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A 1933 Demonstrator
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Can anyone help with the history of this bus?
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Highland Transport Co. Ltd. was the predecessor of Highland Omnibuses.
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Official AEC photo, kindly provided by David Simpson |
All I know about this magnificent vehicle, Highland Transport Co's 55, is that the date is 1933 and the chassis number is O6621435, which means that it is a diesel-powered version (which we could have deduced by the extra length of the bonnet, built out to accommodate the larger engine).
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I have just received an email (May 2007) from a gentleman owning a restoration company, Concours Motor Company, based in Solihull, West Midlands. They have this vehicle available for sale! Apparently it is currently in need of restoration.
So if there is someone out there with deep pockets who wants a truly unique vehicle...
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King George VI's horsebox. The building is believed to be WIndsor Castle.
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Photo from the September 1953 ACV gazette, kindly provided by Neil Fraser |
Regstration number is HXA 167. Body is by Vincent.
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JFC 780
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Does anyone know the fate of this bus?
| We know from the Oxford half-cabs page of the Classic Buses Website that it started life as a Weyman-bodied half-cab Regal (B32F), chassis O6623560, in 1940. |
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Peter Relf |
Here it is full-front form, but as Peter Relf points out, it looks like a conversion rather than a rebodying, because the rear looks remarkably like the Weyman body, complete with roof-top luggage rack. So who did the conversion, and who was the operator? What happened to it?
Maurice Bateman comments "To me this has the appearance and stamp of Smiths of Reading all over it! Certainly Smiths had extensive facilities, both mechanical & bodyshops, and rebuilding it to this configueration would have been easy for them."
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