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.
SPB753	JGF753K	AEC Swift Publicity Shop Bus	Other

Licence on:	?/09/1971
Into stock:	30/11/1978
From:	Ex SMS753
Out of stock:	19/12/1985 (Life: 7.05 years)
Disposal:	Mr Overton, Stanmore
Licence off:	29/08/1996 ?This is the last recorded licence expiry date. Previous expiry dates will be shown in the Licensing History section below.

Livery:	Red/White
Operator:	LT
Status:	Withdrawn
Allocation:	n/a
Added to LTSV:	01/09/2005 by Thomas Young
Last edited:	15/04/2019 ?This is the date of the most recent edit. To see details of all edits, scroll to the bottom of the page.

Photos

4 photos of this vehicle have been published, shown below in order of date taken (oldest first).

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

Sightings
14 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.
06/08/2000	Lingfield	Bus Rally - looking a mess in blue and cream livery	Damon
09/06/1990	Potters Bar Garage	Public Open Day - fully restored as a bus.	Damon
03/01/1982	Victoria (Gillingham Street) Garage		Malcolm Conway
20/09/1980	Garston Garage	Public Open Day	Damon
30/08/1980	Northfleet Garage	Public Open Day	Damon
13/07/1980	Crawley Garage	Green Line Golden Jubilee rally	Damon
17/05/1980	Stevenage Garage	Public Open Day	Damon
06/10/1979	Wood Green Garage	Public Open Day	Damon
18/08/1979	Stockwell Garage	Public Open Day	Damon
14/07/1979	West Ham Garage	Public Open Day	Damon
14/07/1979	West Ham Garage	Public Open Day	Damon
02/06/1979	Hanwell Garage	Public Open Day	Damon
02/06/1979	Hanwell Garage	-	Ray
16/12/1978	Victoria (Gillingham Street) Garage	Parked in Wilton Road yard	Andrew Colebourne

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

Date	Event	Operator	Department	Location	Status	Notes	Source
09/1971	New into stock	LT	?	Aldenham Works		ex AEC (as SMS-type bus)	Estimate
09/1971	Allocated to	LT	?	Willesden Garage			Estimate
08/1978	Withdrawn	unknown	?	Harrow Weald Garage			Ian's Bus Stop
30/11/1978	Converted and renumbered	LT	Publicity Dept (Gp.1)	Harrow Weald Garage		ex SMS753, ex Clapham. Repeat entry 03/05/1979 shows same but moved Harrow Weald to Clapham	LT Variation Sheets
27/03/1979	Transferred	LT	n/a	Southall (Hanwell) Garage		ex Harrow Weald	LT Variation Sheets
02/11/1979	Relicensed	LT	Public Relations Officer (Gp.1)	Southall (Hanwell) Garage		Non-contiguous	LT Variation Sheets
18/04/1980	Transferred	LT	Publicity Officer (Gp.1)	Victoria (Gillingham Street) Garage		Ex Southall, Publicity Officer (Gp.1)	LT Variation Sheets
09/12/1980	Relicensed	LT	n/a	Southall (Hanwell) Garage		Non-contiguous	LT Variation Sheets
by03/1982	Allocated to	LT	Advertising and Publicity Officer (Gp.1)	Unknown			LT Miscellaneous Vehicles Register (as date)
29/04/1982	Delicensed	LT	n/a	Victoria (Gillingham Street) Garage	u	Non-contiguous	LT Variation Sheets
c.12/1982	Transferred	unknown	n/a	Aldenham Works	u	ex AECw. To be fitted out as a mobile plant store	LOTS TLB221 (January 1983)
c.03/1983	Transferred (unlicensed)	unknown	n/a	Poplar Garage	u	ex Aldenham (u)	LOTS TLB224 (April 1983)
19/12/1985	Sold	unknown	n/a	n/a		ex Victoria. Listed on 31/12/1985	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
Photo in LBM207 (LOTS)	Ray	26/04/2024
SPB753 was withdrawn from Victoria and sent to AEC Southall in January 1982 where I saw it parked inside.It was soon sent to Aldenham and modified to a much higher standard inside than SMS300 as a plumbing and electrical workshop in the standee area with shelves for plumbing and electrical supplies from the sealed shelved centre exit doors and back to the rear . It was based undercover at Bow garage for the 1982-85 duration of their rebuilding program and then drove under its own power to AEC Southall at the beginning of December 1985 at which time I bought it and restored it	Mick Overton	03/02/2016
Photo (15/04/1979) at https://picasaweb.google.com/107128559835522255960/1979slides#5265591216772465378	Thomas Young	11/12/2011
Livery later changed to Red/Blue/White. Now licensed as blue	Thomas Young	16/02/2011
Photograph in LBM147	Ray	27/04/2009
Photograph in 'London Transport Service Vehicles' (Capital Transport)	Ray	27/02/2009
Photograph in 'London Transport Buses 1980' (Capital Transport)	Ray	24/02/2009
Photograph in 'The London Swifts' (Capital Transport)	Ray	24/02/2009
Photograph in LBM29.	Ray	24/02/2009

Documents ?This section contains scans of official documents that relate to this vehicle.
7 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).

Date checked	Expiry date	Notes	Added by
01/01/2022	29/08/1996		Ray

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

Date	Summary	Edited by	Public?
15/04/2019	Licensing date/s updated	Ray	Y
28/02/2014	Improved date out	Thomas Young	Y
09/02/2014	Improved date in	Thomas Young	Y
16/02/2011	Livery changed back and note added	Thomas Young	Y
16/02/2011	Livery corrected (not red/white)	Thomas Young	Y