AEC Regent V

Thumbnail image of the 1957 AEC Regent V. Click here for a larger image that will open a new window.Thumbnail image of the 1957 AEC Regent V. Click here for a larger image that will open a new window. Registration Number HJV 560, this AEC Regent V of 1957 vintage was destined for the fleet of Grimsby-Cleethorpes Transport, where it was the first of seven similar vehicles with 63-seat highbridge, rear-entrance bodies, that had Park Royal body shells but completed by Park Royal's Roe division. 

Information courtesy of Roger Hardy

Thumbnail image of the 1956 AEC Regent V. Click here for a larger image that will open a new window.  Registration Number 159 JHX, another AEC Regent V with PRV bodywork, was a demonstrator dating from 1956 that ended up with King Alfred.

Information courtesy of Martin Ingle

Thumbnail image of the Aberdeen AEC Regent V. Click here for a larger image that will open a new window.  Registration Number HRG 207 this AEC Regent V was one of a batch of five with bodies by Crossley and Gardner engines. It was very unusual for AEC to source from elsewhere but was done to match their Daimlers.  This one was in operation in Aberdeen.

Information courtesy of Martin Ingle

Thumbnail image of the BEA AEC Regent V. Click here for a larger image that will open a new window.  Registration Number 220 CXK this AEC Regent V destined for British European Airways as a coach for transporting passengers between Heathrow airport and central London, undergoes a tilt test. These vehicles were often fitted with luggage trailers.