Hubbry Logo
search
search button
Sign in
Historyarrow-down
starMorearrow-down
Welcome to the community hub built on top of the List of AEC buses Wikipedia article. Here, you can discuss, collect, and organize anything related to List of AEC buses. The purpose of the hub is to connect people, foster deeper knowledge, and help improve the root Wikipedia article.
Add your contribution
Inside this hub
List of AEC buses

This is a list of Associated Equipment Company (AEC) and London General Omnibus Company (LGOC) buses from 1909 to closure in 1979.

LGOC / AEC (1909–1918)

[edit]

1918–1941

[edit]
A red 1920s open top double decker bus
LGOC S 742 AEC S-Type in the National Motor Museum, Beaulieu
  • K-type (1919–1926)
  • S-type (1920–1927)
  • NS-type (1922–1929)[1]
  • 400-series
  • 500-series
  • Renown 411/413-series (1925–1929)
  • LS-type (1927–1928)
  • Reliance 660-series (1928–1932), transitional model featuring newly developed 6-cylinder engine in 1920s type chassis
  • LT-type (1929–1933), with six wheels; first 150 had outside staircases due to enforcement by the Metropolitan Police. Both single and double deck
  • ST-type (1929–1931), similar to LT-type, but shorter
  • Mercury 640/O640-series (1930–35), normal control 3.5 ton lorry sometimes bodied as a light coach
  • Regal 662/O662-series (1929–40), principal AEC single deck model of the 1930s
  • Regal 4 642/O642-series (1930–37), variant of Regal with smaller (4-cylinder) engine
  • Regal II 862/O862-series (1935–39), variant of Regal with shortened bonnet to allow higher seating capacity
  • Ranger 650-series (1934), normal control version of Regal 4, only 2 built
  • Ranger 665/O665-series (1930–38), normal control version of Regal
  • Ranger 670/O670-series (1931–37), export version of Ranger, predominantly for Canada
  • Regent 661/O661-series (1929–1942), principal AEC double deck model of the 1930s
  • Renown 663-series (1929–1938), 3-axle double decker
  • Renown 664/O664-series (1930–40), longer variant of Renown built as either single or double deck
  • Q-type 761/O761-series (1933–1936), double deck variant of Q-type
  • Q-type 762/O762-series (1932–1937), single decker with side-mounted engine positioned behind front axle
  • Q-type O763-series (1937), one-off 3-axle Q-type double decker

1945–1979

[edit]
A preserved 1964 AEC Renown, previously run by King Alfred Motor Services and currently owned by the Friends of King Alfred Buses (FoKAB)

Prototypes

[edit]
  • T-type (1920)
  • Regent IV (1949) – an underfloor-engined double decker with only a one-off prototype built
  • FRM Rear-engined Routemaster (1966)

Trolleybuses

[edit]
1934-built AEC 661T

See also

[edit]

References

[edit]
Add your contribution
Related Hubs