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An AEC Regent III, as a 1950 version, makes its appearance in the 2001 film The Mummy Returns (even though the film was set in 1933). In 2003 three RT buses (RT2240, RT3882, and RT4497) were rebuilt into two triple-decker vehicles (one as a back-up during filming) (known as the Knight Bus ) for the Harry Potter film Harry Potter and the ...
The last Regent III built, operated by Ipswich Corporation. The Regent III was mainly built for operation outside London and overseas. It could be fitted with AEC's 9.6-litre diesel engine (except a minority with 7.7-litre ones), 'Wilson' preselective epicyclic gearbox (except for a minority with crash gearboxes; a synchromesh option also became available in the early 1950s) and air-pressure ...
A preserved 1964 AEC Renown, previously run by King Alfred Motor Services and currently owned by the Friends of King Alfred Buses (FoKAB) 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)
In 1946 AEC resumed civilian production with the 0661/20 Regent II and the 0662/20 Regal I. These were not new models but a recommencement of the most basic AEC 1939 specification bus models. The single-decker was going to be marketed as Regal II until somebody at Southall remembered the 1936-8 lightweight 0862 model of that name and as a ...
AEC Regent III RT; AEC Regent V This page was last edited on 10 July 2022, at 17:39 (UTC). Text is available under the Creative Commons ...
The company was NBC's biggest subsidiary, starting life with 1,267 buses and coaches. The fleet was very elderly, being mainly 484 AEC Regent III RT double-deckers and 413 AEC Regal IV RF single-deckers, with eight Daimler Fleetlines, three Leyland Atlanteans, 209 AEC Routemasters, 14 AEC Reliances and 109 AEC Merlins. [6]
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The AEC Regent V was a front-engined double-decker bus built by the Associated Equipment Company between 1954 and 1969. It was the last AEC Regent series double-decker model, and was the successor to the AEC Regent III (not to be confused with the AEC Regent IV underfloor-engine double-decker bus, which never entered production).