The AEC Regal IV was a bus chassis manufactured by
AEC.
History
The AEC Regal IV was
AEC's first mainstream underfloor engined vehicle. A prototype was built in 1949, before production commenced in 1952. The first 25 were built to the maximum permissible length of 8.4 metres for
London Transport before maximum length for PSVs increased to 9.1 metres.
Over 2,600 were built, London Transport was the largest operator, purchasing over 700, while
British European Airways
British European Airways (BEA), formally British European Airways Corporation, was a British airline which existed from 1946 until 1974.
BEA operated to Europe, North Africa and the Middle East from airports around the United Kingdom. The a ...
purchased 64 as coaches.
Production for UK market finished in 1955 with the introduction of the
AEC Reliance
The AEC Reliance was a mid-underfloor mounted engined single-decker bus and coach chassis manufactured by AEC between 1953 and 1979. The name had previously been used between 1928 and 1931 for another single-decker bus chassis.
History
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but it remained in production for export markets until the 1960s.
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References
External links
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Regal IV
Vehicles introduced in 1949