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.
SMS730	JGF730K	AEC Swift Recruitment Bus	Other

Licence on:	02/09/1971
Into stock:	22/07/1980
From:	Ex SMS730
Out of stock:	24/05/1985 (Life: 4.84 years)
Disposal:	Allco Ltd, Eastcote
Licence off:	27/08/1981 ?This is the last recorded licence expiry date. Previous expiry dates will be shown in the Licensing History section below.

Livery:	Red/White
Operator:	LT
Status:	Withdrawn
Allocation:	n/a
Added to LTSV:	01/09/2005 by Thomas Young
Last edited:	24/02/2014 ?This is the date of the most recent edit. To see details of all edits, scroll to the bottom of the page.

Photos

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.
03/01/1982	Victoria (Gillingham Street) Garage		Malcolm Conway

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.
10 history entries have been added, shown below in date order (oldest first).

Date	Event	Operator	Department	Location	Status	Notes	Source
08/1971	New into stock	LT	?	Aldenham Works		ex AEC (as SMS-type bus)	Estimate
09/1971	Allocated to	LT	?	Merton Garage			Ian's Bus Stop
08/1978	Withdrawn	unknown	?	Thornton Heath Garage			Ian's Bus Stop
25/03/1980	Transferred (unlicensed)	LT	Experimental	Chiswick Works	u	ex Clapham. For conversion to Recruitment Bus	LT Variation Sheets
22/07/1980	Converted	LT	n/a	Peckham Garage	u	ex Chiswick Experimental	LT Variation Sheets
11/08/1980	Relicensed	LT	n/a	Peckham Garage			LT Variation Sheets
27/08/1981	Transferred	LT	n/a	Victoria (Gillingham Street) Garage		ex Peckham	LT Variation Sheets
c.03/1984	Withdrawn and transferred	unknown	n/a	AEC Works, Southall	w	ex Victoria	LOTS TLB236 (April 1984)
30/03/1985	Transferred (unlicensed)	unknown	Sales Department	AEC Works, Southall	u	ex Victoria	LT Variation Sheets
24/05/1985	Sold	unknown	n/a	n/a		ex AEC Southall	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
SMS730 was used as Horse Bus Information centre outside Baker Street station in August + September 1979 which many would argue was its first use as a service vehicle.As a recruiting bus it suffered a minor accident which pushed in the nearside front sidelight panel so far that the front doors would not shut - it required works repair that was never done, instead it was retained as source of spare parts for SMD91, SMD441 and SPB753. Sold to Allmey and reluctantly scrapped for spares because the kink in the front was too deep to repair cheaply	Mick Overton	03/02/2016
Photograph at http://www.flickr.com/photos/57141830@N08/6967899270/in/pool-395450@N20	snowy13	05/06/2012
Photograph in 'The London Swifts' (Capital Transport)	Ray	24/02/2009

Documents ?This section contains scans of official documents that relate to this vehicle.
5 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	27/08/1981		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 2 times, as listed below (most recent edits first).

Date	Summary	Edited by	Public?
24/02/2014	Improved date out	Thomas Young	Y
16/04/2009	Licensing date/s updated	Ray	Y