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.
716B	HLX478	Bedford OLBC 27HP 5-ton Insulated Catering Van	Heavy Lorry	OLBC69959	9441

Licence on:	?
Into stock:	04/02/1948
From:	Spurlings
Out of stock:	25/04/1963 (Life: 15.22 years)
Disposal:	Mr A E Shurey, Hounslow
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
Operator:	LT
Status:	Withdrawn
Allocation:	n/a
Added to LTSV:	01/09/2005 by Thomas Young
Last edited:	29/03/2024 ?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
1 sighting of this vehicle has been reported. Shown below.

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.
01/01/1959	-	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.
7 history entries have been added, shown below in date order (oldest first).

Date	Event	Operator	Department	Location	Status	Notes	Source
04/02/1948	New into stock	LT	n/a	Chiswick Works	u	ex Spurlings	LT Variation Sheets
18/02/1948	Licensed and transferred	LT	Welfare Department	Bromley Garage		ex Chiswick. Replacement for 381A	LT Variation Sheets
04/02/1959	Transferred	LT	CDS (Gp.3)	Croydon Food Production Centre		ex Thornton Heath, CDS Gp.3. Swapped with 696B. Non-contiguous	LT Miscellaneous Vehicles Advice Book
06/04/1959	Transferred	LT	CDS (Gp.3)	Thornton Heath Garage		ex Food Production Centre	LT Miscellaneous Vehicles Advice Book
01/01/1963	Delicensed	LT	Reserve	Thornton Heath Garage	u	ex Thornton Heath, CDS (Gp.3). Listed on 02/01/1963 as CFPC, amended to Thornton Heath 08/01/1963.	LT Variation Sheets
14/02/1963	Transferred (unlicensed)	LT	Reserve	Aldenham Works	u	ex Thornton Heath, CDS (Gp.3)	LT Variation Sheets
25/04/1963	Sold	LT	n/a	n/a		ex Works, Reserve	LT Variation Sheets

Notes ?This section contains notes that users have added about this vehicle.
3 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
Photograph in SUP15 (LOTS1978)	Ray	28/02/2009
Photograph in 'London Transport Service Vehicles' (Capital Transport)	Ray	27/02/2009

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

Date	Summary	Edited by	Public?
29/03/2024	History Event ID 17042 edited	Ray	Y
27/11/2012	Improved date out	Thomas Young	Y
15/04/2012	Improved date in	Thomas Young	Y