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.
1866B	NBP178J	Bedford TK 6-wheel Platform Lorry	Heavy Lorry	EJM3BCOIT486383

Licence on:	01/05/1971
Into stock:	13/03/1974
From:	Godfrey Davis Ltd
Out of stock:	27/12/1983 (Life: 9.79 years)
Disposal:	British Car Auctions, Enfield
Licence off:	28/12/1983 ?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Status:	Withdrawn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:	19/02/2014 ?This is the date of the most recent edit. To see details of all edits, scroll to the bottom of the page.

Photos

3 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
3 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.
27/10/1982	Chiswick Works		Thomas Young
27/09/1975	?	-	Steve Howard
19/05/1974	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.
9 history entries have been added, shown below in date order (oldest first).

Date	Event	Operator	Department	Location	Status	Notes	Source
13/03/1974	Into stock	LT	n/a	Works	u	ex Godfrey Davis Ltd (2nd hand)	LT Variation Sheets
06/05/1974	Relicensed and transferred	LT	Chief Operating Manager (Buses) Training School (Gp.2)	Chiswick Works		ex Works	LT Variation Sheets
03/05/1976	Delicensed	LT	Chief Operating Manager (Training School) (Gp.2)	Chiswick Works	u		LT Variation Sheets
01/02/1977	Relicensed	LT	Chief Operating Manager (Buses) Training School (Gp.2)	Chiswick Works		Listed on 14/03/1977	LT Variation Sheets
by05/1978	Allocated to	LT	Chief Operating Manager (Buses) (Gp.2)	Chiswick Works			LT Miscellaneous Vehicles Register (as date)
by03/1982	Allocated to	LT	General Manager (Buses) (Gp.2)	Chiswick Works			LT Miscellaneous Vehicles Register (as date)
09/12/1983	Delicensed and transferred	LT	n/a	Works	u	ex Chief Operating Manager (Buses). LOTS TLB gave location as Chiswick Works	LT Variation Sheets
c.21/12/1983	Withdrawn	LT	?	Unknown			Misc. Vehicle Register
27/12/1983	Sold	LT	n/a	n/a		ex Works. Listed on 24/01/1984	LT Variation Sheets

Notes ?This section contains notes that users have added about this vehicle.
4 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
Photograph in SUP15 (LOTS1978)	Ray	28/02/2009
Photograph in 'London Transport Service Vehicles' (Capital Transport)	Ray	28/02/2009
2nd hand	Thomas Young	19/02/2009

Documents ?This section contains scans of official documents that relate to this vehicle.
6 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	28/12/1983		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 3 times, as listed below (most recent edits first).

Date	Summary	Edited by	Public?
19/02/2014	Improved date out	Thomas Young	Y
01/02/2014	Improved date in	Thomas Young	Y
22/02/2009	Licensing date/s updated	Thomas Young	Y