Another Knotty AEC
For the wide ranging types of operation undertaken by Knotty Bus & Coach, Stoke on Trent, this type of coach was as close to perfect as it came. The semi - automatic (6U2R) AEC Reliance with Plaxton Supreme bodywork was able to perform almost any task required of it , from Private Hires, through school and works contracts to Local bus service. By todays standards, with small high revving engines, the AEC engine in NNN 9P was huge at 12.47 litres, but that didn't stop the type sometimes returning over 15mpg on a run (compared to a modern equivalent of under 10). NNN as she was know, had been new to Derby Corporation Transport in 1976, and was the only one of the batch with a coach, rather than 'express' doors.
I took this picture in the Staffordshire Village of Swynnerton whilst returning from the MoT Testing station shortly after acquisition. The main purpose of the shot was a tongue in cheek entry into a cometition being run in 'Buses' magazine jointly with Plaxton for the best shot of a 'P' reg Plaxton bodied vehicle. Tongue in cheek, because this was 'P' reg from the first time round. They published the shot, as they said 'for the cheek of it!' then returned my picture several months later with a letter saying 'that on this occasion, they were un-able to use it' ...
Another Knotty AEC
For the wide ranging types of operation undertaken by Knotty Bus & Coach, Stoke on Trent, this type of coach was as close to perfect as it came. The semi - automatic (6U2R) AEC Reliance with Plaxton Supreme bodywork was able to perform almost any task required of it , from Private Hires, through school and works contracts to Local bus service. By todays standards, with small high revving engines, the AEC engine in NNN 9P was huge at 12.47 litres, but that didn't stop the type sometimes returning over 15mpg on a run (compared to a modern equivalent of under 10). NNN as she was know, had been new to Derby Corporation Transport in 1976, and was the only one of the batch with a coach, rather than 'express' doors.
I took this picture in the Staffordshire Village of Swynnerton whilst returning from the MoT Testing station shortly after acquisition. The main purpose of the shot was a tongue in cheek entry into a cometition being run in 'Buses' magazine jointly with Plaxton for the best shot of a 'P' reg Plaxton bodied vehicle. Tongue in cheek, because this was 'P' reg from the first time round. They published the shot, as they said 'for the cheek of it!' then returned my picture several months later with a letter saying 'that on this occasion, they were un-able to use it' ...