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Sydney AEC Regent III 2338 at the Sydney Bus & Truck Museum
2008. Thanks to Dave Urquhart for the photo.
This list is intended to record surviving exported double-deck
halfcab buses based on a British-built chassis. The vehicles will not have
served in UK during their working lives, but were exported either with British
bodies, or had bodies built locally in their destination countries.
The listing is arranged in order of (1) Chassis manufacturer,
(2) Country, (3) Chassis model (i.e. Bristol L5, then L6, or Tiger TS7 then
TS8 etc.), (4) original operator in alphabetical order. Then each entry shows
original operator, original fleet number, subsequent owners / fleet numbers
if applicable, chassis type, chassis number in brackets {__} if known, body
type (and age if different from chassis age), body number in brackets {__}
if known, chassis build date, registration number, ownership details.
Abbreviations are listed at the end. The bodywork abbreviations
are in the standard format, i.e. 'B', 'C' or 'DP' (for Bus, Coach or
Dual-Purpose), followed by the seating capacity, then by the door position
'F', 'C', 'R' or 'D' (for Front, Centre, Rear or Dual). The prefix 'U' means
a wartime Utility body, 'F' means a full-front, and 'O' means Open Top.
For the latest additions (i.e. a bus that was always around,
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Entries with links will usually connect to a photograph
of the vehicle elsewhere on this site, or to information on another
site.
Original Operator / Fleet Nbr. / Chassis / Body / Age / Registration / Owner
AEC (19 Vehicles)
Australia, Sydney DRT&T 286 > 1286, Regent {O661???} / Waddington
H61R, 1937, m/o.1286 > m/o.712 > m/o.4749,
Sydney Bus &
Truck Museum 2009
Australia, Sydney DRT&T 1688, Regent {O6617123} / Waddington H61R, 1940,
m/o.1688 > m/o.4298,
Sydney Bus &
Truck Museum 2009
Australia, Sydney DRT&T 1694, Regent {O6617126} / Waddington H57D, 1940,
m/o.1694, Sydney
Bus & Truck Museum 2009
Australia, Sydney DRT&T 792 > 1792, Regent III {O961551} / Comm.Eng
H59D, 1947, m/o.1792,
Sydney Bus &
Truck Museum 2009
Australia, Sydney DRT&T 984 > 1984, Regent III {O961807} / Comm.Eng
H59D, 9/48, m/o.1984 > ANQ.778, ex mobile home, North West Museum of
Transport, St.Helens, UK 2008.
Australia, Sydney DRT&T 995 > 1995, Regent III {O961819} / Comm.Eng
H59D, 9/48, m/o.1995, preserved and rallied 1988.
Australia, Sydney DRT&T 2137, Regent III {9612E2199} / Comm.Eng H59D
(later H61R), 9/48,
m/o.2137,
Stuart Gale, Kurmond NSW 2002.
Australia, Sydney DRT&T 2338, Regent III {9612E2316} / Comm.Eng H59D
(later H61R), 10/49, m/o.2338,
Sydney Bus &
Truck Museum 2009
Australia, Sydney DRT&T 2371, Regent III {9612E2216} / Comm.Eng H59D
(later H61R), 11/49,
m/o.2371,
to new owner in New Zealand c.2006.
Australia, Sydney DRT&T 2418, Regent III {9612E2194} / Comm.Eng H59D
(later H61R), 2/50,
m/o.2418,
Heritage Bus
Association, Brisbane 2009.
Australia, Sydney DRT&T 2434, Regent III {O9612140} / Comm.Eng H59D (later
H61R), 3/50, m/o.2434, Gary Davey, Melbourne 2000.
Australia, Sydney DRT&T 2643 > Simes Bus Service, Regent III {9612E5683}
/ Clyde H59D (later H61R), 8/52, m/o.2643 > m/o.7962,
Sydney Bus &
Truck Museum 2009
Hong Kong, Kowloon Motor Bus A68, Regent V {2D2RA1499} / MS H84D, 10/64,
AD4860, Shadows Wine
Country Tours, Cessnock, NSW, Australia 2000.
Australia, Sydney DRT&T 892 > 1892, Venturer SpCX19W {60023A} / Clyde
H59D (later H61R), 1947, m/o.1892, David Griffiths, Sydney, c/o
Sydney Bus &
Truck Museum 2009
Australia, Sydney DRT&T 2004, Venturer SpCX19W {60034B} / Clyde H59D
(later H61R), 1948, m/o.2004 > UHC 674 > EZH 921 > MRO 343H (UK),
imported to UK 1970, with Griffin, Chepstow late 1990s.
Australia, Sydney DRT&T 2023, Venturer SpCX19W {60037A} / Clyde H59D
(later H61R), 1948, m/o.2023 > m/o.5917,
Sydney Bus &
Truck Museum 2009
Original Operator / Fleet Nbr. / Chassis / Body / Age / Registration / Last
Known Owner
DAIMLER (4 Vehicles)
Australia, Sydney DRT&T > Adelaide MTT 112, Daimler CVG6 {13319} /
Comm.Eng H54D, 4/47, 224.662 (but wears rego 224.663 for some reason),
Sydney Bus &
Truck Museum 2009.
Australia, United Buses, Perth 5 > 6 > MTT 206, Daimler COG5 {10296}
/ Park Royal {4860} H54D, 1937, 10054 > 10257 > 31806,
chassis only,
Bus Preservation Society of Western Australia 2009.
South Africa, Cape Town City Tramways, Daimler / ?? H??R, 194?, ????,
preserved
at Ashton, S.Africa 1984.
South Africa, Cape Town City Tramways, Daimler CVG6/6 (3 axle) {142??} /
Weymann H70R, 1949, ????,
James
Hall Museum of Transport, Johannesburg 2004.
Original Operator / Fleet Nbr. / Chassis / Body / Age / Registration / Last
Known Owner
GUY (1 Vehicle)
South Africa, Johannesburg 779, Guy Arab V (3-axle, Rolls Royce 12-litre
diesel) {73978 BDB} / ???? H105D, 196?, ????, (Photo
2009 via Alan Kenny) James Hall Museum of Transport, Johannesburg 2010.
Original Operator / Fleet Nbr. / Chassis / Body / Age / Registration / Last
Known Owner
LEYLAND (14 Vehicles)
Australia, Melbourne M&MTB 207, Titan TD5c / Cheetham & Borwick H54R,
1940, AT 207, Victoria, unrestored, in poor shape.
Australia, Melbourne M&MTB 211, Titan TD5c / Cheetham & Borwick H54R,
1940, AT 211, St.Arnaud, Victoria
Australia, Melbourne M&MTB 222, Titan TD5c / Cheetham & Borwick H54R,
1940, AT 222, Caravan beside Murray River near
Mildura 2004
Australia, Melbourne M&MTB 226, Titan TD5c / Cheetham & Borwick H54R,
1940, AT 226, Victoria (body only?)
Australia, Sydney DRT&T 379, Titan TD4 {11298} / Waddington H??R, 1937,
m/o.1579 > m/o.1379
> 31081-H, David Griffiths, Sydney 2009.
Australia, Sydney DRT&T 1438, Titan TD5 / Waddington H??R, 1937, m/o.1438,
Sydney Bus &
Truck Museum, unrestored 2009
Australia, Sydney DRT&T 783 > 1783, Titan OPD1A {461334} / Comm.Eng
H59D, 1947, m/o.1783, stored outside, near
Lightning
Ridge 2007.
Australia, Sydney DRT&T 2033, Titan OPD2/1 / Comm.Eng H59D (later H61D),
1948, m/o.2033, Sydney
Bus & Truck Museum 2009
Australia, Sydney DRT&T 2087, Titan OPD2/1 / Clyde H59D, 1948, m/o.2087,
Sydney Bus &
Truck Museum 2009
Australia, Sydney DRT&T 2186, Titan OPD2/1 / ??? H???, 1947, m/o.2186,
Sydney Bus &
Truck Museum 2009
Australia, Sydney DRT&T 2255, Titan OPD2/1 {482799} / Clyde H59D,
1949, m/o.2255 > MH 3814 > XHE 276WA, Andrew Montgomery, Chidlow, east
of Perth 2005.
Australia, Sydney DRT&T 2256, Titan OPD2/1 {481889} / Clyde H59D,
1949, m/o.2256, for sale, Burpengary, north of Brisbane 2002. Being rebuilt
by new owner 2005.
Australia, Sydney DRT&T 2761, Titan OPD2/1 / Clyde H??F, 1953, m/o.2761,
Sydney Bus &
Truck Museum 2009
Original Operator / Fleet Nbr. / Chassis / Body / Age / Registration / Last
Known Owner
THORNYCROFT (1 Vehicle)
Australia, Sydney DRT&T 171, Thornycroft Daring / ???? H???, 1934, m/o.1371
> m/o.1171, Sydney
Bus & Truck Museum 2009 (chassis only).
GRAND TOTAL OF 46 VEHICLES
Please email me
if you spot one of my mistakes (or even if you don't !).
ABBREVIATIONS
CCT - City Council Transport
Comm.Eng - Commonwealth Engineering Works
DCT - Department of Capital Territories (Canberra)
DOI - Department of the Interior (Canberra)
DT&T - Department of Road Transport & Tramways (Sydney)
EGTB - Eastern Goldfields Transport Board (Kalgoorlie)
FMTB - Fremantle Municipal Tramways Board
M&MTB - Melbourne & Metropolitan Tramways Board
MOTAT - Museum of Transport & Technology (Auckland)
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