<u>Enterprise - Isle of Wight - bus</u><br>Photographed at Sandown in 1950, Enterprise bus AVW 453 was a Dennis Lancet with Eastern Counties B35R body and at some stage it gained a Gardner 5LW engine. From the PSV Circle News:<br><i>AVW 453 was new to Eastern National, Chelmsford as 3475 in May 1934, it passed to Ministry of Works and Buildings in 1940 [requisitioned?] and then to Wavell [as Enterprise Bus] in the forties. It was sold by Wavell to J.Stevenson [Yellow Bus Service], Spath in January 1951 and was withdrawn in February 1957.</i>
Enterprise - Isle of Wight - bus
Photographed at Sandown in 1950, Enterprise bus AVW 453 was a Dennis Lancet with Eastern Counties B35R body and at some stage it gained a Gardner 5LW engine. From the PSV Circle News:
AVW 453 was new to Eastern National, Chelmsford as 3475 in May 1934, it passed to Ministry of Works and Buildings in 1940 [requisitioned?] and then to Wavell [as Enterprise Bus] in the forties. It was sold by Wavell to J.Stevenson [Yellow Bus Service], Spath in January 1951 and was withdrawn in February 1957.
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<u>Devon General bus</u><br>AEC OD 7505 taken at Exeter on 1953 with extensive background data supplied by 'Rich':<br>this AEC Regent with Short Bros 52 seat body was one of 24 purchased by Devon General in 1933, entering service the following year. This example (DR218) was one of 5 converted to open-top configuration in 1955 by Longwell Green. In this guise it outlived its closed top brethren by 4 years being replaced in 1961 by the famous 'Sea-dog' Atlanteans. Thankfully examples of both configurations survive today and can be seen <a href=http://www.flickr.com/photos/ricardo4eyes/542597040/in/set-72157600038489836/ target=_blank><u><font color=blue>here</font></u></a> and <a href=http://www.flickr.com/photos/ricardo4eyes/528232014/in/set-72157600038489836/ target=_blank><u><font color=blue>here</font></u></a>. <font color=red size=2>THOSE PAGES OPEN IN NEW WINDOWS.</FONT>Previous | Next<u>Enterprise - Isle of Wight - bus</u><br>Photographed at Sandown in 1950, Enterprise bus AVW 453 was a Dennis Lancet with Eastern Counties B35R body and at some stage it gained a Gardner 5LW engine. From the PSV Circle News:<br><i>AVW 453 was new to Eastern National, Chelmsford as 3475 in May 1934, it passed to Ministry of Works and Buildings in 1940 [requisitioned?] and then to Wavell [as Enterprise Bus] in the forties. It was sold by Wavell to J.Stevenson [Yellow Bus Service], Spath in January 1951 and was withdrawn in February 1957.</i>

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