These buses were first hired from AEC and then purchased the following year. They were procured at a time when the delivery of new buses was slow and they filled a gap in the service requirement. They had previously belonged to Halifax Corporation and were of a design that dated from the 1920s. The last buses with outside stairs had been withdrawn from service in Coventry five years earlier. Number 7 (then 267) caught fire in Stoney Stanton Road in 1948. T.W.Moore has written an excellent account of the event in the CWK205 "10-Brownshill Green" forum.
Model | AEC Regent | |||
Details |
Double deck with Hoyal bodywork, "camel" (i.e. humped) roof, open platform and open stairs AEC 6.1 litre 6-cylinder petrol engine Upper saloon: 26 seats Lower saloon: 24 seats§ Rebuilt by Brush in 1942 with enclosed stairs and platform Upper saloon: 30 seats Lower saloon: 26 seats |
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Number | Delivered | Withdrawn | Reg No | Notes |
1 | 1939 | 1943 | CP9077 | |
4§ | 1939 | 1948 | CP8010 | 1946: renumbered 264 |
5§ | 1939 | 1948 | CP8011 | 1946: renumbered 265 |
7 | 1939 | 1948 | CP9070 | 1946: renumbered 267 |