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.
748P	(TP)	AEC Matador 120HP 5-ton Master Breakdown Tender	Heavy Lorry	08538268	9473

Licence on:	?
Into stock:	22/12/1947
From:	Scottorn Ltd (2nd hand)
Out of stock:	06/12/1956 (Life: 8.96 years)
Disposal:	British Road Services, 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:	Red
Operator:	LT
Status:	Withdrawn
Allocation:	n/a
Added to LTSV:	01/09/2005 by Thomas Young
Last edited:	12/11/2012 ?This is the date of the most recent edit. To see details of all edits, scroll to the bottom of the page.

Photos

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
2 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.
01/01/1965	Untraced	London/Southampton ?? Probably the third BRS one at Southampton. See 754P	forjgh
01/01/1956	-	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.
12 history entries have been added, shown below in date order (oldest first).

Date	Event	Operator	Department	Location	Status	Notes	Source
28/02/1945	Into stock	LT	?	Unknown		To War Department	Vehicle Record Card
22/12/1947	Into stock	LT	n/a	Chiswick Works	u	ex Scottorn Ltd	LT Miscellaneous Vehicles Advice Book
27/05/1948	Transferred (unlicensed)	LT	n/a	Slough Garage	u	Langley Road (SL) ex Chiswick. Not Slough Garage!	LT Variation Sheets
16/06/1948	Transferred (unlicensed)	LT	n/a	Other	u	To Metro Coach Building Co, Hayes, ex Slough	LT Variation Sheets
07/10/1948	Transferred (unlicensed)	LT	n/a	Chiswick Works	u	ex Metro Coach Building. This entry appears in the Central Advice Book but not the Misc Vehicles Advice Book.	LT Central Fleet Advice Book
28/12/1948	Transferred (unlicensed)	LT	n/a	Other	u	To Metro Coach Building Co, ex Chiswick.	LT Miscellaneous Vehicles Advice Book
30/12/1948	Transferred (unlicensed)	LT	n/a	Chiswick Works	u	ex Metro Coach Building. This from Brian Bunker's notes. Does not appear in LT advice books	Brian Bunker notes
17/01/1949	Licensed and transferred	LT	RSE (RS)	Cricklewood Garage		ex Chiswick. GTP 421GF on	LT Miscellaneous Vehicles Advice Book
13/06/1956	Transferred	LT	n/a	North Street (Romford) Garage		ex Cricklewood. Replaced by 750P	LT Miscellaneous Vehicles Advice Book
23/07/1956	Withdrawn	LT	Stored	North Street (Romford) Garage	w	GTP 421GF off	LT Miscellaneous Vehicles Advice Book
13/09/1956	Transferred	LT	Reserve	North Street (Romford) Garage	w	ex North Street, Stored	LT Miscellaneous Vehicles Advice Book
06/12/1956	Sold	LT	n/a	n/a		ex North Street. Listed on 17/12/1956	LT Miscellaneous Vehicles Advice Book

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

Note	Posted by	On
Photo on Facebook (LTSV Historical Research Group) March 2024	Ray	31/03/2024
Photo at https://www.flickr.com/photos/rw3-497alh/34194423375	Ray	29/05/2017
Photos in LTM collection 1998/88643, 1998/66766 & 1998/88528	Ray	23/12/2014
Photograph in 'London Transport Service Vehicles' (Capital Transport)	Ray	27/02/2009
2nd hand. Ex War Department. New 2/45. TP 421GF	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?
12/11/2012	Improved date out	Thomas Young	Y
15/04/2012	Improved date in	Thomas Young	Y