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Another fantastic collection.My love of AEC’s comes from childhood.The Dinky AEC Mercury and Airfix Matadors.As a kid,my Dad ran a shop that sold bicycles mainly but toys too amongst loads of other stuff.He also had vast shelving devoted to Airfix.It was the Roy Cross box art that grabbed me,that man was a genius and I could spend hours looking at the boxes and thumbing through the catalogues.It was always the cars and trucks that stood out from the see of aircraft(although I did like those too)for me,particularly The RAF Matador tanker and the army Gun Tractor.I can remember all the model makers used to come in after work which meant closing the shop at 6.30 each evening which Mum wasn’t too keen on.The Militants we’re a very impressive bit of kit and must have looked absolutely massive in comparison to the run of the mill lorries of the day.Keep them coming,great work.
Ah Richard you excel - I love Matador’s I could listen to that lovely 7.6 gurgling all day! You may not be aware there are two types of cab fitted to the Matador the early Matador had the Weyman cab which is square with rounded corners and flat roof and the later ones had the AEC rounded top cab. Many military Matador’s remained in service until the early 80’s before being sold on, a testament to their reliability and versatility. The first photo of the RM at Llandudno is one owned by “Routmaster for hire” an outfit based in Llandudno restoring and hiring original spec RMs also available on RUclips.
I delivered and installed Delapena Honing Machinery to A E C. Windmill Lane. Then The same for The V8 blocks Pre Leyland... I remember The AEC Canteen... Best breakfast and dinner ever... Happy Days!!!! e red
Good vid OCC .something to bear in mind, back in the day all those brick lorries were hand loaded and unloaded (aka ''handballed'') with the driver expected to pitch in - and an 8 legger carries a lot of bricks!! . IIRC we didn't start to see ''palletising'' and mechanical unloading on the sites until the late 70's / early 80's, ..............when some companies charged extra for mechanical unloading which some builders would not pay - preferring 4 or 6 men to handball the load off.
As a small kid in the late 1960s I saved up my pocket money for the 10 shillings and 6 pence to buy a Dinki Toys Esso articulated tanker. It was an AEC Mercury and was my pride and joy. I played with it constantly.
I remember buying mine about 1970 (it was certainly before we went decimal) - it cost me 1 Guinea (£1 1s to those who don't know). I saved up for ages to get that, and I still have it, boxed of course!
Hi Rick I loved the AEC video and it raised an old question I’ve never had answered about the routemasters,the Welsh one was an RML meaning extra long and the giveaway is the small extra window midway which begs the question why for such a small increase it was ever done.thanks for great videos Mike.
This extra half-bay gave eight extra seats (four up/four down). This brought the vehicle length to 30' from the original 27'6". All new Routemasters from 1965 ("C" Reg.) onwards were thus manufactured which reflected a change in the law regarding maximum length for P.S.V.'s.
@@michaelhawkins2292 You are very welcome! Actually, there was one exception: The forward-entrance B.E.A. airport Routemasters dated from 1966 and were 27'6" long. This is because they towed custom trailers in which the passengers' luggage was stowed. The extra 2'6" was therefore considered too long especially at the West End (Victoria) end of the dedicated route.
About 1968 I worked for BRS - Amersham branch, the first motor I drove was an AEC Reg 16ELR fleet No MG19. I'm not sure if it was a Matador or a Mercury -or a hybrid - but I remember the electric switches were in a beautifully made metal box at the back of the driver and that there was a fretted "stop" signal on the dash that sprang up when the direct air brakes were running at low pressure ( this led to a disaster when another driver tucked his delivery docs. into the slot to prevent the sign popping up, lost his brakes and demolished the customers warehouse) I loved this motor which taught me to double de clutch. Since then I have enjoyed driving many Mandators and other AECs About 1976, while driving for Mobil Oil at their ill fated Buncefield terminal I saw a "Mammoth Minor" : a rarity I think, it was a Chinese six having two steered axles and a single one on the trailing end.
Thank you for the trip down the AEC memory lane, especially the old ex military Matadors, wonderful lumbering old tractors,did many a mile driving them in the army in the early sixties, great job thank you
Nice to see the old girls still going strong. I cut my teeth riding along side my dad who worked for a sadly no longer with us company called W Thompson haulage ltd of Crowle Linc's. They ran many AEC's including old eight wheeler mammoth major's and my dad's 650 Mandator, UBE 650, I started life as an apprentice in the garage and then when I got my class one, my very first solo run was in an AV760 Mandator. I thought I was king of the road..
Lovely slide show - thank you for uploading. The single deck coach @0:56 is most likely to be an A.E.C. Regal (not a Regent which was the contemporary double deck chassis). We don't have the reg. number but this looks early and so is probably a Mk I or Mk II. By Mk IV (from 1951) the engine was under the floor as in London Transport's RF Class. (RF = Regal Four).
hi there, iused to work for AEC in Southall in the 70s, regarding the registation whether it was 1969 or 1978, it has a 69 front grille on it, the ones we did from 1977 were slightly different with no chrome plating. cost saving by leyland as it was our sugar daddy,the early vehicles were a great design. the ergomatic tilt cabs did suffer from rust in later years but that was Sankeys fault,they were the builder,
My next door neighbour was a test driver at the AEC from the 30s to the 50s - my dad says he used to bring home chassis on test and park them outside his house at lunchtime - wouldn't get one down that road nowadays with all the parked cars!
@@CaseyJonesNumber1 hi yes i worked in chassis finishing next to the test house in the 70s, even then all chassis tested and we had to put them right, great fun to work there,
Sadly, few people realise the Great history behind AEC which started out at the time of horse drawn buses in London. The first factory was in Blackhorse Road near Tottenham, it still existed as a shell until only a few years ago and was originally the stables and works of London General Omnibus Co. The company was extremely innovative and its no surprise they were Londons Bus builders of choice right up until they were swallowed up by their great rival Leyland. In the process of evaluating 60s built RMs in the 90s, mechanically they were in rigorous good order and the Park Royal bodies immaculate under the skin. A truly sad loss to our engineering heritage.
In the early 2000's I worked at Southampton Goods Vehicle Test Station as an HGV tester. One morning a local garage submitted an ex-army Militant converted to a wrecker for annual test. Not a problem, other than we couldn't test the brakes on the roller brake tester because the lugs on the tyres damaged the rollers, so we had to use a Tapley brake meter. There was a test pad set aside for this sort of thing adjacent to the test hall, but a problem arose in that the old warrior couldn't reach the required 20 mph minimum speed to do the test in the space allocated. What to do? In the end we got everyone to shift their parked cars at the front, and then instructed the driver to go right around the building and then onto the test pad, accelerating all the time. Success! We reached 20 mph (just!), the brakes were actually very good, and the vehicle got its ticket. It certainly broke the routine of the station that morning.
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Hi I loved the AEC vid,it raised an old question I
This is when buses and trucks had character, good video.
Thanks Vince, yes they're wonderful old things (although whether the drivers back in the day also thought so ...?)
Another fantastic collection.My love of AEC’s comes from childhood.The Dinky AEC Mercury and Airfix Matadors.As a kid,my Dad ran a shop that sold bicycles mainly but toys too amongst loads of other stuff.He also had vast shelving devoted to Airfix.It was the Roy Cross box art that grabbed me,that man was a genius and I could spend hours looking at the boxes and thumbing through the catalogues.It was always the cars and trucks that stood out from the see of aircraft(although I did like those too)for me,particularly The RAF Matador tanker and the army Gun Tractor.I can remember all the model makers used to come in after work which meant closing the shop at 6.30 each evening which Mum wasn’t too keen on.The Militants we’re a very impressive bit of kit and must have looked absolutely massive in comparison to the run of the mill lorries of the day.Keep them coming,great work.
Thanks for taking back to classic trucks and double dockers shrouded in past.
Sorry for the misprint. Please read double deckers.
Ah Richard you excel - I love Matador’s I could listen to that lovely 7.6 gurgling all day! You may not be aware there are two types of cab fitted to the Matador the early Matador had the Weyman cab which is square with rounded corners and flat roof and the later ones had the AEC rounded top cab. Many military Matador’s remained in service until the early 80’s before being sold on, a testament to their reliability and versatility. The first photo of the RM at Llandudno is one owned by “Routmaster for hire” an outfit based in Llandudno restoring and hiring original spec RMs also available on RUclips.
I didn't realise that about the cabs, thanks for the info!
I too love Matadors to bits, but I have heard several unkind people describe them as looking like a garden shed on wheels!
@@gospelman7222 Well some people have no taste!
Thumbs up.Funny,when you said the bus was 1962 i thought'hang on that,s 60years ago.AAAARRRRGGG how old does that make me!
Cheers.
Good stuff 👍👍👍 especially the Regent deckers...
I delivered and installed Delapena Honing Machinery to A E C. Windmill Lane. Then The same for The V8 blocks Pre Leyland... I remember The AEC Canteen... Best breakfast and dinner ever... Happy Days!!!!
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its an absolute pleasure to watch aec vehicles
Good vid OCC .something to bear in mind, back in the day all those brick lorries were hand loaded and unloaded (aka ''handballed'') with the driver expected to pitch in - and an 8 legger carries a lot of bricks!! . IIRC we didn't start to see ''palletising'' and mechanical unloading on the sites until the late 70's / early 80's, ..............when some companies charged extra for mechanical unloading which some builders would not pay - preferring 4 or 6 men to handball the load off.
Enjoyed your video on AEC'S ,just love AEC'S.
As a small kid in the late 1960s I saved up my pocket money for the 10 shillings and 6 pence to buy a Dinki Toys Esso articulated tanker. It was an AEC Mercury and was my pride and joy. I played with it constantly.
I remember buying mine about 1970 (it was certainly before we went decimal) - it cost me 1 Guinea (£1 1s to those who don't know). I saved up for ages to get that, and I still have it, boxed of course!
Great video Rick, I love the AEC series. My favourite has to be the turn table ladder fire engine
Great video and such a variety. Ash it seems was used quite a lot, very robust. Used on Mini and Morris minor travellers too. Thanks for the video. 👍
Thanks, some great looking old trucks here and I particularly like the buses.
Hi Rick I loved the AEC video and it raised an old question I’ve never had answered about the routemasters,the Welsh one was an RML meaning extra long and the giveaway is the small extra window midway which begs the question why for such a small increase it was ever done.thanks for great videos Mike.
This extra half-bay gave eight extra seats (four up/four down). This brought the vehicle length to 30' from the original 27'6". All new Routemasters from 1965 ("C" Reg.) onwards were thus manufactured which reflected a change in the law regarding maximum length for P.S.V.'s.
@@stuarthall6631 Thanks for clearing up that mystery for me after 50 years. Mike.
@@michaelhawkins2292 You are very welcome! Actually, there was one exception: The forward-entrance B.E.A. airport Routemasters dated from 1966 and were 27'6" long. This is because they towed custom trailers in which the passengers' luggage was stowed. The extra 2'6" was therefore considered too long especially at the West End (Victoria) end of the dedicated route.
About 1968 I worked for BRS - Amersham branch, the first motor I drove was an AEC Reg 16ELR fleet No MG19. I'm not sure if it was a Matador or a Mercury -or a hybrid - but I remember the electric switches were in a beautifully made metal box at the back of the driver and that there was a fretted "stop" signal on the dash that sprang up when the direct air brakes were running at low pressure ( this led to a disaster when another driver tucked his delivery docs. into the slot to prevent the sign popping up, lost his brakes and demolished the customers warehouse) I loved this motor which taught me to double de clutch. Since then I have enjoyed driving many Mandators and other AECs
About 1976, while driving for Mobil Oil at their ill fated Buncefield terminal I saw a "Mammoth Minor" : a rarity I think, it was a Chinese six having two steered axles and a single one on the trailing end.
Great photographs, thank you. Going to school on the bus, it was always a treat if an AEC double decker, with Park Royal coach work, turned up.
Being ex army I especially love the old army trucks but that are all fantastic old trucks 👍👍
You may have seen it already but I did a collection of military vehicle photos a short while ago. Thanks for watching
Thank you for the trip down the AEC memory lane, especially the old ex military Matadors, wonderful lumbering old tractors,did many a mile driving them in the army in the early sixties, great job thank you
Nice to see the old girls still going strong. I cut my teeth riding along side my dad who worked for a sadly no longer with us company called W Thompson haulage ltd of Crowle Linc's. They ran many AEC's including old eight wheeler mammoth major's and my dad's 650 Mandator, UBE 650, I started life as an apprentice in the garage and then when I got my class one, my very first solo run was in an AV760 Mandator. I thought I was king of the road..
Lovely slide show - thank you for uploading. The single deck coach @0:56 is most likely to be an A.E.C. Regal (not a Regent which was the contemporary double deck chassis). We don't have the reg. number but this looks early and so is probably a Mk I or Mk II. By Mk IV (from 1951) the engine was under the floor as in London Transport's RF Class. (RF = Regal Four).
hi there, iused to work for AEC in Southall in the 70s, regarding the registation whether it was 1969 or 1978, it has a 69 front grille on it, the ones we did from 1977 were slightly different with no chrome plating. cost saving by leyland as it was our sugar daddy,the early vehicles were a great design. the ergomatic tilt cabs did suffer from rust in later years but that was Sankeys fault,they were the builder,
My next door neighbour was a test driver at the AEC from the 30s to the 50s - my dad says he used to bring home chassis on test and park them outside his house at lunchtime - wouldn't get one down that road nowadays with all the parked cars!
@@CaseyJonesNumber1 hi yes i worked in chassis finishing next to the test house in the 70s, even then all chassis tested and we had to put them right, great fun to work there,
good video
Thanks for the visit
nice one. brian d.
Lovely video guys! Great stuff!
Glad you liked it!!! (there's only one of me!)
10/10! Again. Thank you.
Glad you liked it!
Sadly, few people realise the Great history behind AEC which started out at the time of horse drawn buses in London. The first factory was in Blackhorse Road near Tottenham, it still existed as a shell until only a few years ago and was originally the stables and works of London General Omnibus Co. The company was extremely innovative and its no surprise they were Londons Bus builders of choice right up until they were swallowed up by their great rival Leyland. In the process of evaluating 60s built RMs in the 90s, mechanically they were in rigorous good order and the Park Royal bodies immaculate under the skin. A truly sad loss to our engineering heritage.
1:16 my stepdad had an IDENTICAL blue FG to the one on the trailer
AEC made some great looking vehicles and to me they always seemed superior to other badges. The 1970s soon changed that though.
I am missing Bedford vans of fiftees.
Hi, check out the rest of the channel - there are videos on classic vans, and one just on Bedfords
Thanks.
Being bit nostalgic, recall as a child it's lovely ride.
In the early 2000's I worked at Southampton Goods Vehicle Test Station as an HGV tester. One morning a local garage submitted an ex-army Militant converted to a wrecker for annual test. Not a problem, other than we couldn't test the brakes on the roller brake tester because the lugs on the tyres damaged the rollers, so we had to use a Tapley brake meter. There was a test pad set aside for this sort of thing adjacent to the test hall, but a problem arose in that the old warrior couldn't reach the required 20 mph minimum speed to do the test in the space allocated. What to do? In the end we got everyone to shift their parked cars at the front, and then instructed the driver to go right around the building and then onto the test pad, accelerating all the time. Success! We reached 20 mph (just!), the brakes were actually very good, and the vehicle got its ticket. It certainly broke the routine of the station that morning.
Love the this😊