List of AEC buses
This is a list of Associated Equipment Company (AEC) and London General Omnibus Company (LGOC) buses from 1909 to closure in 1979.
LGOC / AEC (1909–1918)
1918–1941
- K-type (1919–1926)
- S-type (1920–1927)
- NS-type (1922–1929)[1]
- 400-series
- 500-series
- Renown (1925–1929)
- LS-type (1927–1928)
- Reliance 660-series (1928–1932), transitional model featuring newly developed 6-cylinder engine in 1920s type chassis
- LT-type (1929–1933), with six wheels; first 150 had outside staircases due to enforcement by the Metropolitan Police. Both single and double deck
- ST-type (1929–1931), similar to LT-type, but shorter
- Mercury 640/O640-series (1930–35), normal control 3.5 ton lorry sometimes bodied as a light coach
- Regal 662/O662-series (1929–40), principal AEC single deck model of the 1930s
- Regal 4 642/O642-series (1930–37), variant of Regal with smaller (4-cylinder) engine
- Regal II 862/O862-series (1935–39), variant of Regal with shortened bonnet to allow higher seating capacity
- Ranger 650-series (1934), normal control version of Regal 4, only 2 built
- Ranger 665/O665-series (1930–38), normal control version of Regal
- Ranger 670/O670-series (1931–37), export version of Ranger, predominantly for Canada
- Regent 661/O661-series (1929–1942), principal AEC double deck model of the 1930s
- Renown 663-series (1929–1938), 3-axle double decker
- Renown 664/O664-series (1930–40), longer variant of Renown built as either single or double deck
- Q-type 761/O761-series (1933–1936), double deck variant of Q-type
- Q-type 762/O762-series (1932–1937), single decker with side-mounted engine positioned behind front axle
- Q-type O763-series (1937), one-off 3-axle Q-type double decker
1945–1979
- Regent II (1945–1947)
- Regent III RT-type (1939–1954)
- Regent III (1947–1957)
- Regal I (1946–1947)
- Regal III (1947–1953)
- Regal IV (1949–1960), underfloor-engined single decker
- Regal V (1955–1959)
- Reliance (1953–1979)
- Monocoach (Integral)
- Regent V (1954–1969)
- Routemaster (1954–1968)
- Ranger (1955–?), export model based on the Mercury/Monarch lorry
- Bridgemaster (1956–1962)
- Ranger (1957–1979)
- Renown (1962–1967)
- Regal VI (1962–1979)
- Swift (1964–1979)
- Merlin (1965–1972)
- Sabre (1968–1970)
Prototypes
- T-type (1920)
- Regent IV (1949) – an underfloor-engined double decker with only a one-off prototype built
- FRM Rear-engined Routemaster (1966)
Trolleybuses
See also
References
- ^ "Ian's Bus Stop, The LONDON GENERAL NS". Retrieved 23 May 2018.