1951 AEC Regal IV RFW 'Private Hire' Eastern Coachworks

1951 AEC Regal IV RFW in Too Hot to Handle, Movie, 1960

Class: Bus, Single-deck — Model origin:

00:39:10 Minor action vehicle or used in only a short scene

Author	Message
s13a ◊ 2020-10-15 22:22	-- Last edit: 2020-10-15 23:04:43
3asv6 ◊ 2020-10-16 00:11	ECW bodied AEC Regal IV https://cbwmagazine.com/aec-half-deck-back-in-use/
andrepa ◊ 2020-10-16 00:16	ECW seems to have implemented quite large curved windscreens compared with others.
johnfromstaffs ◊ 2020-10-16 09:22	Try looking at Northern Counties Coachbuilders. https://www.flickr.com/photos/guy_arab_uf/5271077545/ https://www.pinterest.co.uk/pin/214413632231959027/ -- Last edit: 2020-10-16 09:30:12
SteveA ◊ 2020-10-16 13:22	One of 15 RFW class AEC Regal IV/Eastern Coachworks supplied to London Transport in 1951 for the private hire fleet. Notable for being 8' wide rather than the standard 7'6 of an RF. Your screencaps are better than mine - this appears to be RFW6 (LUC381), which like RFW14 pictured in the CBW link is now preserved. See them together: http://www.countrybus.org/rf/RF2.htm
andrepa ◊ 2020-10-16 23:26	@ John, it seems those coachbuilders were quite farsighted, when adopting all-around view windscreens! Today panoramic windows are abandoned becuase of safety passenger compartments and cost for bended glas.
johnfromstaffs ◊ 2020-10-16 23:34	Walsall Corporation’s chief engineer for the bus fleet, Mr R. Edgley Cox, had his own, quite individual ideas about bus design, and was in a position to try them out. https://www.flickr.com/photos/78104432@N07/11327085424 -- Last edit: 2020-10-16 23:36:34