NEWARK RALLY ENTRANTS · SUNDAY 3rd AUGUST 2003 |
The 20th AEC Society Rally was held in glorious summer sunshine at the Newark Showground over the weekend of August 2nd/3rd 2003. Recorded below are the 86 vehicles which attended the public day on Sunday August 3rd, comprising 54 AEC lorries, 22 AEC buses, 6 fire appliances and 4 other vehicles. The entry numbers quoted are those displayed on the vehicles and may differ from the programme. Please e-mail if you know of any vehicle(s) that may have been missed off the list. |
Type |
Reg No |
Year |
Description |
Entry |
Mammoth Major 6 Mk III |
100 CPA |
1951 |
Restored in the livery of Brain's Brewery |
102 |
MM 6 Mk III 3671.H349 |
SL 9724 |
1952 |
One from Richard Cresswell's pristine AEC fleet |
31 |
MM 6 Mk III 3671H.408 |
SSU 291 |
1952 |
Ex RAF 30 AD 97, now a 4x2 flatbed lorry |
... |
MM 6 Mk III 3671H.417 |
GSK 821 |
1952 |
Former MOD refueller, preserved as a flatbed lorry |
49 |
MM 8 Mk III 3871H.1842 |
HFX 429 |
1954 |
Homalloy body for 12 cubic yard of coal |
58 |
MM 8 Mk V 2G8RAS.2248 |
996 GLT |
1962 |
New to the Leicester Coop Dairy |
72 |
MM 8 Mk V 2G8RAD.2910 |
87 CCH |
1963 |
Evans Road Services of Tipton |
1 |
MM 8 Mk V 3G8RAS.3587 |
AMJ 745C |
1965 |
Jim Read's familiar London Brick Co driver training lorry |
23 |
MM 6 Mk V 2G6RAS.1040 |
FNN 622C |
1965 |
John Rignall's ex-Army six wheeler |
8 |
MM 8 Mk V 2G8RAD.3276 |
DYE 944C |
1965 |
Lloyds of Ludlow (Shropshire) |
... |
Mammoth Major 8 TG8R |
NPD 891D |
1966 |
One of John Ward's entries |
3 |
Mammoth Major 8 TG8R |
KFD 745L |
1972 |
Still in use in the round timber business |
96 |
Mammoth Minor 0366L.086 |
GXF 70 |
1939 |
A rare lorry extensively rebuilt by Brian & Ben Freer |
103 |
Mammoth Minor TG6RF.519 |
SJO 535F |
1967 |
6x2 twin steer tractor unit |
... |
M-Minor TG6RF/2.1261 |
FLP 614J |
1971 |
Originally K502 with the London Brick Company |
67 |
Mandator Mk III 3472.1059 |
NAM 189 |
1955 |
One from Richard Cresswell's pristine AEC fleet |
85 |
Mandator Mk III 3475.1147 |
YNN 724 |
1958 |
Westfield Transport ballast tractor with loaded semi trailer |
10 |
Mandator Mk III 3475.1216 |
UXH 918 |
1957 |
Ex GPO Engineering |
53 |
Mandator Mk III 3475.1467 |
TUX 271 |
1959 |
With Lloyds of Ludlow since new |
43 |
Mandator Mk V G4RA.1770 |
CRH 144C |
1965 |
Rescued by the late Bill & Jo Feneley |
45 |
V8 Mandator VTG4R.225 |
RWO 533G |
1968 |
Entered by John Ward |
99 |
V8 Mandator VTG4R.405 |
OCE 829H |
1969 |
Superbly restored in RTITB livery plus semi-trailer |
29 |
V8 Mandator VTG4R.406 |
LVL 164H |
1969 |
Originally supplied to Clayton Dewandre |
94 |
Mandator TG4R.3984 |
RTA 205H |
1969 |
Latterly the yard shunter at Gregory Distribution |
80 |
Mandator 2TG4R.24719 |
PYD 772L |
1972 |
Originally Somerset Water Board |
60 |
Mandator 2TG4R |
FFW 813L |
1973 |
A local vehicle with the same owner since 1976 |
95 |
Mandator 2TG4R.32804 |
NBF 92P |
1976 |
Rally organiser David Hopkins' tractor unit |
6 |
Marshal 2TGM6RT.22778 |
RTD 680L |
1972 |
Restored by Ray Banner |
15 |
Marshal 2TGM6RS.24284 |
NFK 246M |
1973 |
First registered in August 1973 |
25 |
Marshal 4TG6RS33997 |
MDO 810P |
1976 |
Brought to Newark on a low-loader; no further details |
... |
Matador 0853.775 |
GUY 640N |
1939 |
Ex Army 94 YY 66, still in use in the round timber business |
97 |
Matador 0853.6346 |
WFO 338 |
1942 |
Ex Army 99 YY 81; no further details |
55 |
Matador O853.7206 |
SSU 733 |
1944 |
Ex Royal Navy 95 RN 74 |
... |
Matador 0853.7531 |
WVS 468 |
1944 |
Robert Harris' ballast tractor |
83 |
Matador 0853.10704 |
PFE 232K |
1953 |
Demobbed from the Fleet Air Arm in 1971 |
38 |
Mercury GM4RA.039 |
NTM 744 |
1954 |
Recently outshopped in immaculate London Brick livery |
87 |
Mercury 2GM4RA.2503 |
MSU 357 |
1958 |
Box bodied lorry |
98 |
Mercury 2GM4RA.2842 |
JFL 677 |
1958 |
A Richard Cresswell motor, new to British Sugar Corporation |
86 |
Mercury 2GM4RA.3148 |
2590 NX |
1959 |
Flatbed lorry with Homalloy cab |
52 |
Mercury GM4RA |
314 BVO |
1959 |
Recovery vehicle but originally a cement mixer |
26 |
Mercury 2GM4RA.4084 |
7372 WX |
1961 |
Homalloy cabbed flatbed, with extra loadspace above the cab |
46 |
Mercury GM4RA.5539 |
303 DLW |
1962 |
Owned by a showman prior to preservation |
41 |
Mercury GM4RA.6097 |
785 BWJ |
1962 |
Tractor unit with Lewis Scott cab |
44 |
Mercury 6GM4RA.7609 |
680 GTM |
1962 |
Restored in London Brick Company livery |
54 |
Mercury 6GM4RA.8132 |
JSX 545 |
1963 |
Ex Scottish Road Services |
17 |
Mercury GM4R |
HSU 162 |
1963 |
New as a tipper. Original reg 72 VNN |
48 |
Mercury TGM4R.7793 |
HFP 362H |
1970 |
This Mercury worked in the Stoke area until 1992 |
27 |
Mercury 6GM4RA.10575 |
DLE 354C |
1965 |
EX MOD coupled to a 4-in-line trailer |
70 |
Mercury TGM4R.8875 |
SKU 598J |
1971 |
Tractor unit converted to recovery and back to tractor |
47 |
Mercury TGM4R.31037 |
HRF 483N |
1975 |
Reids Transport |
Militant Mk III 0870 |
SSA 29K |
1953 |
A mighty Militant entered by the mighty Ben Freer |
104 |
Monarch 647 |
TL 3513 |
1934 |
Coal lorry new to Bracebridge Mental Hospital |
... |
Monarch Mk II 0346S |
EBM 131 |
1946 |
London Brick Co tipper chassis restored by Shaun Swain |
100 |
Monarch Mk III 3451.309 |
NHK 789 |
1948 |
Shaun Swain's superb Monarch |
99 |
Regal III 9621E |
FFU 860 |
1949 |
Lincolnshire Road Car, Willowbrook DP35F body |
... |
Regal IV 9821LT |
MLL 808 |
1952 |
RF 271, LT Country Area bus, Metro-Cammell B39F |
12 |
Regal III 9621A |
MDT 222 |
1953 |
Doncaster Corporation 22, Roe B39F |
35 |
Regent Mk III 9612E.5341 |
LTF 254 |
1950 |
Morecambe & Heysham 69, Park Royal H30/26R |
50 |
Regent Mk III 9613E.4865 |
OTV 161 |
1954 |
Nottingham City 161, Park Royal H30/26R |
... |
Regent Mk III 0961 |
OLD 714 |
1954 |
LT Country Area RT 4494 |
... |
Regent Mk III 6812A.112 |
JDN 668 |
1954 |
Tony Peart's York Pullman 64 with Roe bodywork |
31 |
Regent Mk III 6812A.130 |
LDP 945 |
1955 |
Reading Corporation 98, Park Royal L27/26RD |
42 |
Regent Mk III 6812A.135 |
MRD 146 |
1957 |
Reading Corporation 3, Park Royal L27/26RD |
82 |
Regent Mk V 2LD3RA.566 |
PFN 865 |
1958 |
Restored East Kent tow truck |
... |
Regent Mk V 2D3RA.1805 |
EOD 524D |
1966 |
MCW Orion bodywork, new to Devon General |
24 |
Reliance 590 2U3RA.4315 |
900 SAF |
1963 |
Camden Coaches of Sevenoaks; Harrington Grenadier |
71 |
Reliance 590 2U3RA.4798 |
AMX 8A |
1963 |
Valliant of Ealing; Harrington Cavalier |
51 |
Reliance 691 6U3ZR.7039 |
LCB 603G |
1969 |
Wilby's of Hilbadstow, ex Burwell & District; Plaxton C44F |
... |
Reliance |
SFR 127J |
1970 |
New to Abbotts of Blackpool; Plaxton Panorama Elite |
79 |
Reliance 6MU4R |
JMC 121K |
1971 |
Centre entrance Plaxton coach, entered by Glenton 121 Group |
14 |
Reliance 691 6U2R |
MRR 811K |
1972 |
Originally Barton Transport 1229, Plaxton 3+2 coachwork |
68 |
Reliance |
BTB 690T |
1979 |
Smiths Happiway-Spencers of Wigan |
90 |
Renown 3B3RA.104 |
DBC 190C |
1965 |
Leicester City 190, East Lancs H44/31F |
64 |
RM 737 |
WLT 737 |
1961 |
Ex London Transport "showbus" entered by RM 737 Group |
63 |
RM 765 |
WLT 765 |
1961 |
Entered by the Newark-based RM 765 Group |
... |
RM 2116 |
CUV 116C |
1964 |
Entered by the RM 2116 Preservation Group |
56 |
Regent Mk III D62018R |
EDM 893J |
1951 |
Douglas Corporation; original reg NMN 50 |
62 |
Regent Mk III D62043R |
MXB 128 |
1952 |
Ex London FB 90DP bought for spares but too good to break |
74 |
Regent Mk III D62106R |
OXT 779 |
1954 |
Ex London Fire Brigade Emergency Tender 5ET |
75 |
Dennis F107 |
314 FLM |
1964 |
London Fire Brigade breakdown lorry, 470 engine |
73 |
Mercury 7GM4RA.11611 |
GRH 691D |
1966 |
Pump Escape ex Kingston upon Hull Fire Brigade |
78 |
Mercury 2TGM4R.9770 |
CRY 999K |
1972 |
Water Tender Ladder ex Leicester Fire Brigade |
93 |
Maudslay mystery |
n/a |
19?? |
Chassis/cab, requires complete rebuild; ex showman |
... |
Crossley DD42/7 95177 |
JOJ 489 |
1950 |
Birmingham City Transport 2489, Crossley H30/24R |
69 |
Thornycroft Trusty PF/NR6 |
NYN 790 |
1953 |
8x4 flatbed, BRS livery |
59 |
Thornycroft Nippy Star |
144 BPA |
1956 |
Chassis number 55298 |
11 |
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