1972 AEC Reliance Park Royal

1972 AEC Reliance in Steptoe and Son Ride Again, Movie, 1973

Class: Bus, Single-deck — Model origin:

Minor action vehicle or used in only a short scene

Author	Message
stronghold ◊ 2007-06-12 07:54	(I'm guessing it's a double-decker ..could well be single also.!)
nzcarnerd ◊ 2007-06-12 10:20	Another HA Viva in the background.
dudley ◊ 2007-06-12 10:40	AEC Reliance Here's its history: RP 34 JPA 134K 1/72 HG new to store at Hertford: AEC Reliance 6U2R, Park Royal DP45F 2/72 SV trainer (Stevenage) 3/72 SV into service 1973 SV 5/74 SV repainted 75-6 SV 1/77 SV 1978 SV 7/79 RA withdrawn into store (Radlett) 12/79 in store, withdrawn 2/81 sold to C.F.Booth (Scrap)
stronghold ◊ 2007-06-12 17:04	Thanks for the info dudley
SteveA ◊ 2007-06-12 23:14	To amplify that, it was new to London Country for Green Line services. DP45F indicates a 45 seater dual purpose singledecker - a bus with coach seating. You'd normally expect a bus of that length to be a 49 seater, but the RP class had a luggage rack just inside the door that accounted for the 4 missing seats.
HAVERTON HILL 1 ◊ 2008-01-13 15:03	Jaguar or Daimler in the distance?