It’s a cut down 1933 Leyland Titan according to Bus Lists On The Web. Portsmouth fleet no 17.
Probably a TD1 then - the radiator looks right. Now a tower wagon.
TD2 according to that website.
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TD2 - RV 3411 number TW1 Owned by: Portsmouth City Museums & Records Service Originally No.17 and fitted with an English Electric with 50 seat Double-Deck Body, this was one of two converted to Tower Wagons for the Trolleybus Overhead Cable Maintenance in 1952, this included the chassis being shortened . When the Trolleybuses were with withdrawn in 1963, it was then used for various other duties because of its Tower and Towing abilities. It was eventually withdrawn in 1975 and passed into the Ownership of The Portsmouth City Museums. RV3411 has re-joined the CPPTD Collection June 09 moving from The Milestones Museum.
Common as hen’s teeth
From what I can gather, it’s a Northern General SE6 with Short Brothers bodywork. In the 1930s Northern General were looking for more seating capacity than the standard 2-axle chassis (max. length 27’6”) could provide, so this 3-axle 30’ chassis was devised. It was originally spec’d with an AEC engine but it was too tall, so they opted for an American Hercules 6-cyl petrol engine. How many were built depends on who you ask but, in all, 100 or less and less than half that were coaches.
Credit to KDH Archive on flickr
