gingerfold:
Pilkington Glass St. Helens, AEC Regal Mk.III coach chassis for low height bodywork. When I was riding in
Holden’s lorries as a kid in the 1950s Pilkington’s Regals were a virtually guaranteed sight on Liverpool Docks. The drivers
and mates had uniforms like those of bus drivers, with peaked caps. I think that Pilkington’s had five Regals over the years,
9.6 litre engines with 5-speed constant mesh gearboxes.
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Transporters.Peterbilt.Prestons Of Potto.Petrol-Engined Heavy Vehicles.VALKYRIE.Thursday,17th August,2017.
Hello Gingerfold 
Yes,many companies had motorcoach and bus chassis adapted for their own specialist uses and had purpose-built bodywork
(or whatever) fitted to these chassis.
I’ve carefully researched these AEC Regal MkIII Motorcoach-Based Pilkington Glass Transporters and have come up with the
following information:-
1.AEC Regal MkIII 9621A068 /Woodward,Formby, Glass Transporter,ADJ 601,January 1949.Pilkington Brothers,St.Helens.
2.AEC Regal MkIII 9621A953 /Woodward,Formby, Glass Transporter,ADJ 926,September 1949.Pilkington Brothers,St.Helens
3.AEC Regal MkIII 9621A954 /Woodward,Formby, Glass Transporter,ADJ 927,September 1949.Pilkington Brothers,St.Helens
4.AEC Regal MkIII 9621A955 /Woodward,Formby, Glass Transporter,ADJ 928,September 1949.Pilkington Brothers,St.Helens
5.AEC Regal MkIII 9621A956 /Woodward,Formby, Glass Transporter,ADJ 929,September 1949.Pilkington Brothers,St.Helens
6.AEC Regal MkIII 9621A1063 /Woodward,Formby, Glass Transporter,ADJ 930,November 1949.Pilkington Brothers,St.Helens
7.AEC Regal MkIII 9621A1064 /Woodward,Formby, Glass Transporter,ADJ 931,December 1949.Pilkington Brothers,St.Helens
So according to the information that is available to researchers so far,Pilkington Glass operated seven -7- of these AEC
Regal MkIII 9621A Motorcoach Chassis Based Glass Transporter Lorries.
The bodywork was built by Woodwards Of Formby - H.Woodward & Son,Formby,Lancashire,who were commercial vehicle body builders
and dealers in Atkinson Diesel Vehicles! 
,QV the advertisement below:-
AEC Regal MkIII 9621 Motorcoach Chassis,Woodward,of Formby,Glass-Carrier-Bodied,Glass Transporter.Pilkingtons
Glass,St.Helens.H.Woodward Atkinson Vehicles Dealer & Commercial Vehicles Bodywork.1#.TNUK-OTL-A-Z T M:-
The 9621A model-chassis designation informs us that this model of AEC Regal MkIII is powered by an AEC A208 or A218 9.6 Litre
Diesel Engine,driving through an AEC D124 4-Speed Sliding Mesh Crash Gearbox. The numbers after the model-chassis designation is the actual
chassis number.
Just to show you what an AEC Regal MkIII motorcoach looks like in dedicated form,and how beautiful and very handsome they
were,are and always will be ,here are two photographs - FOV & FNV - of the following AEC Regal MkIII motorcoach,one of the later 30ft
long examples and one of the last AEC Regal MkIII motorcoaches to be built - but actually the chassis of this particular
motorcoach,NXL 847,could have been built in 1949,QV below.
AEC Regal MkIII 6821A483,Duple A-Type,C39F,Motorcoach,Body No.146,1,NXL 847,London,June 1953.Eastern Belle Motor
Coaches,A.H.Clark,London E3.1#.TNUK-OLT-A-Z T M:-
AEC Regal MkIII 6821A483,Duple A-Type,C39F,Motorcoach,Body No.146,1,NXL 847,London,June 1953.Eastern Belle Motor
Coaches,A.H.Clark,London E3.5#.TNUK-OLT-A-Z T M:-
I do wish that I had a photograph,or copy,of a magnificent AEC Regal Motorcoach advertisement of 1937,which consists of a memorable
photograph and the following wonderful and true words:-
QUOTE The AEC Triangle On The Radiator Of A Motorcoach Means Smooth Luxurious Travel.
AEC Builders of London’s Buses,Trolleybuses and Motorcoaches.
AEC,Southall,Middlesex,England. UNQUOTE.
The advertisement’s black & white photograph shows a circa 1930-1935 AEC Regal Half Cab Full Canopy Touring
Motorcoach,complete with rear roof-mounted luggage rack and dark livery,travelling up a fairly steep and narrow cliff-side
main road.A large road sign with a white background and black capital letters proclaims:BANK IT. Which means give way to
motor vehicles ascending this road.
This AEC Regal motorcoach could have been operated by the famous Devon General motorcoach and bus operating company.
The above AEC Regal Motorcoach advertisement is the very stuff of romance! 
Peterbilt…beautiful and impressive Americana in an oasis of British and Swedish motor vehicle engineering
Peterbilt 350 Bubblenose COE High Tower,Boxvan-Bodied,6x2 or 6x4 Drawbar,Boxvan-Bodied,6-Wheeler Trailer Outfit Motor Truck-
Lorry.One of my favourite Peterbilt motor truck JW models 
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Prestons Of Potto
Scania R480 Topline 6x2-Twin Steer - 6,Curtainsider-Bodied,Long Distance Heavy Freight Trunking Articulated Lorry-Motor
Truck,NK57 CYF.Prestons Of Potto.1#.TNUK-OTL-A-Z TM:-
Volvo FH16-610 Globetrotter 6x4-6,Flat-Bodied Trombone Semi-Trailer Heavy Haulage Articulated Lorry-Motor Truck,NX04
ACJ.Prestons Of Potto transport some spectacular loads.1#.TNUK-OTL-A-Z T M:-
Besides being famous as a road haulage company,Prestons Of Potto are also famous for attending steam and vintage vehicle
rallies,such as the Pickering,now,Whitby Traction Engine Rally and the Great Dorset Steam Fair,with their preserved Burrell
steam and Atkinson diesel showmans road locomotives,The Prestons Of Potto Mobile Stage Show,etc,QV photographs below :-
Prestons Of Potto Mobile Stage Show attends rallies,such as the Pickering,now,Whitby,Traction Engine Rally and the Great
Dorset Steam Fair.Burrell DCC 3 8 NHP Showmans Steam Road Locomotive,No.3886,XF 8162,LORD LASCELLES.London,April 1921.1#:-
Burrell DCC 3 7 NHP Showmans Steam Road Locomotive,Engine No.3526,AO 6302,LIGHTNING II,■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■ 1913.Exhibited by
Prestons Of Potto at many traction engine rallies.1#.TNUK-OTL-A-Z TM:-
Atkinson L1266,Mk 1-Cabbed,Gardner 6LX Diesel-Engined,Boxvan-Bodied,6x4 Showmans Ballast Diesel Road Locomotive,Chassis
No.FC.8126,212 CNW,Leeds,April 1962.Prestons Of Potto.Has a electricity generator.1#.TNUK-OTL-A-Z TM:-
Petrol-Engined Heavy Lorries,Motorcoaches,Buses,etc.
Before the diesel-oil engine,and during the years it established itself in road transport vehicles,heavy lorries were either steam or petrol-engined,
buses and motorcoaches were petrol-engined - and in some cases petrol-electric - and in the earliest days of mechanical omnibuses some were steam powered.
During the 1930s and beyond many petrol-engined lorries,motorcoaches,buses and even certain steam road vehicles were re-engined with diesel-oil
engines. The magnificent petrol-engined AEC Mammoth Major Six MkII,DLM 480,new to Express Dairy in 1936,QV photograph below, is a rare
survivor of a petrol-engined heavy lorry of the 1930s :-
AEC Mammoth Major Six MkII 366,AEC A145 45 RAC HP 7.4 Litres,OHC,6-Cylinder,120 BHP Petrol-Engined,Boxvan-Bodied,13.5 Ton PL,6x2 or 6x4 Heavy Lorry,DLM 480,London,1936.Preserved AEC petrol-engined heavy lorry.Note the Autovac petrol feed pump on the side of the cab,just below
the side window.1#.TNUK-OTL-A-Z-T M:-
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