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Description
Limited edition of
209
1949 AEC Regal III 9631E (City of Tampere, Valmet DA B21+40 body)
In
1946 AEC introduced new left-hand drive Regal Mark III model 0963 chassis
and soon many orders were placed not only from South America, a major
export market but also from Norway and Finland. Tampere City Transport
bought it's first batch of twelve AEC Regal III buses in 1949.In 1957
Tampere had fleet of 38 Regals, over half of they were bodied by local
firm Valmet. Last Regals were withdrawn in 1974.
Scale 1:43
Available now
Available through SPTC ,
INTERNATIONAL REPRESENTATIVES
Limited Availability ("Add-on" Production).
100
209a
1949 AEC Regal III 9631E (HLK Helsinki 34-38 series, Valmet DB
body)
Helsinki ordered five AEC Regal III buses with
Valmet DB body in 1949. They were similar to Tampere model but there were
some differences include a ventilator on the roof and different seating
arrangement. This batch of the buses, numbered 34-38 was used on the route
No. 18N until 1961; later these buses were bought by one of the independent
bus companies in Helsinki and they were in service until 1963-64; after
that its frames were used for building semi-trailers for trucks. (Information
via Timo Lehtonen).
Scale 1:43
Available now
Available through SPTC ,
INTERNATIONAL REPRESENTATIVES
Limited Availability ("Add-on" Production).