AEC - London Transport radiator badge : RT 3933
For many decades the radiators of London Transport's various motor bus fleets carried this badge; a version of the London Transport roundel meshed with the AEC triangle carried on vehicles supplied to the many customers outside LT that the company supplied with 'buses, coaches and commercial vehicles. There is of course a back story. Associated Equipment Company - AEC - was originally set up by the London General Omnibus Company in 1912 to build its own vehicle requirements. AEC grew and supplied a range of successful bus, coach and commercial vehicle chassis to both LGOC and other concerns.
In 1927 AEC moved from its original works in Walthamstow to a new site at Southall in Middlesex. The company was effectively 'floated' in 1933 when the LGOC and its owners the Underground Group became part of the new London Passenger Transport Board; however AEC still continued to supply most of LT's vehicle needs for many years. AEC, who now owned both Crossley's and Maudsley's commercial vehicles, was acquired by the rival Leyland in 1962. The AEC marque vanished in the late 1970s and Southall closed in 1979.
This badge is on the radiator of preserved London Transport RT 3933 based on the AEC Regent III chassis.
AEC - London Transport radiator badge : RT 3933
For many decades the radiators of London Transport's various motor bus fleets carried this badge; a version of the London Transport roundel meshed with the AEC triangle carried on vehicles supplied to the many customers outside LT that the company supplied with 'buses, coaches and commercial vehicles. There is of course a back story. Associated Equipment Company - AEC - was originally set up by the London General Omnibus Company in 1912 to build its own vehicle requirements. AEC grew and supplied a range of successful bus, coach and commercial vehicle chassis to both LGOC and other concerns.
In 1927 AEC moved from its original works in Walthamstow to a new site at Southall in Middlesex. The company was effectively 'floated' in 1933 when the LGOC and its owners the Underground Group became part of the new London Passenger Transport Board; however AEC still continued to supply most of LT's vehicle needs for many years. AEC, who now owned both Crossley's and Maudsley's commercial vehicles, was acquired by the rival Leyland in 1962. The AEC marque vanished in the late 1970s and Southall closed in 1979.
This badge is on the radiator of preserved London Transport RT 3933 based on the AEC Regent III chassis.