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.
1532B	VLW688G	Bedford CALV Lomas Ambulance	Other	CALV8813521

Licence on:	10/06/1969
Into stock:	23/05/1969
From:	Herbert Lomas Ltd, Wilmslow
Out of stock:	24/05/1985 (Life: 16.00 years)
Disposal:	Mr R C Springall, Hornsey
Licence off:	30/04/2020 ?This is the last recorded licence expiry date. Previous expiry dates will be shown in the Licensing History section below.

Livery:	Cream
Operator:	LT
Status:	Preserved
Allocation:	n/a
Added to LTSV:	01/09/2005 by Thomas Young
Last edited:	01/06/2021 ?This is the date of the most recent edit. To see details of all edits, scroll to the bottom of the page.

Photos

5 photos of this vehicle have been published, shown below in order of date taken (oldest first).

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

Sightings
5 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.
04/05/2014	Brighton	HCVS London-Brighton run	Damon
13/04/2014	Brooklands		nem001200
21/04/2013	Brooklands	London Bus Museum	Steve Howard
23/06/1980	Chiswick Works		Steve Howard
14/08/1974	Chiswick Works	-	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.
12 history entries have been added, shown below in date order (oldest first).

Date	Event	Operator	Department	Location	Status	Notes	Source
23/05/1969	New into stock	LT	n/a	Works	u	ex Herbert Lomas Ltd	LT Variation Sheets
09/06/1969	Licensed and transferred	LT	Works Manager (Gp.1)	Chiswick Works		ex Works. Listed as 'new vehicle into service'. Replacement for 976B	LT Variation Sheets
by01/09/1972	Allocated to	LT	Mechanical Engineer (Workshops & Plant - Buses) (Gp.1)	Chiswick Works			LT Miscellaneous Vehicles Register (as date)
by01/01/1974	Allocated to	LT	Mechanical Engineer (Workshops & Plant - Buses) (Gp.1)	Chiswick Works			LT Miscellaneous Vehicles Register (as date)
by01/10/1975	Allocated to	LT	Mechanical Engineer (Workshops & Plant - Buses) (Gp.1)	Chiswick Works			LT Miscellaneous Vehicles Register (as date)
by05/1978	Allocated to	LT	Mechanical Engineer (Workshops & Plant - Buses) (Gp.1)	Chiswick Works			LT Miscellaneous Vehicles Register (as date)
by03/1982	Allocated to	LT	Plant Engineer (Buses) (Gp.1)	Chiswick Works			LT Miscellaneous Vehicles Register (as date)
by01/04/1984	Allocated to	LT	Plant Engineer (Buses) (Gp.1)	Chiswick Works			LT Miscellaneous Vehicles Register (as date)
by02/01/1985	Allocated to	unknown	Plant Engineer (Buses) (Gp.1)	Chiswick Works			LT Miscellaneous Vehicles Register (as date)
23/04/1985	Withdrawn	LT	?	Unknown			Misc. Vehicle Register
24/04/1985	Delicensed and transferred	LT	Sales Department	AEC Works, Southall	u	ex Chiswick, Plant Engineer (Buses)	LT Variation Sheets
24/05/1985	Sold	LT	n/a	n/a		ex AEC Southall	LT Variation Sheets

Notes ?This section contains notes that users have added about this vehicle.
9 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	06/02/2025
Appeared on ITV's Endeavour episode broadcast 10/2/19	Steve Howard	14/02/2019
Petrol	Thomas Young	08/01/2014
photo at http://www.flickr.com/photos/21611052@N02/6301386395/	Adam Floyd	11/11/2011
Petrol. Registered as cream	Ray	04/04/2010
Photograph in 'Snapshot Aldenham & Chiswick' (DTS)	Ray	07/10/2009
Photograph in SUP15 (LOTS1978)	Ray	28/02/2009
Photograph in 'London Transport Service Vehicles' (Capital Transport)	Ray	27/02/2009
Photograph in SUP15B	Ray	27/02/2009

Documents ?This section contains scans of official documents that relate to this vehicle.
4 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).

Date checked	Expiry date	Notes	Added by
01/01/2022	30/04/2020		Ray

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 11 times, as listed below (most recent edits first).

Date	Summary	Edited by	Public?
01/06/2021	Licensing date/s updated	Ray	Y
09/12/2020	Livery corrected from White to Cream	Thomas Young	Y
08/07/2018	Licensing date/s updated	Ray	Y
22/02/2015	Licensing date/s updated	Ray	Y
24/02/2014	Improved date out	Thomas Young	Y
06/01/2014	Licensing date/s updated	Ray	Y
03/12/2012	Improved date in	Thomas Young	Y
01/08/2012	Licensing date/s updated	Ray	Y
13/07/2011	Licensing date/s updated	Ray	Y
15/03/2011	Licensing date/s updated	Ray	Y
04/04/2010	Licensing date/s updated	Ray	Y