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.
1240F	(TP)	Ford Thames Trader 7-ton Open Towing Lorry	Heavy Lorry	L60B830599	9968

Licence on:	?
Into stock:	23/05/1962
From:	Dagenham Motors Ltd
Out of stock:	27/09/1977 (Life: 15.35 years)
Disposal:	British Car Auctions, Farnham
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:	Grey
Operator:	LT
Status:	Withdrawn
Allocation:	n/a
Added to LTSV:	01/09/2005 by Thomas Young
Last edited:	25/11/2012 ?This is the date of the most recent edit. To see details of all edits, scroll to the bottom of the page.

Photos

1 photo of this vehicle has been published.

There may be references to other photos in the Notes section further down this page.

Sightings
2 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.
22/08/1969	?		Steve Howard
13/07/1963	Shepherd's Bush Green	-	Ray

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.
11 history entries have been added, shown below in date order (oldest first).

Date	Event	Operator	Department	Location	Status	Notes	Source
23/05/1962	New into stock	LT	n/a	Works	u	ex Dagenham Motors Ltd. Listed on 24/05/1962	LT Variation Sheets
06/06/1962	Licensed and transferred	LT	n/a	Riverside (Hammersmith) Garage		ex Aldenham. GTP 870GF (ex 405W) on. Replacement for 405W. Listed on 13/06/1962	LT Variation Sheets
01/09/1968	Transferred	LT	Mechanical Engineer (Rolling Stock - Road Services) (Gp.1)	Hounslow Garage		ex Riverside, Mechanical Engineer (Rolling Stock - Road Services) (Gp.1). Replaced by 750P. Listed on 07/10/1968	LT Variation Sheets
by01/09/1972	Allocated to	LT	Mechanical Engineer (Rolling Stock - Buses) (Gp.1)	Hounslow Garage		GTP 586LB	LT Miscellaneous Vehicles Register (as date)
29/01/1973	Transferred	LT	Mechanical Engineer (Rolling Stock - Buses) (Gp.1)	Riverside (Hammersmith) Garage		ex Hounslow, Mechanical Engineer (Rolling Stock - Buses) (Gp.1). Replacement for 750P	LT Variation Sheets
by01/01/1974	Allocated to	LT	Mechanical Engineer (Rolling Stock - Buses) (Gp.1)	Hounslow Garage		TP 586LB. Allocation incorrect?	LT Miscellaneous Vehicles Register (as date)
by01/10/1975	Allocated to	LT	Mechanical Engineer (Rolling Stock - Buses) (Gp.1)	Hounslow Garage		TP 586LB. Allocation incorrect	LT Miscellaneous Vehicles Register (as date)
22/06/1976	Delicensed and transferred	LT	n/a	Works	u	ex Riverside, Mechanical Engineer (Rolling Stock - Buses) (Gp.1). TP 586LB off. Replaced by 1931F	LT Variation Sheets
08/11/1976	Relicensed and transferred	LT	Mechanical Engineer (Rolling Stock - Buses) (Gp.1)	Tottenham Garage		ex Works. TP 789LA (ex 1308F). Replacement for 1308F	LT Variation Sheets
23/02/1977	Delicensed and transferred	LT	n/a	Works	u	ex Tottenham, Mechanical Engineer (Rolling Stock - Buses) (Gp.1). TP 789LA off. Replaced by 1991F	LT Variation Sheets
27/09/1977	Sold	LT	n/a	n/a		ex Works	LT Variation Sheets

Notes ?This section contains notes that users have added about this vehicle.
6 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	05/02/2025
Photo in 'Garaging London's Red Buses' (Capital)	Ray	01/06/2019
Photo in LTM collection 1998/50509	Ray	24/12/2014
Engine number 510E/84012	Thomas Young	25/11/2012
Photograph in LBM14	Ray	23/02/2009
Photograph in LBM12	Ray	23/02/2009

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?
25/11/2012	Improved date in	Thomas Young	Y