Advertising Last completed movie pages 1972 Leyland Leopard PSU3B/4R Plaxton PanoramaClass: Bus, Single-deck — Model origin: 
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◊ 2024-12-11 18:11 |
Some kind of Plaxton bodied? /vehicle_18386-AEC-Reliance-1969.html |
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◊ 2024-12-11 19:12 |
Hard to find any info other than this about AEC Reliance’s: “British Airways Board (formerly British European Airways) had sold three of these, KHM2D, KHM5D, KHM6D at Frimley Car Auctions in July 1974, with them passing to British Caledonian Airways.” https://www.sct61.org.uk/zzhpg650v -- Last edit: 2024-12-11 21:51:41 |
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◊ 2024-12-11 20:01 |
It looks like a 7 character plate - ABC 123A - so while ID may be correct (beyond my pay grade etc) it's not one of that 1966 trio. |
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◊ 2024-12-11 20:35 |
Definitely not one of the batch KHM1-8D; these were new with Willowbrook BUS bodies with coach seating: http://www.busspotter.com/RPRC/EC.htm This is Plaxton-bodied, but I'm struggling to find a reference. |
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◊ 2024-12-11 22:18 |
Thought I was onto a winner here until I learnt they were new to BEA in May 1972…  Leyland Leopard with Plaxton body. ![[Image: img_2388.jpg]](http://pics.imcdb.org/21603/24/img_2388.jpg) https://flic.kr/p/wMBSwG |
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◊ 2024-12-13 12:05 |
I'm coming to the conclusion that you're right, and this particular bit of footage is from 1972. a. Periscope Films say the film is from 'around 1971'. b. 'However, it was only following the recommendations of the 1969 Edwards Report, that a new British Airways Board, combining BEA and BOAC, was constituted on 1 April 1972. This event coincided with the establishment of the CAA, the UK's new, unified regulator for the air transport industry.' from Wikipedia. Now I'm no airline expert, but I'm wondering when the British Airways livery was first applied. as seen on the BEA Routemaster. c. I've been looking into whether any other bus operator provided vehicles in BEA liver. Silverline of Hounslow, for example, provided coaches for Pan Am in Pan Am livery, but I don't believe anyone else provided for BEA. d. Looking at the footage on YouTube, you can see (but not clearly) a white fleetnumber on the back of this coach, which indicates it was part of the BEA fleet and not contracted in. e. At first glance I thought it was an earlier Plaxton body, but I think it's the livery that makes it look older. Early Plaxton Panorama Elite bodies were an evolution from Panorama rather than a complete change. f. I also looked into the British Airways trailer on the Routemaster: the original Marshall-built trailers were replaced by Locomotors units in - wait for it - 1972, but I couldn't tell you whether there is any visible difference between them. I'm therefore of the opinion that this is one of the trio of Leyland Leopard PSU3B/4R coaches with Plaxton body new to BEA in May 1972, fleetnumbers C001-C003 (DAR524-6K). I just can't prove it definitively. |
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◊ 2024-12-13 15:22 |
Great detective work @SteveA - I love the challenge of trying to identify the more obscure ones! |
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