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)

• X-type
• B-type

1918–1941

• K-type (1919–1926)
• S-type (1920–1927)
• NS-type (1922–1929)^[1]
• 400-series
• 500-series
• Renown (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

• Regent II (1945–1947)
• Regent III RT-type (1939–1954)
• Regent III (1947–1957)
• Regal I (1946–1947)
• Regal III (1947–1953)
• Regal IV (1949–1960), underfloor-engined single decker
• Regal V (1955–1959)
• Reliance (1953–1979)
• Monocoach (Integral)
• Regent V (1954–1969)
• Routemaster (1954–1968)
• Ranger (1955–?), export model based on the Mercury/Monarch lorry
• Bridgemaster (1956–1962)
• Ranger (1957–1979)
• Renown (1962–1967)
• Regal VI (1962–1979)
• Swift (1964–1979)
• Merlin (1965–1972)
• Sabre (1968–1970)

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

• 601
• 602
• 603 / 603T
• 604
• 605
• 607
• 661T
• 662T
• 663T
• 664T
• 691T
• 761T

See also

• Associated Equipment Company
• List of buses

References

This page was last edited on 17 September 2023, at 10:19