Advertising Last completed movie pages 1936 Dennis Lancet I Dennis B35R body for East Kent Road CarClass: Bus, Single-deck — Model origin: 
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Minor action vehicle or used in only a short scene
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◊ 2018-11-07 18:31 |
![[Image: cap-acanterburytale194400012.jpg]](http://pics.imcdb.org/3321/cap-acanterburytale194400012.jpg) ![[Image: cap-acanterburytale194400016.jpg]](http://pics.imcdb.org/3321/cap-acanterburytale194400016.jpg) ![[Image: cap-acanterburytale194401_08_03-00016b.jpg]](http://pics.imcdb.org/3321/cap-acanterburytale194401_08_03-00016b.jpg) |
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◊ 2018-11-07 19:37 |
Does it have to be a double decker? http://www.flickriver.com/photos/30162663@N02/sets/72157651208035800/ http://www.flickr.com/photos/30162663@N02/21660512644/ http://www.classicbuses.co.uk/eklan.html -- Last edit: 2018-11-07 19:42:55 |
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◊ 2018-11-08 12:08 |
JFS, having watched the movie nothing to confirm either single or double-decker although single is I guess more likely for a lesser used country route. Cannot find any matches with the few details seen with the single-deckers in your links (side lights louvres and sweep of the side panel on the near-side etc.). There is also something seen on the nearside bulkhead (possibly what I call an oil reservoir? don't really know what they are). There is no clue also if its front or rear entrance. edit: One notable feature not commonly seen is that the forward facing window in the passenger area has a curved bottom edge (swept-downwards) unlike most of the rectangular glasses seen, suggests to me a more stylised body. -- Last edit: 2018-11-08 13:16:48 |
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◊ 2018-11-08 14:55 |
The thing on the bulkhead is an Autovac. Probably a Leyland Titan then. |
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◊ 2018-11-09 12:26 |
I don't think it was a Leyland jfs, as the radiator outline looks more rounded (its seen side-on slightly later). More like Dennis as in the Lancet II in your link https://www.flickr.com/photos/30162663@N02/21660512644/. However, reading the details the preserved example was re-bodied after the war so cannot be directly compared with the movie appearance. The Autovac is new to me but I guess thats also as shown in the link on the bulkhead. So little other than the radiator and barely seen Autovac to identify it here then. edit: one other feature that could be specific to Dennis and the Lancet is the louvres in the top surface of the bonnet, clearly seen in the movie. ![[Image: dennisoct1935.jpg]](http://pics.imcdb.org/558/dennisoct1935.jpg) ![[Image: dennislouvres.jpg]](http://pics.imcdb.org/558/dennislouvres.jpg) The same louvres seen in the Lancet's description CM Archive October 1935. Edit (2)... ![[Image: dennisdec19362.jpg]](http://pics.imcdb.org/558/dennisdec19362.jpg) ![[Image: dennisdec1936.jpg]](http://pics.imcdb.org/558/dennisdec1936.jpg) CM Archive December 1936. Dennis oil engine, body unknown. Forward facing passenger area window as in the movie (curved bottom edge). Headlights lower than bulkhead mounted side-lights. It compares well with the movie vehicle but without Autovac on the oil engine. -- Last edit: 2018-11-09 12:58:16 |
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◊ 2018-11-09 12:53 |
Link to "www.old-bus-photos.co.uk" http://www.autovac.co.uk/how_it_works.html As fitted to the vintage Bentley. The subject bus is possibly a Dennis, East Kent Road Car Co. used lots, but I think only single deckers, most of which had a canopy over the bonnet, so could be as the picture. I think they were more into Leyland for double deckers though, the Guy shown elsewhere would have been a forced wartime purchase. -- Last edit: 2018-11-09 13:01:45 |
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◊ 2018-11-09 13:00 |
Learning all the time, thanks jfs! I think enough is seen to say its likely its a Dennis Lancet I (petrol engined) single decker, (also probably East Kent). edit: another 1940 movie appearance with a Dennis Lancet I (petrol) East Kent Road Car showing similar details (curved widow high mounted side-lights Autovac and louvres? ![[Image: canterburycombined.jpg]](http://pics.imcdb.org/558/canterburycombined.jpg) Also noticed both buses show a left-turn trafficator mounted on the near-side above the Autovac. -- Last edit: 2018-11-09 17:09:38 |
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◊ 2018-11-09 13:09 |
You’re welcome. The vintage Bentley boys now tend towards SU or modern equivalent pumps, sometimes hidden inside the Autovac’s canister by those who want 100 points in concours events. By the 30s Autovacs had disappeared from cars, my Bentley having twin SU pumps, as it says in the handbook, “one pump cannot meet maximum demand at times of high power output”, or something similar. |
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