sheets

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

Note	Posted by	On
Photo at https://www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=10231606293760672&set=gm.1510161549553182&idorvanity=1203782633524410 (with 352R)	Ray	05/06/2024
Photo at https://www.flickr.com/photos/141535500@N07/32908655053	Ray	28/05/2017
Photo at https://www.flickr.com/photos/rw3-497alh/19993443089/	Ray	02/05/2016
Body mounted and vehicle delivered to Chiswick 25/03/1958.	Thomas Young	20/11/2012
Chassis transferred from Holmes (Preston) Ltd to Anthony Hoist, Ruislip 11/03/1958.	Thomas Young	20/11/2012
Delivered from AEC to Holmes (Preston) Ltd	Thomas Young	20/11/2012
Photograph in SUP15 (LOTS1978)	Ray	28/02/2009
Tail-Lift by Anthony Hoists. later Grey	Thomas Young	19/02/2009

Documents ?This section contains scans of official documents that relate to this vehicle.
6 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?
20/11/2012	Improved date in	Thomas Young	Y