2015

SP3554 : S-Type Omnibus, Gaydon Heritage Motor Centre

taken 11 years ago, near to Gaydon, Warwickshire, England

S-Type Omnibus, Gaydon Heritage Motor Centre
S-Type Omnibus, Gaydon Heritage Motor Centre
Most of the vehicles on show at the museum are cars but there are a few buses and other commercial vehicles. This AEC S-type from 1923 was operated by the London General Omnibus Company and was in regular service from 1923 until 1933 (although its wooden body had to be replaced 9 times during its working life). It had capacity to carry 54 passengers.
The British Motor Museum (Heritage Motor Centre)

The Heritage Motor Centre (now re-named as the British Motor Museum) is a motor museum and research centre, located adjacent to the Jaguar Land Rover Gaydon Centre near Gaydon in Warwickshire. The centre is open to the public, and houses a collection of important vehicles, celebrating Britain's motoring heritage. It boasts the world’s largest collection of British Cars; nearly 300 cars in its collection which span the classic, vintage and veteran eras (LinkExternal link pdf list of vehicles in the collection).

The collection, now cared for by the British Motor Industry Heritage Trust, is housed in a spectacular, purpose-built museum which opened in 1993. The building, with its art deco design is on the site of the former RAF Gaydon airfield in South Warwickshire, which was home to the Rover Group's design, technology and testing ground.

LinkExternal link more information (the British Motor Museum).


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David Dixon   (more nearby)
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Tuesday, 1 September, 2015   (more nearby)
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Friday, 4 September, 2015
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OSGB36: geotagged! SP 356 546 [100m precision]
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