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AEC Regal IV
Preserved London Transport Metro-Cammell bodied AEC Regal IV
Overview
Manufacturer	AEC
Production	1949–1962
Assembly	Southall
Body and chassis
Doors	1–3
Floor type	Step entrance
Chronology
Successor	AEC Reliance

The AEC Regal IV was a bus chassis manufactured by AEC.

History

The AEC Regal IV was AEC's first mainstream underfloor engined vehicle. A prototype was built in 1949, before production commenced in 1952. The first 25 were built to the maximum permissible length of 8.4 metres (28 ft) for London Transport before maximum length for PSVs increased to 9.1 metres (30 ft).

Over 2,600 were built, London Transport was the largest operator, purchasing over 700, while British European Airways purchased 64 as coaches. Production for UK market finished in 1955 with the introduction of the AEC Reliance but it remained in production for export markets until the 1960s.

References

1. London Transport First RF Bus Placed in Service Railway Gazette 19 September 1952 page 329
2. ^ Companion to Road Passenger Transport History. Walsall: Roads & Road Transport History Association. 2013. p. 32. ISBN 978-0-9552876-3-3.
3. Berry, Howard (2018). AEC Single Deckers. Stroud: Amberley Publishing. ISBN 9781445676722.
4. Flying High Bus & Coach Preservation August 2016 page 56
5. John, Godwin (2020). Great British Buses. pp. 28–32. ISBN 9780244847784.

External links

Media related to AEC Regal IV at Wikimedia Commons

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