1922 AEC S-Type S375

1922 AEC S-Type in Cocktails, Movie, 1928

Class: Bus, Double-deck — Model origin:

Minor action vehicle or used in only a short scene

Author	Message
Alexander ◊ 2007-06-02 01:10
Alexander ◊ 2007-06-02 01:18	It is close, but not identical to this Dennis 4-ton with Dodson body from 1925: Also not too far off is this AEC K-Type from 1921: All three buses were registered in London City Center and from the letters 'XL' I assume that the bus was first registered in 1923. Steve, could you help? This is your territory! Bus No. 4017, Line No. 127, Reg. No. XL3784, operated in 1928 by LGOC.
sixcyl ◊ 2007-06-02 01:22	It's a 1922 AEC S-Type , successor with higher capacity of the AEC K-Type
Alexander ◊ 2007-06-02 01:51	Of course, silly me! I even have the Matchbox MoY model in 'Express' livery (Haig).
SteveA ◊ 2007-06-02 18:30	London General fleet number S375 (XL3784) - I think you'll find 4017 is the London licence plate as different from the registration number.