Renowns from 'Renown'
Always high up there with my all time favourite buses was AEC's final fling at a double decker, the Renown. Intruduced in 1963 as a chassied alternative/replacement to the integral Bridgemaster, it was outmoded from the start by the arrival on the scene of Leyland's Atlantean and Daimler's Fleetline ... which of course had engines at the rear. The pair in the above picture were delivered to Winchester based municipalesque independent King Alfred Motor Services, and fortuitously, both survived into preservation.
Park Royal bodied 595 & 596 LCG are seen here at the close of business in Winchester Broadway at one of the late lamented New Year's Day running events. Many an enthusiast must start the year off sitting twiddling their thumbs nowadays!
Renowns from 'Renown'
Always high up there with my all time favourite buses was AEC's final fling at a double decker, the Renown. Intruduced in 1963 as a chassied alternative/replacement to the integral Bridgemaster, it was outmoded from the start by the arrival on the scene of Leyland's Atlantean and Daimler's Fleetline ... which of course had engines at the rear. The pair in the above picture were delivered to Winchester based municipalesque independent King Alfred Motor Services, and fortuitously, both survived into preservation.
Park Royal bodied 595 & 596 LCG are seen here at the close of business in Winchester Broadway at one of the late lamented New Year's Day running events. Many an enthusiast must start the year off sitting twiddling their thumbs nowadays!