Underfloor-engined AEC Swift!
This was one of the ill-fated SMS class London Transport AEC Swifts that was sold off to Malta. Here they lasted a long time. Long enough for some to be converted to UNDERFLOOR engines! This involved raising the height of the saloon floor in the front half of the bus. The engine fitted was still an AEC. This one is now preserved in the guardianship of Go-Coach. It was employed to do at least a couple of trips between Rochester and Chatham on the well organised Medway bus rally and running day on 30th Dec 2017. I was lucky enough to have a ride. Here it is at Chatham with a normal service Nu-Venture bus on the 172 behind. The tinted windows on the Swift were rather wasted in December England!
Underfloor-engined AEC Swift!
This was one of the ill-fated SMS class London Transport AEC Swifts that was sold off to Malta. Here they lasted a long time. Long enough for some to be converted to UNDERFLOOR engines! This involved raising the height of the saloon floor in the front half of the bus. The engine fitted was still an AEC. This one is now preserved in the guardianship of Go-Coach. It was employed to do at least a couple of trips between Rochester and Chatham on the well organised Medway bus rally and running day on 30th Dec 2017. I was lucky enough to have a ride. Here it is at Chatham with a normal service Nu-Venture bus on the 172 behind. The tinted windows on the Swift were rather wasted in December England!