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.
88Q	DGJ180	AEC Mercury 4-ton Tower Wagon	Heavy Lorry	641289

Licence on:	?
Into stock:	01/10/1936
From:
Out of stock:	27/01/1961 (Life: 24.32 years)
Disposal:	G Cohen, London
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Status:	Withdrawn
Allocation:	n/a
Added to LTSV:	01/09/2005 by Thomas Young
Last edited:	27/01/2024 ?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
2 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.
17/04/1960	Upton Park	Boleyn	Ray
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.
13 history entries have been added, shown below in date order (oldest first).

Date	Event	Operator	Department	Location	Status	Notes	Source
01/10/1936	Allocated to	LT	Electrical Engineer	Finchley Garage			Vehicle Record Card
by01/01/1938	Allocated to	LT	Electrical ( T&T)	Unknown		Allocated 'West'	KR CD List
by01/11/1946	Allocated to	LT	Dept of the Chief Engr (Distribution Engr (T&T) N	Finchley Garage			CDS Fleetlist November 1946
01/02/1947	Delicensed	LT	Electrical Supply	Unknown	u		LT Miscellaneous Vehicles Advice Book
12/03/1947	Relicensed	LT	Electrical Engineer (North)	Finchley Garage			LT Miscellaneous Vehicles Advice Book
05/08/1949	Transferred and delicensed	LT	?			Unclear BW?	LOTS Notes
20/09/1949	Servicing/Repairs	LT	Chief Mechanical Engineer (Road Services)	Aldenham Works		In from 4/8/1949	KR CD List
08/11/1949	Transferred and licensed	LT	?	Finchley Garage			LOTS Notes
by01/06/1959	Transferred	LT	?	Poplar Garage			LOTS Notes
12/06/1959	Transferred	LT	Electrical Equipment Engineer (Gp.1)	West Ham Garage		ex Poplar, Electrical Equipment Engineer (Gp.1)	LT Miscellaneous Vehicles Advice Book
29/11/1960	Withdrawn	LT	Electrical Equipment Engineer (Gp.1)	West Ham Garage	w		LT Miscellaneous Vehicles Advice Book
08/12/1960	Transferred (unlicensed)	LT	Reserve	West Ham Garage	w	ex West Ham, Stored	LT Miscellaneous Vehicles Advice Book
27/01/1961	Sold	LT	n/a	n/a		ex West Ham	LT Miscellaneous Vehicles Advice Book

Notes ?This section contains notes that users have added about this vehicle.
8 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	30/01/2025
Petrol 1936 cost £1070 80hp	Ray	28/04/2023
Photo held showing vehicle allocated to Poplar (LOS1)	Ray	15/01/2022
Appears in London Transport Cine Gazette No.6. (LT Museum)	Ray	19/09/2019
Photograph in SUP15 (LOTS1978)	Ray	28/02/2009
Photograph in 'London Transport Service Vehicles' (Capital Transport)	Ray	27/02/2009
Photographs (2) in 'London Trolleybus Chronology 1931-1962' (Ian Allan)	Ray	24/02/2009
Previous number 200	Thomas Young	19/02/2009

Documents ?This section contains scans of official documents that relate to this vehicle.
9 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?
27/01/2024	History Event ID 33619 edited	Ray	Y
25/11/2012	Improved date out	Thomas Young	Y