1952 AEC Regent III

This is one of the vehicles taking part in the Greater Manchester Transport Society's Trans Lancs Historic Vehicle Rally at Heaton Park, Manchester in September 1996.

It's a 1952 AEC Regent III, formerly fleet number 82 with Bradford City Transport, and the programme of the event said this about it:

AEC Regent III, East Lancs Body, 1952                                                                      HKW 82                                                                                                                          Mersey and Calder Bus Preservation Society                                                                                                                                                                                                            Entered by    D J Hunt, Boothstown, Halifax

Former Operator - Bradford City Transport. New to Bradford 1952 and one of a batch of 40 similar buses. Withdrawn 1971 and purchased by the owner in 1992.