Getting the UMP
Freshly restored after a very long project is the AEC Regal IV prototype of 1949. Carrying the Middlesex registration of UMP227, it was trialled by London Transport, leading to an order for the 700 vehicles that comprised the RF class. Originally fitted with a 9.6-litre engine and preselector transmission, UMP227 was retained for several years by AEC as a development hack, in the process trialling Monocontrol transmission and an 11-litre engine. It is preserved in that later form today.
March 2015
Rollei 35 camera
Fujichrome 100 film.
Getting the UMP
Freshly restored after a very long project is the AEC Regal IV prototype of 1949. Carrying the Middlesex registration of UMP227, it was trialled by London Transport, leading to an order for the 700 vehicles that comprised the RF class. Originally fitted with a 9.6-litre engine and preselector transmission, UMP227 was retained for several years by AEC as a development hack, in the process trialling Monocontrol transmission and an 11-litre engine. It is preserved in that later form today.
March 2015
Rollei 35 camera
Fujichrome 100 film.