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AEC Regal IV

British underfloor engined bus chassis

Motor vehicle

AEC Regal IV
Preserved London Transport Metro-Cammell bodied AEC Regal IV
Overview
Manufacturer	AEC
Production	1949–1962
Assembly	Southall
Body and chassis
Doors	1–3
Floor type	Step entrance
Chronology
Successor	AEC Reliance

The AEC Regal IV was a bus chassis manufactured by AEC.

History

The AEC Regal IV was AEC's first mainstream underfloor engined vehicle. A prototype was built in 1949, before production commenced in 1952.^[1] The first 25 were built to the maximum permissible length of 8.4 metres (28 ft) for London Transport before maximum length for PSVs increased to 9.1 metres (30 ft).^[2]^[3]

Over 2,600 were built, London Transport was the largest operator, purchasing over 700, while British European Airways purchased 64 as coaches.^[4]^[5] Production for UK market finished in 1955 with the introduction of the AEC Reliance but it remained in production for export markets until the 1960s.^[2]

References

^ London Transport First RF Bus Placed in Service Railway Gazette 19 September 1952 page 329
^ ^a ^b Companion to Road Passenger Transport History. Walsall: Roads & Road Transport History Association. 2013. p. 32. ISBN 978-0-9552876-3-3.
^ Berry, Howard (2018). AEC Single Deckers. Stroud: Amberley Publishing. ISBN 9781445676722.
^ Flying High Bus & Coach Preservation August 2016 page 56
^ John, Godwin (2020). Great British Buses. pp. 28–32. ISBN 9780244847784.