LTSV Vehicle Detail

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Main vehicle details

Number	Registration	Type	Class	Chassis No.	Body No. ? If the vehicle had two or more bodies (i.e. if it was rebodied), the body numbers (where known) are shown in chronological order. Refer to the history records for more details.
1070Q	TXV897	AEC Mercury 7-ton Open Lorry with Hoist Lift	Heavy Lorry	2GM4RA1814	9793

Licence on:	?
Into stock:	16/01/1958
From:	AEC (chassis only)
Out of stock:	01/07/1977 (Life: 19.46 years)
Disposal:	Mr J F Daly, Stanbridge
Licence off:	n/a ?This is the last recorded licence expiry date. Previous expiry dates will be shown in the Licensing History section below.

Livery:	Green/Aluminium
Operator:	LT
Status:	Withdrawn
Allocation:	n/a
Added to LTSV:	01/09/2005 by Thomas Young
Last edited:	20/11/2012 ?This is the date of the most recent edit. To see details of all edits, scroll to the bottom of the page.

Photos

No photos of this vehicle have been published.
There may be references to other photos in the Notes section further down this page.

Sightings
4 sightings of this vehicle have been reported. Shown below with the most recent at the top.

Date	Place	Comments	Posted by ?If the name is in brackets, the vehicle was not seen by the person, but the sighting was added by the person.
20/09/1969	?		Steve Howard
28/03/1969	Parsons Green Works		Clive G
06/09/1960	Greenwich Power Station	Hoskins Street	Ray
01/01/1960	-	Approximate date	Bighat

History ?This section contains details of events during the lifetime of this vehicle. These can be drawn from official documents or from observations, and will eventually cover the whole career of each vehicle.
10 history entries have been added, shown below in date order (oldest first).

Date	Event	Operator	Department	Location	Status	Notes	Source
16/01/1958	New into stock	LT	n/a	n/a	u	ex AEC. Chassis only. To Holmes (Preston) Ltd	LT Miscellaneous Vehicles Advice Book
25/03/1958	Transferred (unlicensed)	LT	n/a	Chiswick Works	u	ex Holmes (Preston) Ltd	LT Miscellaneous Vehicles Advice Book
21/04/1958	Transferred (unlicensed)	LT	n/a	n/a	u	To Anthony Hoist, Ruislip. Ex Chiswick	LT Miscellaneous Vehicles Advice Book
29/05/1958	Transferred (unlicensed)	LT	n/a	Chiswick Works	u	ex Anthony Hoist Ltd, Ruislip	LT Miscellaneous Vehicles Advice Book
01/07/1958	Licensed	LT	CDS (Gp.3)	Chiswick Works		ex Chiswick, Stored. Variation Sheets shows Gp.2	LT Miscellaneous Vehicles Advice Book
by01/09/1972	Allocated to	LT	Distribution Services Manager (Gp.3)	Chiswick Works		Docked at Chiswick	LT Miscellaneous Vehicles Register (as date)
20/11/1972	Transferred	LT	Distribution Services Manager (Gp.3)	Parsons Green Works		ex Chiswick, Distribution Services Manager (Gp.3). Also appears on MVR Amendment sheet issued 15/11/1972 which states that the move took place in 10/1972 and that docking was at Stockwell	LT Variation Sheets
by01/01/1974	Allocated to	LT	Distribution Services Manager (Gp.3)	Parsons Green Works		Docked at Stockwell	LT Miscellaneous Vehicles Register (as date)
30/03/1977	Delicensed and transferred	LT	n/a	Works	u	ex Parsons Green, Distribution Services Manager (Gp.3)	LT Variation Sheets
01/07/1977	Sold	LT	n/a	n/a		ex Works	LT Variation Sheets

Notes ?This section contains notes that users have added about this vehicle.
11 notes about this vehicle have been posted, shown below with the most recent first.

Note	Posted by	On
Photo in L.T. Service Vehicles (Webber) Bowden Publishing	Ray	01/02/2025
Might it be better described as having a 'tail lift? As all three were the same in this respect.	Clive G	05/03/2024
Photo at https://www.flickr.com/photos/rw3-497alh/16150090975/	Ray	22/03/2015
Transferred Anthony Hoist Ltd to Chiswick 29/05/1958.	Thomas Young	20/11/2012
Transferred Chiswick to Anthony Hoist, Ruislip 21/04/1958.	Thomas Young	20/11/2012
Body mounted and vehicle delivered to Chiswick 25/03/1958.	Thomas Young	20/11/2012
Delivered from AEC to Holmes (Preston) Ltd.	Thomas Young	20/11/2012
Photo at http://www.flickr.com/photos/aceanorak/5735681627/in/photostream/	Ray	25/05/2011
Photograph in 'London Transport Service Vehicles' (Capital Transport)	Ray	27/02/2009
Photograph in SUP15B	Ray	27/02/2009
Later Grey	Thomas Young	19/02/2009

Documents ?This section contains scans of official documents that relate to this vehicle.
8 documents relating to this vehicle have been published. Shown below in date order (oldest first). Hover over a document to see more details.

Licensing History ?The licence expiry dates are regularly updated, with all records shown here (most recent first).
No licensing data has been captured yet.

Edits ?This section shows a description of each change that has been applied to the database entry for this vehicle.
This record has been edited 1 time, as detailed below.

Date	Summary	Edited by	Public?
20/11/2012	Improved date in	Thomas Young	Y