Author Topic: TEI #26 - Solved. 1932 Thornycroft Daring, body by Gloucester Railway Carriage and Wagon Company (Read 976 times)

Tom_I · « **on:** August 29, 2012, 04:16:03 PM »

Here's a rather ungainly looking bus.

For a point can you identify the chassis, the approximate year, and the coachbuilder responsible for the bodywork?

Tom_I · « **Reply #1 on:** September 01, 2012, 03:42:29 PM »

Experts?

frederick59 · « **Reply #2 on:** September 02, 2012, 02:12:24 PM »

Tom_I · « **Reply #3 on:** September 02, 2012, 02:30:34 PM »

Not an AEC.

frederick59 · « **Reply #4 on:** September 03, 2012, 03:03:24 PM »

Daimler?

Tom_I · « **Reply #5 on:** September 03, 2012, 03:59:04 PM »

Sorry, not a Daimler either.

frederick59 · « **Reply #6 on:** September 03, 2012, 04:33:11 PM »

Austin?

Tom_I · « **Reply #7 on:** September 03, 2012, 05:05:00 PM »

Not an Austin.

max · « **Reply #8 on:** September 03, 2012, 06:42:37 PM »

Morris Commercial Imperial with Metro Cammell body? If so, approx. 1933

Tom_I · « **Reply #9 on:** September 04, 2012, 05:34:25 AM »

Approx. 1933 is right - it's just one year out.

Unfortunately the rest is wrong. Not a bad guess, though, as there is information available that Metro-Cammell built double-deck bus bodies on the same model of chassis at roughly the same time as the puzzle bus.

Trommel · « **Reply #10 on:** September 04, 2012, 07:53:42 AM »

Thornycroft Daring, Vickers body?

Hope I'm not turning into a bus spotter.

Tom_I · « **Reply #11 on:** September 04, 2012, 08:14:19 AM »

Now we are making progress. It is a Thornycroft Daring, but not a Vickers body.

Trommel · « **Reply #12 on:** September 04, 2012, 08:24:36 AM »

English Electric?

Tom_I · « **Reply #13 on:** September 04, 2012, 08:33:00 AM »

max · « **Reply #14 on:** September 04, 2012, 11:39:14 AM »

Northern Counties?

Tom_I · « **Reply #15 on:** September 04, 2012, 11:43:14 AM »

Trommel · « **Reply #16 on:** September 04, 2012, 12:19:03 PM »

Waddington?

Tom_I · « **Reply #17 on:** September 04, 2012, 12:35:41 PM »

Not Waddington either.

Trommel · « **Reply #18 on:** September 04, 2012, 12:53:27 PM »

Cowieson?

Tom_I · « **Reply #19 on:** September 04, 2012, 01:34:57 PM »

No.

I'll offer a clue.

The name of the coachbuilder consists of several words, including a geographical location, and a description of the company's main product lines.

Tom_I · « **Reply #20 on:** September 08, 2012, 05:58:57 AM »

Does that clue make it too easy for the professionals? Let's see...

Carnut · « **Reply #21 on:** September 08, 2012, 07:41:59 AM »

I have 2 possibilities in mind but not sure which to try first...
Let's try Eastern Counties?

Tom_I · « **Reply #22 on:** September 08, 2012, 10:04:46 AM »

Not Eastern Counties.

woodinsight · « **Reply #23 on:** September 08, 2012, 10:05:59 AM »

Birmingham Railway & Carriage Works (BRCW), Birmingham?

Tom_I · « **Reply #24 on:** September 08, 2012, 11:06:30 AM »

That's not it, but you have the right idea about the form of the name.

The words "Railway" and "Carriage" are correct!

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