Surviving Single Deck Halfcab exports

Surviving British Single-Deck Halfcab Exports

Last updated 8 March 2010

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Perth Metro Leyland OPS4 Tiger No.81

Preserved Perth Metro Leyland OPS4/1 Tiger No.81.

This list is intended to record surviving exported single-deck halfcab buses and coaches 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.

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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.

For surviving export double-deck halfcab chassis click here, and for trolleybus exports click here.

Original Operator / Fleet Nbr. / Chassis / Body / Age / Registration / Owner

AEC (26 Vehicles)

Australia, Canberra DOI, Regal O662 / Syd Wood B??? (to full front in 1962), 1947, Heritage Bus Association, Brisbane.
Australia, Canberra DOI > DCT, Regal III {O682213} / Comm.Eng B??D, 1948?, Australian Capital Territory Internal Omnibus Network (ACTION) preserved in DOI livery. Exact identity not known, but displayed as C59531.
Australia, Fremantle FMTB 15 > Perth MTT 54 > EGTB Kalgoorlie, Regal III {O962022} / FMTB B42F, 1948, 45815, Bus Preservation Society of Western Australia 2009.
Australia, Hobart M.T. 16, Regal III / ??? B???, 1948, ????, Tasmanian Transport Museum, Hobart, unrestored 2009.
Australia, Hobart M.T. 32, Regal III / Hobart Tramway B???, 1952, HS.1946, Tasmanian Transport Museum, Hobart, unrestored 2009.
Australia, Melbourne M&MTB 352, Regal III / Comm.Eng B41D (later B32F), 1952, ????, Sydney Bus & Truck Museum 2009
Australia, Melbourne M&MTB 513, Regal III / Comm.Eng B41D, 1952, ZDL.180, Joe Fogerty, mobile home 2006.
Australia, Melbourne M&MTB 514, Regal III / Comm.Eng B41D, 1952, ?????, in a field, central Victoria 2009.
Australia, Melbourne M&MTB 537, Regal III / Martin & King B41D, 1953, ?????, survives.
Australia, Melbourne M&MTB 560, Regal III / Martin & King B41D, 1953, ?????, Gary Davey, Melbourne 2000.
Australia, Melbourne M&MTB 592, Regal III / Martin & King B41D, 1953, CH 0150, John Phillips 2007.
Australia, Sydney DRT&T 477 > 1477, Regal {O662????) / Waddington B34D, 1938, m/o.1677 > m/o.1477, Sydney Bus & Truck Museum unrestored 2009
Australia, WAGT 54 > Perth MTT 376 > EGTB Kalgoorlie 19, Regal III {9621E548} / Bolton FB39D (later halfcab B41D), 9/49, 45271 > WAG.8376 > UQB 376 > BD9139 > KMC 7315, motorhome conversion, surviving near Gt.Northern Highway / Reid Highway, Perth 2005.
Australia, WAGT 73 > Perth MTT 378, Regal {9621E613} / Bolton B41D (later B43F), 1950, 45278 > WAG 8378 > UQB 378 > XLE 028, awaiting restoration, Bus Preservation Society of Western Australia 2009.
New Zealand, Wellington C.T. 49 > 249, Regal I {O6623024} / Wellington C.T. B33F, 1938, DO 4223, NZ Omnibus Society, under long-term restoration 2009.
New Zealand, Christchurch Tramway Board 240, Regal I / Christchurch T.B. B??D, 1938, Tramway Historical Society, Ferrymead, Christchurch, awaiting restoration 2009 (probably using parts from No.233 of 1936).
New Zealand, possibly Wellington C.T., Regal I {O662????} / ??????? B???, 19??, ????, Derelict caravan in New Zealand 2006.
New Zealand, Wellington C.T. 26, Regal III {O962304} / N.Z.Motor Bodies B???, 1948?, EV6806 > OO6650 > ASN702, AEC 47, caravan conversion, for sale 2/10 in Beachlands, Auckland for $40,000.
Portugal, Lisbon / Carris 17 > 5303?, Regal III {O963428} / Weymann {M3411} B20D, 1948, IL-14-49 > ESV 811 (UK) Carris AEC Preservation Group, Croydon, Surrey. At Midland Railway Centre, Butterley, Derby 2006.
Portugal, Lisbon / Carris 54 > 123, Regal III {9631E548} / Weymann/CCFL {M3556} B24D (now B16D?) 1948, FL-14-86, Graham Wareham, Kidlington, Oxford 2005
Portugal, Lisbon / Carris 104, Regal III {O963943} / Weymann/CCFL (1972) B16D 10/48 IF-14-62, Michael Roulston, Glasgow. At Beith Transport Collection (now closed), North Ayrshire 2008
Portugal, Lisbon / Carris 46 > 109, Regal III {9631E537} / Weymann (rebodied by UTIC 1970) B16D, 1948, EB-14-30, Carris Museum, Lisbon.
Uruguay, CUTCSA, Montevideo 491 > 130, ACLO Regal II / Aguila B??R (rebuilt CUTCSA B??R in 1962), 1938, ????, CETCU (enthusiast group in Montevideo)
Uruguay, Cita 8, ACLO Regal II {O6624033} / Independencia B???, 1950, ????, for sale in San Jose 2005
Uruguay, Empressa Lavalleja 10 > Erhitran 491, ACLO Regal III {9631A1695} / Aguila B??D, 1954, ????, operates tourist services in Montevideo.
Uruguay, Flecha de Oro 15 > Cita 75, ACLO Regal III / Independencia B???, 1947, ????, for sale in San Jose 2005