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Wikipedia / List of AEC buses

This is a list of Associated Equipment Company (AEC) and London General Omnibus Company (LGOC) buses from 1909 to closure in 1979.

LGOC / AEC (1909–1918)

1918–1941

  • K-type (1919–1926)

  • S-type (1920–1927)

  • NS-type (1922–1929)

  • 400-series

  • 500-series

  • Renown 411/413-series (1925–1929)

  • LS-type (1927–1928)

  • Reliance 660-series (1928–1932), transitional model featuring newly developed 6-cylinder engine in 1920s type chassis

  • LT-type (1929–1933), with six wheels; first 150 had outside staircases due to enforcement by the Metropolitan Police. Both single and double deck

  • ST-type (1929–1931), similar to LT-type, but shorter

  • Mercury 640/O640-series (1930–35), normal control 3.5 ton lorry sometimes bodied as a light coach

  • Regal 662/O662-series (1929–40), principal AEC single deck model of the 1930s

  • Regal 4 642/O642-series (1930–37), variant of Regal with smaller (4-cylinder) engine

  • Regal II 862/O862-series (1935–39), variant of Regal with shortened bonnet to allow higher seating capacity

  • Ranger 650-series (1934), normal control version of Regal 4, only 2 built

  • Ranger 665/O665-series (1930–38), normal control version of Regal

  • Ranger 670/O670-series (1931–37), export version of Ranger, predominantly for Canada

  • Regent 661/O661-series (1929–1942), principal AEC double deck model of the 1930s

  • Renown 663-series (1929–1938), 3-axle double decker

  • Renown 664/O664-series (1930–40), longer variant of Renown built as either single or double deck

  • Q-type 761/O761-series (1933–1936), double deck variant of Q-type

  • Q-type 762/O762-series (1932–1937), single decker with side-mounted engine positioned behind front axle

  • Q-type O763-series (1937), one-off 3-axle Q-type double decker

1945–1979

Prototypes

  • T-type (1920)

  • Regent IV (1949) – an underfloor-engined double decker with only a one-off prototype built

  • FRM Rear-engined Routemaster (1966)

Trolleybuses

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