1977 AEC Reliance Plaxton Supreme 3 coach start up, first time in preservation after 4 years

[Stemax1960]

Dave Bowman loves his AEC's.

[mgarrbomberstm]

In malta at the moment we have hundreds of those but from 1 july onwards we are going to implement the arriva bus service with king longs ... NO more old ones ;'(

[merlinbus]

@mgarrbomberstm

That is awful that the old buses, full of character, will now be scrapped or just left to rot, in favour of the modern, souless vehicles. I`d love to have the money to save a few of the old ex LT AEC Swifts (SM`s). I drove them in the 70`s, when they were the most disliked buses on LT, but would love to see a few survive.

[mrspivvy]

@mgarrbomberstm here's one tourist that Malta's lost for good

[Stemax1960]

I have met the operator whose name is on the front of that coach. We agree that there is a serious fault with the AEC. Nobody makes them any more!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[jaggass]

moxon tours of oldcotes,notts had a aec reliance RDT89R.

[jaggass]

is that a 680 engine?

[sopsax767]

@jaggass No Leyland made the 680 engine ! This is an AEC 760 engine.

[Cazkumali]

@sopsax767 are these coaches still running m8?

[TheReliance760]

@Cazkumali We still run 1 Reliance and a Regal III

[AliceeeVictoriaaa]

What an insul t!!!!!!! 680 not fit to lace a 760's boots !!!!

[jaggass]

Calm down. Its only a question i asked.

[sopsax767]

@jaggass + AliceeeVictoiaaa...... Easy boys they are both great engines Lol !

[Stemax1960]

@AliceeeVictoriaaa Remember the DAF MB200 engine was based on the 680 Leyland engine.

[AECAH760]

@jaggass How dare you!!!! A far superior piece of engineering that should have been developed properly. Might have seen off Volvo if cash had been spent on PSV & Lorries instead of Allegro's and Princesses!!!!!

[hamish1314]

Well done mate,well chuffed for you..................almost as good as 6 numbers on a saturday night................can smell the engine from Ramsbottom.

[sopsax767]

@hamish1314 Lol thanks !!

[TheDavidpayne]

well done ! what a beautfull coach 

[sopsax767]

@TheDavidpayne Thanks. She will be better when she is finnished !

[mrspivvy]

Best of luck with it, I can remember these from my youth, the AEC was one of the better coach chassis, they used to go very well too

[sopsax767]

Thanks. Yes the AEC chassis does go very well indeed, sadly we have found alot of rotten wood in her framework so it will still be a while until she rides again !

[sopsax767]

:-( not good sadly ! Took all the lower panels off to replace the bodybearers to find that most of the wooden frame work has rotted ! It's gonna be a long winter in the garage getting splinters Lol !

[ryanjam07]

it's my dream to own one of these but can't find one anywhere!

[sopsax767]

I know where there are another 2 supreme 3's and a supreme 4 for sale. They are all AEC 760's and all need some restoration but are complete. One needs very little to put on the road 2 need some more involved work. All are £500 each.

[Andyc18]

Thats absolutely awesome mate. I love old style coaches like that, i'm only 21 so this was way before I was even born but I wish we still saw these old buses/coaches around more often!

[sopsax767]

Thanks glad you like it ! I'm 35 so these style coaches are part of my childhood. There are plenty still around in preservation and still doing some school bus routes too ! Get yourself to some classic rallies there are some lovely old buses around.