The LONDON TRANSPORT AJS Pilots

This page created 26th October 2013 using Notepad, by Ian Smith.

AJS Fleet History

These histories are far from complete. They are being assembled from bits of data as I come across them.
Particularly useful, if not always agreeing with each other, are:
  • "London Bus File, 1933-39 (S-D)", Ken Glazier, (Capital Transport 2002).
  • "Country Buses Vol1", Laurie Akehurst, (Capital Transport 2012)
  • "Last Years of the General", Ken Glazier, (Capital Transport 1995).
  • data from Richard Cains, mainly about disposals
 
      VX 4253  2/30    new to Imperial Bus Service (A.E.Blane), Romford: AJS Pilot #175, Metcalfe, B25R 
AJS 1         11/34    taken over by LPTB
               7/35    sold to Dawson

      PG 9385  */30    new to Woking & District: AJS Pilot, Petty, B26F 
               1/31    acquired by LGCS
                       repainted red/white
               7/33    taken over by LPTB 
              10/34    sold

      UR 7002  */30    new to Johnson: AJS Pilot #192, Petty, B24F 
                       Elite Omnibus Co, Watford
               8/33 WT taken over by LPTB (Watford Leavesden Rd) 
                       used on 385
               9/34    sold to W.H.Dann (Bedfont)

      UR 8528  */31    new to Johnson: AJS Pilot #201, Petty, B24F 
                       Elite Omnibus Co, Watford
               8/33 WT taken over by LPTB (Watford Leavesden Rd)
                       used on 385 
               9/34    sold to W.H.Dann (Bedfont) 
               */34    bought by A.H.Newstead, East Rudham
               */40    withdrawn

      KX 7469  */31    new to Chesham & District: AJS Pilot #223, Petty, B20F 
              11/32    bought by Amersham & District
              10/33    taken over by LPTB 
              10/34    sold to C&P Sales, London SE15
              12/34    bought by The Comfy Bus Services, Horsham
               3/36    bought by Embassy Motors (W.C.Fouracres, Brynmawr
               4/37    bought by A.G.H.Jordan, Blaevon
              10/38    scrapped

Photographic References

For a key to the photographic references, please see the bibliography. I have not yet located any published prints, but there are a couple to be found by diligently searching the internet.

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