Advertising Last completed movie pages 1940 AEC Regent III 2RT2 - RT57Class: Bus, Double-deck — Model origin: 
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Minor action vehicle or used in only a short scene
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◊ 2022-10-16 22:14 |
FXT 232, newly refurb'd for more exciting adventures![[Image: 06-27fxt232b.jpg]](http://pics.imcdb.org/10314/06-27fxt232b.jpg) ![[Image: 06-27fxt232c.jpg]](http://pics.imcdb.org/10314/06-27fxt232c.jpg) ![[Image: 06-27fxt232d.jpg]](http://pics.imcdb.org/10314/06-27fxt232d.jpg) Apparently 1940, but early detail sadly lacking apart from RT57 number. But later it had an unusual adventure, going to Sweden in 1960 "RT 57 FXT 232 LBiC p74 1960 exported as exhibition bus for plywood, Sweden" https://www.flickr.com/photos/23875695@N06/5209837082 "July 1960 Ex-London transport RT57 is loaded onboard a ship bound for Sweden and a new life as a mobile exhibition unit for Escaboard, it toured Scandinavia." |
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◊ 2022-10-17 12:10 |
AEC Regent III Class RT, Roofbox. RT57 Jan 1940. Body reported as “LPTB” meaning I don’t know what. I thought Cravens did these, maybe a prototype. -- Last edit: 2022-10-17 12:16:57 |
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◊ 2022-10-17 12:15 |
https://www.flickr.com/photos/rw3-497alh/8378059926/ The paragraph below is acknowledged as being from this article: - https://www.keybuses.com/article/roofboxes-london “In 1947, delivery of the postwar RT began, the RT3 body incorporating a roofbox, but only in the front dome. In all, the postwar RT family of 6,805 double-deckers included 1,170 delivered with roofboxes, 1,169 RT and one RTL. These were supplied by Park Royal (450), Saunders (300), Weymann (300) and Cravens (120). All Saunders and five-bay Cravens bodies had roofboxes. The AECs were RT152-1011, RT1152-521 and RT4218-67. The RTL was the first one built, RTL501. London Transport took an early decision to standardise on bodies without a roofbox, as they apparently were susceptible to damage from low-hanging tree branches. The first without them appeared in 1948 and the last with them arrived in 1951.” -- Last edit: 2022-10-17 12:37:02 |
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◊ 2024-12-29 21:30 |
The London Passenger Transport Board (LPTB) was the organisation responsible for public transport in London, from 1933 to 1948. Unlike the later RTs, and the prototype RT1, the Wartime 2RT2s reverted to STL type construction, with composite frames, ... The traditional style of construction meant that although they were similar to each other, the bodies were not identical in the way that post-war jig-construction allowed, so the 2RT2s tended to retain their bodies through overhauls (except for war-damage replacements). 2RT2: Wartime RT Chassis: Type 2RT: AEC Regent III, Source of information, Ian's Bus Stop http://www.busspotter.com/ |
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