1951 AEC Regent III

This is a photograph that I took in September 1988 in Heaton Park, Manchester at the Greater Manchester Transport Society's Trans Lancs Historic Vehicle Rally.

It's a 1951 AEC Regent III and the programme of the event had this note about the vehicle:

KDT 393 A.E.C. Regent 3, ROE. 1951. Doncaster Corporation.

Entered by A. Peart, Doncaster, South Yorkshire. An experimental vehicle built for Doncaster Corporation, passing to Blue Ensign in 1955, to driver training in 1967 and for preservation in 1971.

AEC Regent

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.