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Number Registration Type Class Chassis No. Body No. ? If the vehicle had two or more bodies (i.e. if it was rebodied), the body numbers (where known) are shown in chronological order. Refer to the history records for more details.
1492B SMK783F Bedford CALV Lomas Junior Ambulance Other CALV8811338

Licence on: ?/06/1968
Into stock: 27/05/1968
From: Herbert Lomas Ltd, Wilmslow
Out of stock: 17/07/1985 (Life: 17.14 years)
Disposal: Mr C Lemon, Romford
Licence off: n/a ?This is the last recorded licence expiry date. Previous expiry dates will be shown in the Licensing History section below.
Livery: Cream
Operator: LT
Status: Preserved
Allocation: n/a
Added to LTSV: 01/09/2005 by Thomas Young
Last edited: 09/12/2020 ?This is the date of the most recent edit. To see details of all edits, scroll to the bottom of the page.
Photos
6 photos of this vehicle have been published, shown below in order of date taken (oldest first).
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There may be references to other photos in the Notes section further down this page.
Sightings
15 sightings of this vehicle have been reported. Shown below with the most recent at the top.
Date Place Comments Posted by ?If the name is in brackets, the vehicle was not seen by the person, but the sighting was added by the person.
13/04/2025 Brooklands Lidinson
21/04/2013 Brooklands London Bus Museum Steve Howard
11/04/2010 Cobham Bus Museum K. PLY
05/04/2009 Cobham Spring Gathering. On display at Redhill Road. Damon
26/10/2008 Cobham public event Damon
28/08/2006 Cobham front end being repaired Damon
18/06/2006 Cobham front end being repaired Damon
02/04/2006 Wisley Cobham Museum Rally Damon
03/04/2005 Wisley Cobham Museum Rally Damon
02/08/2003 Fulwell Garage Preserved Thomas Young
10/04/1994 Cobham Cobham Museum Rally Damon
30/06/1991 North Weald Bus Rally Damon
25/09/1983 Aldenham Works Open day Thomas Young
16/09/1979 Aldenham Works - Ray
06/04/1971 Aldenham Works Steve Howard
History ?This section contains details of events during the lifetime of this vehicle. These can be drawn from official documents or from observations, and will eventually cover the whole career of each vehicle.
12 history entries have been added, shown below in date order (oldest first).
Date Event Operator Department Location Status Notes Source
27/05/1968 New into stock LT n/a Works u ex Herbert Lomas Ltd LT Variation Sheets
03/07/1968 Licensed LT Works Manager (Gp.1) Aldenham Works ex Works. Location listed as 'Works (Aldenham)'. Replacement for 977B LT Variation Sheets
by01/09/1972 Allocated to LT Mechanical Engineer (Workshops & Plant - Buses) (Gp.1) Aldenham Works LT Miscellaneous Vehicles Register (as date)
by01/01/1974 Allocated to LT Mechanical Engineer (Workshops & Plant - Buses) (Gp.1) Aldenham Works LT Miscellaneous Vehicles Register (as date)
by01/10/1975 Allocated to LT Mechanical Engineer (Workshops & Plant - Buses) (Gp.1) Aldenham Works LT Miscellaneous Vehicles Register (as date)
by05/1978 Allocated to LT Mechanical Engineer (Workshops & Plant - Buses) (Gp.1) Aldenham Works LT Miscellaneous Vehicles Register (as date)
by03/1982 Allocated to LT Plant Engineer (Buses) (Gp.1) Aldenham Works LT Miscellaneous Vehicles Register (as date)
by01/04/1984 Allocated to LT Plant Engineer (Buses) (Gp.1) Aldenham Works LT Miscellaneous Vehicles Register (as date)
by02/01/1985 Allocated to unknown Plant Engineer (Buses) (Gp.1) Aldenham Works LT Miscellaneous Vehicles Register (as date)
23/04/1985 Withdrawn LT ? Unknown Misc. Vehicle Register
24/04/1985 Delicensed and transferred LT Sales Department AEC Works, Southall u ex Aldenham, Plant Engineer (Buses) LT Variation Sheets
17/07/1985 Sold LT n/a n/a ex AEC Southall LT Variation Sheets
Notes ?This section contains notes that users have added about this vehicle.
9 notes about this vehicle have been posted, shown below with the most recent first.
Note Posted by On
SORN in place (@ 8/7/2018) Ray 08/07/2018
Photos at www.flickr.com/photos/33747326@N05/8389829202 and www.flickr.com/photos/33747326@N05/8389829252 K. PLY 29/08/2015
Petrol Thomas Young 08/01/2014
Photo http://www.flickr.com/photos/86182676@N00/2392735133/at Ray 06/01/2011
Photograph at http://www.flickr.com/photos/englisheccentric/148925685/ Ray 08/06/2010
Photograph at http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3003/2392735133_85a70bd6a0.jpg?v=0 Ray 08/06/2010
Photograph in SUP15B Ray 27/02/2009
Photograph in LT Buses 1984 (Ian Allan) Ray 23/02/2009
Preserved by LBPT, Cobham Thomas Young 19/02/2009
Documents ?This section contains scans of official documents that relate to this vehicle.
4 documents relating to this vehicle have been published. Shown below in date order (oldest first). Hover over a document to see more details.
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Licensing History ?The licence expiry dates are regularly updated, with all records shown here (most recent first).
No licensing data has been captured yet.
Edits ?This section shows a description of each change that has been applied to the database entry for this vehicle.
This record has been edited 4 times, as listed below (most recent edits first).
Date Summary Edited by Public?
09/12/2020 Livery corrected from White to Cream Thomas Young Y
08/07/2018 Licensing date from updated Ray Y
24/02/2014 Improved date out Thomas Young Y
03/12/2012 Improved date in Thomas Young Y