Registration Number HJV 560 (Body Nos. B40423-429), 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
Registration Number 159 JHX, another AEC Regent V with PRV bodywork (Body No.
39191), was a
demonstrator dating from 1956 that ended up with King Alfred.
Information courtesy of Martin Ingle
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
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.
I'm grateful to Gordon Macklay for advising me that 220 CXK was the only one of its type for BEA, having the lower deck capacity of the thirty-foot vehicle being reduced to 55 by the inclusion of a special luggage section at the rear of the lower deck. Later, BEA used 27 foot 6 inch Routemasters fitted with luggage trailers that replaced both the one-and-a-half deck AEC Regal IV coaches and 220 CXK in 1966. (Ed.)