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.
746P	(TP)	AEC Matador 120HP 5-ton Master Breakdown Tender	Heavy Lorry	08538533	9471

Licence on:	?
Into stock:	22/12/1947
From:	Scottorn Ltd (2nd hand)
Out of stock:	07/07/1978 (Life: 30.54 years)
Disposal:	G Groom, Warlingham
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:	Red
Operator:	LT
Status:	Preserved
Allocation:	n/a
Added to LTSV:	01/09/2005 by Thomas Young
Last edited:	15/04/2012 ?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
8 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.
03/07/1983	Chiswick Works	Public Open Day	Damon
01/05/1983	Brighton	Madeira Drive. HCVC Rally with 738J	Damon
19/07/1980	King's Cross	Coach Station. London Bus Rally	Damon
30/07/1972	Tottenham Garage	-	Ray
07/10/1971	Finsbury Park Bus Station	-	Ray
05/04/1969	Tottenham Garage		Clive G
01/01/1966	?	Approximate date	Steve Howard
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.
16 history entries have been added, shown below in date order (oldest first).

Date	Event	Operator	Department	Location	Status	Notes	Source
23/02/1945	Into stock	LT	?	Unknown		To War Department	Vehicle Record Card
22/12/1947	Into stock	LT	n/a	Chiswick Works	u	ex Scottorn Ltd	LT Miscellaneous Vehicles Advice Book
23/02/1948	Transferred (unlicensed)	LT	n/a	Slough Garage	u	Langley Road (SL) ex Chiswick	LT Variation Sheets
23/06/1948	Transferred (unlicensed)	LT	n/a	n/a	u	To Metro Auto Co, Hayes, ex Slough	LT Variation Sheets
16/12/1948	Transferred (unlicensed)	LT	n/a	Chiswick Works	u	ex Metro Auto Co, Hayes	LT Miscellaneous Vehicles Advice Book
25/03/1949	Licensed and transferred	LT	RSE (RS)	Camberwell Garage		ex Chiswick. GTP 474GF on	LT Miscellaneous Vehicles Advice Book
17/06/1957	Transferred	LT	RSE (RS)	Dalston Garage		ex Camberwell, RSE (RS). Swapped with 751P	LT Miscellaneous Vehicles Advice Book
04/07/1958	Transferred	LT	n/a	Camberwell Garage		ex Dalston	LT Miscellaneous Vehicles Advice Book
01/09/1968	Transferred	LT	Mechanical Engineer (Rolling Stock - Road Services) (Gp.1)	Tottenham Garage		ex Camberwell, Mechanical Engineer (Rolling Stock - Road Services) (Gp.1). Replaced by 1456MR, replacement for 1308F. Listed on 07/10/1968	LT Variation Sheets
07/10/1971	Transferred	LT	Mechanical Engineer (Rolling Stock - Buses) (Gp.1)	Poplar Garage		ex Tottenham, Mechanical Engineer (Rolling Stock - Buses) (Gp.1). Swapped with 747P	LT Variation Sheets
by01/09/1972	Allocated to	LT	Mechanical Engineer (Rolling Stock - Buses) (Gp.1)	Tottenham Garage		GTP 585LB	LT Miscellaneous Vehicles Register (as date)
29/01/1973	Transferred	LT	Mechanical Engineer (Rolling Stock - Buses) (Gp.1)	Leyton Garage		ex Tottenham, Mechanical Engineer (Rolling Stock - Buses) (Gp.1). Swapped with 1308F	LT Variation Sheets
by01/01/1974	Allocated to	LT	Mechanical Engineer (Rolling Stock - Buses) (Gp.1)	Tottenham Garage		TP 585LB. Allocation incorrect?	LT Miscellaneous Vehicles Register (as date)
by01/10/1975	Allocated to	LT	Mechanical Engineer (Rolling Stock - Buses) (Gp.1)	Tottenham Garage		Allocation incorrect?	LT Miscellaneous Vehicles Register (as date)
22/06/1976	Delicensed and transferred	LT	n/a	Works	u	ex Leyton, Mechanical Engineer (Rolling Stock - Buses) (Gp.1). TP 585LB off. Replaced by 1930F	LT Variation Sheets
07/07/1978	Sold	LT	n/a	n/a		ex RSI	LT Variation Sheets

Notes ?This section contains notes that users have added about this vehicle.
16 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
Photo on Facebook https://www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=10162123209264738&set=gm.1690977041471631&idorvanity=1203782633524410	Ray	30/12/2024
The VR is indeed wrong about a move to Tottenham, as Simon Kaye, then a mechanic at Leyton, reports:- The last operational Matador was 746P at Leyton. In the mid 70s, 747P and 750P were both dumped in the bay at Leyton as a source of spares for 746P. I think one of them donated its engine. Both were engineless when they left. One of the last jobs that 746P did was to front-lift the other two to Chiswick for disposal.	Clive G	26/11/2024
Photo in LBM207 (LOTS)	Ray	26/04/2024
Photo at https://www.flickr.com/photos/130375827@N03/23495063613	Ray	25/04/2021
Photo in 'Garage Crawls' Jim Blake	Ray	29/12/2017
Photo at https://www.flickr.com/photos/rw3-497alh/16993390130	Ray	26/12/2017
Photo at https://www.flickr.com/photos/rw3-497alh/29283028625	Ray	30/12/2016
Photo at https://www.flickr.com/photos/rw3-497alh/24851255691/	Ray	02/05/2016
Photo at https://www.flickr.com/photos/rtw501/16821754316	Ray	31/03/2015
Photo at https://www.flickr.com/photos/29080235@N08/5218377467/	Ray	21/04/2014
Photo at http://www.flickr.com/photos/roadtransportphotos/with/5934017386/	Ray	26/01/2012
Photo (23/08/1969) at https://picasaweb.google.com/107128559835522255960/1969slides02#5673327752390182738	Thomas Young	11/12/2011
Photograph in 'London Transport Service Vehicles' (Capital Transport)	Ray	27/02/2009
Photograph in LT Museum collection (47413411) (47413144)	Ray	23/02/2009
2nd hand. Ex War Department. New 2/45. TP 585LB. Registered 816FUF in preservation. Burnt out.	Thomas Young	19/02/2009

Documents ?This section contains scans of official documents that relate to this vehicle.
10 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 2 times, as listed below (most recent edits first).

Date	Summary	Edited by	Public?
15/04/2012	Typo corrected	Thomas Young	Y
15/04/2012	Improved date in	Thomas Young	Y