LTSV Vehicle Detail

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Main vehicle details

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.
396W	GH8097	AEC Regal 6 1/2-ton Stores Lorry	Heavy Lorry	662775	9134

Licence on:	?
Into stock:	12/06/1939
From:	AEC chassis ex coach T279
Out of stock:	17/06/1964 (Life: 25.02 years)
Disposal:	Hoblyn Bros, Lower Kingswood
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:	Green
Operator:	LT
Status:	Withdrawn
Allocation:	n/a
Added to LTSV:	01/09/2005 by Thomas Young
Last edited:	07/03/2024 ?This is the date of the most recent edit. To see details of all edits, scroll to the bottom of the page.

Photos

1 photo of this vehicle has been published.

There may be references to other photos in the Notes section further down this page.

Sightings
1 sighting of this vehicle has been reported. Shown below.

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.
24/03/1945	Chiswick Works	Noted by Alan Cross on area that later became the skid-pan.	(Clive G)

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.
15 history entries have been added, shown below in date order (oldest first).

Date	Event	Operator	Department	Location	Status	Notes	Source
01/1931	New into stock	LGOC	?	Addlestone Garage		ex AEC (as T-type coach) to Green Line	Estimate
01/07/1933	Change of Operator	LT	Country Buses & Coaches			To L.P.T.B.	Observations
c/05/1939	withdrawn as coach	LT	?	Unknown		ex Romford, North Street (RF)	Ian's Bus Stop/London Bus File 1933-39 (S/Deckers)
c.01/06/1939	Transferred	LT	?	Unknown		to Transport Engineering Co., Old Kent Road for conversion	The London 'T' types
10/06/1939	Into stock	LT	Chief Stores Superintendent (Garage Stores)	Chiswick Works			Vehicle Record Card
20/06/1939	Licensed	LT	Chief Stores Superintendent (Garage Stores)	Chiswick Works		T/P 080XY on	Vehicle Record Card
by03/05/1940	Allocated to	LT	Chief Stores Superintendent (Garage Stores)	Chiswick Works			Vehicle Record Card
by01/11/1946	Allocated to	LT	Dept of the Chief Comm Offcr (Chief Stores Supt)	Chiswick Works		TP 080XY	CDS Fleetlist November 1946
21/09/1949	Allocated to	LT	CDS (Gp.3) Chiswick Pool	Chiswick Works			Vehicle Record Card
27/03/1950	Change of registration	LT	CDS (Gp.3)	Chiswick Works		GTP 080XY surrendered, 650GF on	LT Miscellaneous Vehicles Advice Book
by31/05/1953	Modified	LT	CDS (Gp.3)	Chiswick Works		Fitted with rear loader by Burtonwork	Vehicle Record Card
26/11/1954	Modified	LT	CDS (Gp.3)	Chiswick Works		Petrol to Oil	LT Miscellaneous Vehicles Advice Book
01/03/1960	Change of registration	LT	CDS (Gp.3)	Chiswick Works		GTP 650GF removed and surrendered, 008GH (ex 453W) on	LT Miscellaneous Vehicles Advice Book
01/05/1964	Delicensed and transferred	LT	n/a	Works	u	ex Chiswick, CDS (Gp.3)	LT Variation Sheets
17/06/1964	Sold	LT	n/a	n/a		ex Works	LT Variation Sheets

Notes ?This section contains notes that users have added about this vehicle.
6 notes about this vehicle have been posted, shown below with the most recent first.

Note	Posted by	On
This was a low floor battery lorry	Clive G	01/09/2023
Photo at https://heritagemachines.com/commercials/ford-thames-trader/?fbclid=IwAR2_iQNU_iqKW3uuFU3T-onhqlClspd5qNl56nJQgCeJsr53cRvkM5ZY-QI	Ray	10/05/2023
Photo at https://www.flickr.com/photos/116071498@N08/14584723833	Ray	09/04/2015
Converted petrol to oil 26/11/1954.	Thomas Young	08/10/2012
Photograph in 'London Transport Service Vehicles' (Capital Transport)	Ray	27/02/2009
Ex T279. TP 080XY	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.

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 3 times, as listed below (most recent edits first).

Date	Summary	Edited by	Public?
07/03/2024	History Event ID 34930 edited	Ray	Y
07/03/2024	Update LOTS Notes	Ray	Y
28/11/2012	Improved date out	Thomas Young	Y