This vehicle was entered in the 'Double Deck Buses Pre 1956' class at the Greater Manchester Transport Society's Trans Lancs Historic Vehicle Rally at Heaton Park, Manchester in September 1998.
It's a 1951 AEC Regent III with a 9.6 litre AEC diesel engine and a Roe H31/25R body. The note in the programme of the event reads as follows:
AEC Regent III 9613A, Charles H Roe, 1951 KDT 393
Entered by D A Peart, Wheatley Hills, Doncaster
New to Doncaster Corporation as an experimental vehicle and was the only one made to this specification. Sold after only 4 years of operation to Blue Ensign. Wrecked in an accident in 1961 it was re-built by Roe. Used as a driver trainer 1967 - 1971 and then on to preservation. Bought by the present owner in 1980 in a derelict state, restored to original condition by 1986 it has been much rallied since and has won many trophies since.
I've twice previously showed photographs of AEC Regent III buses, on 31 January 2015 and 13 July 2016.
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