Coventry Corporation Transport: Bus Fleet List 1914-1974

Coventry Corporation Transport

Bus Fleet List
1914-1974

Fleet No.

Reg. No.

Chassis

Chassis No.

Body

Seating

1914

1-4	DU???	Maudslay 40hp	?	Brush?	O18/16RO
5	DU268	Maudslay 40hp	?	Brush	O18/16RO
6	DU259	Maudslay 40hp	?	Brush	O18/16RO

Chassis of Nos. 1-6 impressed by War Department; bodies sold to Sheffield Corporation. Registration numbers uncertain - some verified by photographic evidence.
Withdrawn 1914 (1-6).

1919

1-2	HP445-446	AEC YC	14921/20	Hora	B28R
3-7	HP448-452	AEC YC	14917/16?/ 15/19/18	Hora	B28R

Nos. 1-7 re-seated to B29R by 1927; re-seated to B28R in 1931.
Withdrawn 1930 (1, 3), 1931 (5, 7), 1932 (6), 1933 (2), 1934 (4).

1921

8	HP447	Maudslay Subsidy A	3581	General Seating	B36R
9-11	HP2182-2184	Maudslay Subsidy A	3582-84	General Seating	B36R

Nos. 8-11 re-seated to B34R c.1931.
Withdrawn 1934 (8-11).

1923

HP5744

Maudslay CP

3618

Hickman

O58RO

Withdrawn 1934 (12).

1924

13	HP9001	Maudslay CP	3642	Hickman	O58RO
14	HP9009	Maudslay CP	3646	Hickman	O58RO

Nos. 13-14 re-seated to O56RO by 1927.
Withdrawn 1933 (14), 1934 (13).

1925

15	RW1999	Maudslay CP	3707	Hickman	O58RO
16	RW1998	Maudslay CP	3708	Hickman	O58RO
17-18	RW5000-5001	Maudslay CP	3744-45	Hickman	H54RO
19	RW5119	Maudslay CP	3785	Hickman	H54RO

Nos. 15-16 re-seated to O56RO by 1927.
Nos. 17-19 re-seated to H52RO by 1927.
Withdrawn 1934 (15-19).

1927

20-22	WK500-502	Maudslay ML4A	4061/60/62	Hickman	B26D
23-25	WK3101-3103	Maudslay ML4A	4165-67	Hickman	B26D

Withdrawn 1935 (24), 1938 (20-23, 25).

1928

26-30	WK6601-6605	Maudslay ML4A	4353-54/56/ 55/57	Hickman	B26D
31-33	WK7501-7503	Maudslay ML4A	4450-52	Hickman	B26D
36-39	WK7686-7689	Maudslay CPL2	4435-38	Vickers	H24/24R

Withdrawn 1935 (27, 30-32), 1936 (36-39), 1938 (26, 28-29, 33).

1929

34-35	VC1784-1785	Maudslay ML4C	4722-23	Hickman	B26D
40	WK8765	Maudslay ML7	4439	Brush	H33/27R
41-42	VC2632-2633	Maudslay ML7	4780-81	Brush	H35/27R
47	VC1057	Daimler CF6	7155S	Brush	B26D

No. 47 ex-Daimler demonstrator (new 1929).
Withdrawn 1935 (34-35, 47), 1936 (40), 1938 (41-42).

1930

43-46	VC5217-5220	Maudslay ML7	4884-87	Brush	H33/27R
48-53	VC6515-6520	Maudslay ML7	4913/09-10/ 15/14/16	Brush	H33/27R
54	VC6000	Dennis EV	17896	Brush	B32D

Withdrawn 1935 (54), 1938 (44-45, 52), 1939 (43, 46, 48-51, 53).

1931

55-58

VC9664-9667

Maudslay ML7

5009-12

Brush

H33/27R

Withdrawn 1939 (55-58).

1932

59-61	KV721-723	Maudslay ML7	5042-44	Brush	H26/24R
62-63	KV724-725	Dennis Lance II	126037/44	Brush	H26/24R
64-65	KV726-727	Dennis 30cwt	56581-82	Brush	B14F

Withdrawn 1936 (64-65), 1943 (62), 1944 (63), 1945 (59-60), 1946 (61).

1933

KV64

Daimler CP6

9074

Weymann

H24/24R

No. 6 ex-Daimler demonstrator (on loan from 1933 until purchased in 1935, new 1931); re-seated to H27/26R in 1939; re-numbered 266 in 1946.
Withdrawn 1949 (6[as 266]).

1934

10	VC5615	Dennis GL	70648	Brush	B20F
101-108	KV7101-7108	Daimler CP6	9156/54-55/ 72-74/47/57	Brush	H26/24R
109-116	KV7109-7116	Daimler CP6	9134/76/71/ 79/78/75/32/ 77	Brush	H26/24R
117-119	KV9117-9119	Daimler COA6	9222/196/221	MCCW	H26/24R
120-122	KV9120-9122	Daimler CP6	9218-20	Brush	H26/24R

No. 10 ex-Duckham, Coventry (new 1930).
Nos. 101-122 re-seated to H27/26R in 1939.
No. 108 received new Brush H31/29R body in 1942; re-numbered 408 in 1949.
No. 109 rebuilt using top deck from 164(BKV164) in 1941 and re-seated to H29/26R.
Nos. 117-119 re-numbered 417-419 in 1950.
Withdrawn 1937 (10), 1940 (122), 1945 (113, 121), 1947 (110), 1948 (101-107, 109, 111-112, 114-116, 120), 1951 (117-119[417-419]), 1952 (108[408]).

1935

123-132	AVC123-132	Daimler COA6	9504/497/507/ 02/499/503/ 01/00/05/06	MCCW	H26/24R
135-142	AVC135-142	Daimler COA6	9496/98/93/ 509/494/510/ 08/495/511-12	MCCW	H26/24R

Nos. 123-142 re-seated to H27/26R in 1939.
Nos. 126, 129 re-bodied by Brush to H31/29R in 1942.
Nos. 123-124, 127 re-numbered 423-424, 427 in 1950.
Nos. 131, 136 re-numbered 431, 436 in 1951.
Withdrawn 1941 (128), 1949 (125, 139-142), 1950 (126, 129-130, 132-133, 135, 137), 1951 (134, 138), 1952 (123-124[423-424], 127[427], 131[431], 136[436]).

1936

143-144	BDU143-144	Leyland KPO2	4421-22	Brush	B20F
145	BHP145	Leyland KPO2	4395	Brush	B20F
146	BHP146	Daimler COG5	8164	MCCW	B34F
147-161	BWK147-161	Daimler COA6	9695-9709	Brush	H29/26R

Nos. 155, 161 re-bodied by Roe to H31/26R in 1949.
Nos. 153, 155, 161 re-numbered 453, 455, 461 in 1952.
Withdrawn 1938 (143-145), 1949 (146-147, 154, 159), 1950 (150-151, 156, 158, 160), 1951 (149, 152, 157), 1952 (148, 153[453]), 1958 (155[455], 161[461]).

1937

162-168	BKV162-168	Daimler COA6	9837/36/41/ 39/38/40/45/	Brush	H29/26R
169-173	BKV169-173	Daimler COA6	9842/44/47/ 46/43	Brush	H29/26R

No. 164 re-bodied by Brush to H31/29R in 1942; the upper deck from the previous body was fitted to No. 109.
No. 170 re-numbered 470 in 1955.
No. 173 re-bodied by Roe to H31/26R in 1949; re-numbered 473 in 1955.
Withdrawn 1941 (167), 1949 (162, 164), 1950 (163, 166), 1951 (165, 168-169), 1952 (171-172), 1956 (170[470]), 1958 (173[473]).

1938

174-178	CWK174-178	Daimler COG5/40	8337-41	Park Royal	B38F
179-181	CWK179-181	Daimler COA6	10243/45/44	Park Royal	H29/26R
182-187	CWK182-187	Daimler COA6	10246/48-49/ 47/50-51	Brush	H29/26R
188-194	CWK188-194	Daimler COA6	10253-54/56/ 55/52/59/61	Brush	H29/26R
195-201	CWK195-201	Daimler COA6	10263/60/58/ 64/62/57/68	Brush	H29/26R
202-205	CWK202-205	Daimler COA6	10266-67/ 65/69	Brush	H29/26R
206-208	DHP206-208	Daimler COG/40	8393-95	Park Royal	B38F
209-211	DWK209-211	Daimler COG5/40	8429-31	Park Royal	B38F

Nos. 175, 208, 210 re-seated to B32F in 1942-43; No. 208 re-seated to B38F in 1945.
No. 187 re-numbered 487 in 1955.
Nos. 199, 201 re-bodied by Roe to H31/26R in 1949; re-numbered 499, 401 respectively in 1956.
Withdrawn 1940 (183), 1949 (174-178, 194, 197, 206-211), 1950 (179-180, 184, 188-190, 202-204), 1951 (182, 185), 1952 (181), 1953 (186, 191, 193, 195), 1955 (192, 198, 200, 205), 1956 (187[487], 196), 1958 (199[499], 201[401]).

1939

1	CP9077	AEC Regent	6611016	Hoyal	H26/24RO
4-5	CP8010-8011	AEC Regent	661040/38	Hoyal	H26/24RO
7	CP9070	AEC Regent	6611027	Hoyal	H26/24RO
212-218	DKV212-218	Daimler COA6	10685/78-79/ 81/87/82/84	MCCW	H30/26R
219-222	DKV219-222	Daimler COA6	10688/83/ 86/80	MCCW	H30/26R
223	DKV223	Daimler COA6	10689	Massey	H30/26R
224-229	DKV224-229	Daimler COA6	10690-95	Brush	H29/26R
230-233	EHP230-233	Daimler COG5/60	10827-30	Brush	H29/31R
234-237	EHP234-237	Daimler COA6	10825/24/ 23/26	MCCW	H31/29R
238-241	EWK238-241	Daimler COG5/60	11043-46	Brush	H29/31R

Nos. 1, 7 ex-Halifax JOC (Nos. 114, 107 respectively, new 1931); No. 7 re-numbered 267 in 1946.
Nos. 4-5 ex-Halifax Corporation (Nos. 54-55, new 1929); re-numbered 264-265 in 1946; re-bodied by Brush to H30/26R in 1942.
No. 240 re-bodied by Brush to H31/29R in 1942.
Withdrawn 1943 (1), 1948 (4[264], 5[265], 7[267]), 1950 (234, 237, 239), 1952 (214, 230-233, 235, 238, 241), 1953 (222-223, 227-229), 1955 (213, 216-217, 240), 1956 (212, 215, 218-221, 224-226, 236).

1940

242-244	EVC242-244	Daimler COG5/40	8556-58	Park Royal	B38F
245	EVC245	Daimler COG5/60	11084	Brush	H29/31R
246	EVC246	Daimler COA6	11083	MCCW	H31/29R
247-258	EVC247-258	Daimler COG5/60	11119-20/28/ 22-27/21/29-30	Brush	H29/31R

Nos. 254, 258 re-bodied by Brush to H29/31R in 1942.
Withdrawn 1949 (242, 244), 1950 (243), 1951 (249), 1952 (245, 247-248, 250-251, 253-255, 258), 1953 (252, 257), 1956 (246, 256).

1941

UJ4901

Leyland SKP3

3280

Burlingham

C26R

No. 2 ex-Rover, Solihull (new 1935).
Withdrawn 1945 (2).

1942

9	WJ517	Leyland TS3	61762	Leyland	B30R
10	WJ519	Leyland TS3	61764	Leyland	B30R
11	WJ520	Leyland TS3	61765	Duple	C32F
259-261	EVC259-261	AEC Regent	06617214-15/ 197	Brush	H31/29R
284	EKV284	Bristol K5G	57052	Strachan	H30/26R
285-289	EKV285-289	Guy Arab I	FD25453/60/ 66/69/80	Brush	H29/27R
290-298	EKV290-298	Bedford OWB	8828/98/731/ 9108/8787/ 9005/163/40/ 9224	Roe	B32F
299	EKV299	Leyland TD7	307052	Northern Counties	L27/26R
300-301	EKV300-301	Guy Arab I	FD25689/94	Massey	H30/26R

Nos. 9-11 ex-City Coach Co., London (Nos. T6, T4, T3 respectively, new 1931); No. 11 re-numbered 263 in 1946.
Nos. 284-285, 287, 300 rebuilt by Nudd Bros. & Lockyer between 1951 and 1953.
Nos. 286, 288-289, 301 rebuilt by Bond between 1951 and 1953.
Withdrawn 1943 (299), 1945 (9-10), 1948 (11[263], 290-295, 297-298), 1949 (296), 1958 (259-261, 284, 286, 288-289, 301), 1959 (285, 287, 300).

1943

302-308	EKV302-308	Guy Arab I 5LW	FD25668/719/ 23/812/674/ 78-79	Weymann	H30/26R
309	EKV709	Guy Arab I 5LW	FD25695	Weymann	H30/26R
310-315	EKV710-715	Guy Arab I 5LW	FD25677/80/ 96-97/99/700	Park Royal	H30/26R
316-320	EKV816-820	Daimler CWG5	11329/41-42/ 55/97	Duple	H30/26R
321-322	EKV821-822	Daimler CWG5	11400/335	Massey	H30/26R
323-329	EKV823-829	Guy Arab II 5LW	FD25954/56/ 68/71/6049/ 56-57	Weymann	H30/26R
330	EKV930	Guy Arab I 6LW	FD25866	Brush	L27/28R
331-335	EKV931-935	Guy Arab II 5LW	FD26227-28/ 31/307/37	Park Royal	H30/26R
346	EKV946	Guy Arab II 5LW	FD26406	Park Royal	H30/26R

No. 308 rebuilt by Coventry CT in 1955.
No. 309 carried registration plate EKV309 on delivery and ran in service with this number for a few weeks.
No. 321 rebuilt by Coventry CT and re-seated to H31/29R in 1949.
Nos. 323-324 rebuilt in 1950 by Nudd Bros. (323) and Coventry CT (324).
No. 322 rebuilt by Coventry CT in 1951.
Nos. 306, 310-312, 314-316, 319, 325-328, 331, 333-335, 346 rebuilt by Nudd Bros. in 1951.
Nos. 313, 329 rebuilt by Bond in 1952.
No. 309 rebuilt by East Lancs in 1952.
Nos. 307, 317-318, 320, 332 rebuilt by Bond in 1953; No. 332 re-seated to H31/29R in 1949.
Nos. 316, 319, 321-322 re-numbered 416, 419, 421-422 in 1963.
Withdrawn 1952 (330), 1958 (304, 306-307, 309, 312-313, 315, 317-318, 320, 323-324, 326, 329, 332-333), 1959 (302, 305, 310-311, 328, 331), 1961 (303, 308, 314, 325, 327, 334-335, 346), 1963 (319[419], 321[421]), 1964 (316[416], 322[422]).

1944

336-338	EKV936-938	Daimler CWA6	11581-83	Duple	H30/26R
339-341	EKV939-941	Daimler CWA6	11636-38	Northern Counties	H30/26R
342-345	EKV942-945	Daimler CWA6	11643-44/ 52-53	Weymann	H30/26R
347-356	EKV947-956	Daimler CWA6	11646/34/45/ 33/49/48/47/ 79-81	Northern Counties	H30/26R
363-372	EKV963-972	Daimler CWA6	11786-89/ 92-96/800	Duple	H30/26R

No. 342 re-seated to H31/29R in 1947.
Nos. 370-372 re-seated to H31/27R in 1949; No. 371 re-bodied by Roe to H31/25R in 1951.
Nos. 336-337, 363, 366-369 re-bodied by Roe to H31/25R in 1951.
Nos. 350-352 [1951], 339, 341, 347-348, 353-356 [1952], 340, 349 [1953] rebuilt by Coventry Corporation in the years shown.
Nos. 338, 364-365, 370 rebuilt by Nudd Bros. & Lockyer in 1951.
No. 342 rebuilt by East Lancs in 1952.
Nos. 344-345 [1952], 343, 372 [1953] rebuilt by Bond in the years shown.
Nos. 336-337 re-numbered 436-437 in 1963.
Withdrawn 1958 (338-340, 345, 350-351, 353, 363-365, 372), 1959 (366), 1961 (352), 1962 (354), 1963 (336[436], 341-343, 347-348, 356), 1964 (337[437], 344, 349, 355, 367-371).

1945

357-359	EKV957-959	Guy Arab II 5LW	FD27197/214/ 33	Strachan	H30/26R
360	FDU60	Guy Arab II 5LW	FD27527	Strachan	H30/26R
361-362	EKV961-962	Daimler CWA6	11949-50	Brush	H30/26R
373-376	FDU373-376	Daimler CWA6	12266-68/75	Duple	H30/26R
377-384	FDU377-384	Daimler CWA6D	12331-35/49/ 408-09/	Duple	H30/26R

Nos. 373, 375, 382, 384 re-bodied by Roe to H31/25R in 1951.
Nos. 358-360, 381 rebuilt by Nudd Bros. & Lockyer in 1951.
Nos. 376-378, 380 [1952], 357, 361, 379, 383 [1953] rebuilt by Bond in the years shown.
Withdrawn 1957 (362), 1958 (357, 361, 374, 377, 379, 381, 383), 1961 (358-360), 1963 (373, 376, 378, 380, 382), 1964 (375, 384).

1946

385-386

FDU385-386

Daimler CWA6D

12596/609

Duple

H30/26R

No. 385 rebuilt by Nudd Bros. & Lockyer in 1951.
No. 386 rebuilt by Bond in 1953.
Withdrawn 1958 (385-386).

1948

1-13	FHP1-13	Daimler CVA6	12693-99/ 13268-73	MCCW	H31/29R
14-30	FHP14-30	Daimler CVA6	13421-33/395- 96/434/394	MCCW	H31/29R

No. 19 re-numbered 419 in 1966.
Withdrawn 1964 (7, 12, 20), 1965 (4, 6, 8, 10-11, 13-15, 17-18, 22, 26, 29), 1966 (1-3, 5, 9, 16, 19[419], 21, 23-25, 27-28).

1949

31-81	GKV31-81	Daimler CVA6	14397-418/ 21-24/19-20/ 25-47	MCCW	H31/29R
101-108	GKV101-108	Daimler CVD6	14462-69	Brush	B34F
109-116	HKV109-116	Daimler CVD6	14689-96	Brush	B34F

Nos. 111, 113-114 re-seated with coach seats to DP30F in 1954.
Withdrawn 1962 (35), 1963 (102-103, 105-106, 109, 112, 115), 1964 (58, 62-64, 77, 101, 104, 107-108, 111), 1965 (33, 42, 53, 57, 61, 65-68, 72-74, 76, 110, 116), 1966 (31-32, 34, 36-41, 43-52, 54-56, 59, 60, 69, 71, 75, 79, 81, 113), 1967 (70, 114), 1968 (78, 80).

1950

82-95

GKV82-95

Daimler CVA6

14448-61

MCCW

H31/29R

No. 85 actually entered service in 1949.
Withdrawn 1964 (88, 91, 95), 1965 (92-93), 1966 (85-87, 90), 1967 (83-84, 89), 1968 (82, 94).

1951

97-98	GKV97-98	Daimler CVD6	12692/14393	MCCW	H31/29R
99	GKV99	AEC Regent III	0961217	MCCW	H30/26R
100	GKV100	Crossley DD42/7T	94940	MCCW	H31/27R
117-125	JKV117-125	Maudslay Regent III	M9612E4639-47	MCCW	H31/27R

No. 97 actually entered service in 1950.
Nos. 117-125 were assembled by the Maudslay Motor Co. Ltd., and received Maudslay chassis numbers 50001-50009 in addition to their AEC chassis numbers.
Withdrawn 1964 (98-99, 118), 1965 (97, 100, 117, 119-125).

1952

96	GKV96	Daimler CVA6	13267	MCCW	H31/27R
126-165	KVC126-165	Daimler CVD6	17298-318/32/ 19-24/27/33/ 25-26/28-31/ 34-37	MCCW	H31/27R

No. 126 actually entered service in 1951.
Withdrawn 1965 (130), 1966 (96, 135), 1967 (137, 148, 160), 1968 (126, 138, 152, 155, 161), 1969 (129, 153-154, 156, 159, 162), 1970 (133, 139, 141-142, 145-147, 149-150, 157, 164-165), 1971 (131-132, 134, 140, 143-144, 158, 163), 1972 (127-128, 136, 151).

1956

166-190	RWK166-190	Daimler CVG6	18793-804/ 81-93	MCCW	H33/27R
191-215	SKV191-215	Daimler CVG6	19135-59	MCCW	H33/27R

Nos. 178-188 actually entered service in 1955.
Nos. 190, 214 re-seated to H34/29R in 1960 and 1961 respectively.
No. 211 to West Midlands PTE (WMPTE) 4/74 re-numbered 211Y.
Withdrawn 1971 (166-171, 173, 177-178, 182-183, 185-186, 188-189), 1972 (172, 174-176, 179-181, 184, 187, 190-196, 209), 1973 (197-208, 210, 212-215).

1958

216-265

VWK216-265

Daimler CVG6

19460-84/
92-516

MCCW

H33/27R

Nos. 216, 230, 238 to WMPTE as withdrawn vehicles 4/74; Nos. 216, 230 re-instated and re-numbered 216Y, 230Y in 1974.
Nos. 220, 223-229, 231-237, 239-240, 242, 245-261, 263-265 to WMPTE 4/74 retaining same numbers but with Y suffix added.
Withdrawn 1970 (221), 1972 (219), 1973 (216-218, 222, 230, 241, 243-244, 262), 1974 (238).

1959

266-290	XVC266-290	Daimler CVG6	19646-70	MCCW	H33/27R
401-403	XRW401-403	Daimler G6H/S	25710-12	Willowbrook	C41F

Nos. 401-403 re-seated to C39F in 1965 (401) or 1967 and destination boxes added.
Nos. 266-290 to WMPTE 4/74 retaining same numbers but with Y suffix added.
Withdrawn 1970 (401-403).

1961

291-312

291-312RW

Daimler CVG6

19818-39

MCCW

H34/29R

Nos. 292-312 to WMPTE 4/74 retaining same numbers but with Y suffix added.
Withdrawn 1973 (291; converted to tree-lopping vehicle and passed to WMPTE 4/74).

1963

313-337

313-337CRW

Daimler CVG6

20024-48

MCCW

H34/29R

Nos. 313-317 to WMPTE 4/74 retaining same numbers but with Y suffix added.

1964

404	404CWK	Bedford SB5	94770	Duple	C41F
405-406	CDU405-06B	Bedford SB5	94940/44	Duple	C41F
501	CDU51B	Ford 530E	L30C852237K	Martin Walter	C25F

Withdrawn 1972 (404-406, 501).

1965

338-359	CDU338-59B	Leyland PDR1/2	L21338-59	Willowbrook	H44/32F
360-381	CRW360-81C	Daimler CRG6LX	61117-38	Willowbrook	H44/32F