Category: Privately Owned Vehicles
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VLT 44
AEC Routemaster 1959 with Park Royal body H36/28R Reg no VLT 44 London Transport RM44 Southend Transport 122 Engine: AEC AV590 9.6 Litre Diesel Transmission: 4 speed automatic 2876 Routemasters were built between 1954 and 1968 and there are well over 1000 examples still in existence. Most were built for London Transport although a small…
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PTW 110
Bristol L6B 1950 with ECW FC31F Queen Mary body Reg no PTW 110 Eastern National 4107, 328 Engine: AVW 8.0 Litre Diesel Transmission: 5 speed manual PTW 110 was delivered new to Eastern National between May/Nov 1950. It was assigned to the Essex depots of Prittlewell, Southend Pier Hill, Harwich and Clacton during its career.…
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PHJ 954
Leyland PD3/6 1958 With Massey Lowbridge Body Reg no PHJ 954 Southend Corporation Transport 315Engine: Leyland 0600 Diesel Transmission: 4 speed manual Southend Corporation Transport ran 6 of these PD3/6 lowbridge buses numbering from 311 – 316. Because of their low overall height they were used exclusively on particular routes around the town where low…
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XVX 19
Bristol Lodekka LD5G 1954 with ECW 33/25R Body no 6609 series 2 Reg no XVX 19 Eastern National 4208, 1431, 2400 Engine: Gardner 5LW Diesel Transmission: 4 speed manual XVX 19 was the first of 387 Bristol Lodekka buses delivered to Eastern National between March 1954 and August 1968. It is the oldest Lodekka on…
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OWC 182D
Bristol MW6G 1966 with ECW MW (medium weight) body Reg no OWC 182D Tillings T312, 9392 Eastern National 392, 9392 Engine: Gardner 6HLW Transmission: 5 speed manual OWC 182D was one of a batch of 3 identical coaches supplied to Tillings Chelmsford, sadly the other 2 no longer exist. It was transferred to Eastern National…
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NTW 942C
Bristol FLF6G 1965 with ECW H38/32F Lodekka body Reg no NTW 942C Eastern National fleet no 2849 Engine: Gardner 6LW Diesel Transmission: 5 speed manual NTW 942C is one of 247 (232 buses and 15 coaches) Bristol FLF (flat floor – long – front entrance) Lodekkas delivered to Eastern National between 1960 and 1968, the…
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NEH 453
Leyland Titan OPD2/1 1949 Originally with Weymann single deck body no C9411 Reg no NEH 453 Potteries Motor Traction Company LTD (PMT) fleet no’s L453, SN453 Engine: Leyland 0600 Transmission: 4 speed manual NEH 453 was originally fitted with a single deck body of front entrance design seating 35 passengers. In 1954 a new Northern…
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MYF 974
Maudsley Mogul 1953 with Park Royal (cab) and Harrington (load space) Reg no MYF 974 Post Office Stores Dept Engine: AEC 7.7 Litre Diesel Transmission: 4 speed manual The Post Office (telephones) used MYF 974 between Bridgewater in Somerset, London and Birmingham. It was fitted with a low ratio differential axle to enable the towing…
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MPU 52
Leyland PD1 1947 with ECR 53 Seat Body Reg no MPU 52 Eastern National 1121 Engine: 7.4 Litre Diesel Transmission: 4 speed manual 100 of these models were produced by Leyland with Eastern Coachwork Bodies for the Tilling Companies of which Eastern National had 18. MPU 52 was in service from 1947 – 1965. It…
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LYR 997
AEC Regent 111 RT 1952 with 1949 Weymann body Reg no LYR 997 London Transport RT2827, Osbourne’s Tollesbury 39 Engine: AEC 9.6 Litre Diesel Transmission: 4 speed pre-select The RT type had a total production of just under 7,000 and could be seen on the streets of London from 1939 to 1979 and represented the…