AEC Regent III
The AEC Regent III (also known as Regent 3 or Regent Mark III) was a type of double-decker bus chassis manufactured by AEC.
| AEC Regent III | |
|---|---|
City of Oxford Motor Services Regent III | |
| Body and chassis | |
| Doors | 1 cab door, open platform at rear |
| Floor type | Step entrance |
| Powertrain | |
| Engine | AEC |
| Dimensions | |
| Height | 13 ft 5+3⁄4 in (4.11 m) |
| Chronology | |
| Predecessor | AEC Regent II |
| Successor | AEC Routemaster AEC Regent V |
It was mainly built for operation outside London and overseas. It could be fitted with AEC's 9.6-litre diesel engine (except a minority with 7.7-litre ones), 'Wilson' preselective epicyclic gearbox (except for a minority with crash gearboxes; a synchromesh option also became available in the early 1950s) and air-pressure operated brakes (except a minority with vacuum brakes). The Regent III was available with bodies from a number of manufacturers including Park Royal, Metro Cammell Weymann and Charles H. Roe.
AEC Regent III was superseded by the AEC Regent V, not the AEC Regent IV underfloor-engined double decker which existed as a one-off prototype only. The last Regent IIIs were supplied to Reading Corporation in 1956.