AEC Regent III RT

AEC Regent III in I'm All Right, Jack, Movie, 1959

Class: Bus, Double-deck — Model origin:

Background vehicle

Author	Message
G-MANN ◊ 2009-04-16 23:04	The same bus passes by again (it has the same advert on the side):
johnfromstaffs ◊ 2009-04-17 10:13	The flat top to the radiator suggeststhat it might be an RTW, or possibly an RTL.
Sunbar ◊ 2009-04-17 13:01	Not a Leyland RTW rear advert spacing is too close to destination board. Not sure about the radiator - you could be right. Registration possibly looks like MLL619? If so an AEC RT 2872 unless the registration can be confirmed (better picture?).
G-MANN ◊ 2009-04-17 14:52	It's from the DVD so that's about a good a picture as you're going to get, it's blurred because the bus is passing by the camera at a certain angle. The plate could be NLL619.
Sunbar ◊ 2009-04-17 16:16	Only CLL and MLL are possible I believe on London Transport from my information source, and CLL does not apply to RT classes.
fsebus ◊ 2009-04-17 22:08	MLL619 = RT 2872 NLL619 = nothing for these classes MLL676-703 = RTL MLL501-712 + 826-925 = RT CLL = no RT classes
Sunbar ◊ 2009-04-18 11:05	Around the time of the film the 140 route was using the RT from Harrow Weald, Edgeware and Hendon garages. Before 1952 RTL and RTW were also used. From 1952-1972 the 140 route was RT only. Between 1972-1978 Routemasters were phased in replacing the RT.