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Title: TEI #33 Solved. W & G Model L Single Deck Bus, circa 1926
Post by: Tom_I on June 22, 2013, 03:15:39 PM
Win a point if you can identify who made these buses, and give the approximate year of manufacture.


Title: Re: TEI #33 Solved. W & G Model L Single Deck Bus, circa 1926
Post by: Tom_I on July 10, 2013, 07:07:29 AM
Experts?
Title: Re: TEI #33 Solved. W & G Model L Single Deck Bus, circa 1926
Post by: D-type on July 11, 2013, 06:33:49 PM
Harrington of Brighton ?
Title: Re: TEI #33 Solved. W & G Model L Single Deck Bus, circa 1926
Post by: Tom_I on July 12, 2013, 04:28:27 AM
No, not Harrington.
Title: Re: TEI #33 Solved. W & G Model L Single Deck Bus, circa 1926
Post by: Tom_I on July 15, 2013, 06:05:52 PM
Professionals?
Title: Re: TEI #33 Solved. W & G Model L Single Deck Bus, circa 1926
Post by: targhediferro on July 15, 2013, 06:52:14 PM
Albion?
Title: Re: TEI #33 Solved. W & G Model L Single Deck Bus, circa 1926
Post by: Wendax on July 16, 2013, 02:17:13 AM
Maudslay?
Title: Re: TEI #33 Solved. W & G Model L Single Deck Bus, circa 1926
Post by: Tom_I on July 16, 2013, 04:36:59 AM
Not Albion or Maudslay.
Title: Re: TEI #33 Solved. W & G Model L Single Deck Bus, circa 1926
Post by: targhediferro on July 16, 2013, 05:13:43 AM
Karrier?
Title: Re: TEI #33 Solved. W & G Model L Single Deck Bus, circa 1926
Post by: Tom_I on July 16, 2013, 05:23:04 AM
Not Karrier either.
Title: Re: TEI #33 Solved. W & G Model L Single Deck Bus, circa 1926
Post by: nicanary on July 16, 2013, 05:58:47 AM
Thorneycroft ?
Title: Re: TEI #33 Solved. W & G Model L Single Deck Bus, circa 1926
Post by: Tom_I on July 16, 2013, 06:47:42 AM
And not Thornycroft.
Title: Re: TEI #33 Solved. W & G Model L Single Deck Bus, circa 1926
Post by: nicanary on July 16, 2013, 07:47:03 AM
Guy ?
Title: Re: TEI #33 Solved. W & G Model L Single Deck Bus, circa 1926
Post by: Tom_I on July 16, 2013, 07:47:44 AM
No.
Title: Re: TEI #33 Solved. W & G Model L Single Deck Bus, circa 1926
Post by: Carnut on July 16, 2013, 09:14:49 AM
British make?
Title: Re: TEI #33 Solved. W & G Model L Single Deck Bus, circa 1926
Post by: targhediferro on July 16, 2013, 11:04:13 AM
AEC?
Title: Re: TEI #33 Solved. W & G Model L Single Deck Bus, circa 1926
Post by: Tom_I on July 16, 2013, 11:21:01 AM
It is a British make, but less well-known than AEC.
Title: Re: TEI #33 Solved. W & G Model L Single Deck Bus, circa 1926
Post by: Carnut on July 16, 2013, 11:26:19 AM
Halley?
Title: Re: TEI #33 Solved. W & G Model L Single Deck Bus, circa 1926
Post by: Tom_I on July 16, 2013, 11:47:07 AM
No, not Halley.
Title: Re: TEI #33 Solved. W & G Model L Single Deck Bus, circa 1926
Post by: nicanary on July 16, 2013, 11:53:13 AM
Merryweather ?
Title: Re: TEI #33 Solved. W & G Model L Single Deck Bus, circa 1926
Post by: Tom_I on July 16, 2013, 12:01:28 PM
Not Merryweather either.
Title: Re: TEI #33 Solved. W & G Model L Single Deck Bus, circa 1926
Post by: 4popoid on July 16, 2013, 12:01:43 PM
Bedford?
Title: Re: TEI #33 Solved. W & G Model L Single Deck Bus, circa 1926
Post by: Tom_I on July 16, 2013, 12:02:45 PM
No, not Bedford.
Title: Re: TEI #33 Solved. W & G Model L Single Deck Bus, circa 1926
Post by: Allan L on July 16, 2013, 12:04:07 PM
Tilling-Stevens
Title: Re: TEI #33 Solved. W & G Model L Single Deck Bus, circa 1926
Post by: nicanary on July 16, 2013, 12:05:12 PM
Quote from: Allan L on July 16, 2013, 12:04:07 PM
Tilling-Stevens

B****r !
Title: Re: TEI #33 Solved. W & G Model L Single Deck Bus, circa 1926
Post by: Tom_I on July 16, 2013, 12:21:40 PM
Sorry, not Tilling-Stevens either.
Title: Re: TEI #33 Solved. W & G Model L Single Deck Bus, circa 1926
Post by: nicanary on July 16, 2013, 12:37:13 PM
Gilford ?
Title: Re: TEI #33 Solved. W & G Model L Single Deck Bus, circa 1926
Post by: Tom_I on July 16, 2013, 12:38:04 PM
Not Gilford.
Title: Re: TEI #33 Solved. W & G Model L Single Deck Bus, circa 1926
Post by: nicanary on July 16, 2013, 01:38:29 PM
Gloster-Gardner ?
Title: Re: TEI #33 Solved. W & G Model L Single Deck Bus, circa 1926
Post by: Tom_I on July 16, 2013, 01:46:31 PM
No, sorry.
Title: Re: TEI #33 Solved. W & G Model L Single Deck Bus, circa 1926
Post by: Carnut on July 16, 2013, 02:29:15 PM
Dennis?
Title: Re: TEI #33 Solved. W & G Model L Single Deck Bus, circa 1926
Post by: Tom_I on July 16, 2013, 02:36:06 PM
No, not Dennis.
Title: Re: TEI #33 Solved. W & G Model L Single Deck Bus, circa 1926
Post by: FrontMan on July 16, 2013, 03:07:16 PM
Bean.
Title: Re: TEI #33 Solved. W & G Model L Single Deck Bus, circa 1926
Post by: Tom_I on July 16, 2013, 03:13:20 PM
Not Bean.
Title: Re: TEI #33 Solved. W & G Model L Single Deck Bus, circa 1926
Post by: pguillem on July 16, 2013, 03:51:03 PM
Vulcan ?
Title: Re: TEI #33 Solved. W & G Model L Single Deck Bus, circa 1926
Post by: Tom_I on July 16, 2013, 04:06:10 PM
Harrington
Albion
Maudslay
Karrier
Thornycroft
Guy
AEC
Halley
Merryweather
Bedford
Tilling-Stevens
Gilford
Gloster-Gardner
Dennis
Bean
Vulcan
Title: Re: TEI #33 Solved. W & G Model L Single Deck Bus, circa 1926
Post by: nicanary on July 16, 2013, 04:36:47 PM
Shelvoke & Drewry?
Title: Re: TEI #33 Solved. W & G Model L Single Deck Bus, circa 1926
Post by: Tom_I on July 16, 2013, 04:46:02 PM
 It's two initials, but not S&D.
Title: Re: TEI #33 Solved. W & G Model L Single Deck Bus, circa 1926
Post by: nicanary on July 16, 2013, 05:32:36 PM
You say it's not well-known, so I'm out of ideas. I have a site which lists all makers of bus/coach chassis in the UK, and there's not much left.

It's hardly an unknown name, but Morris Commercial ?
Title: Re: TEI #33 Solved. W & G Model L Single Deck Bus, circa 1926
Post by: 4popoid on July 16, 2013, 05:51:12 PM
Kerr-Stuart about 1929?
Title: Re: TEI #33 Solved. W & G Model L Single Deck Bus, circa 1926
Post by: Carnut on July 16, 2013, 06:57:44 PM
W & G?
Title: Re: TEI #33 Solved. W & G Model L Single Deck Bus, circa 1926
Post by: Tom_I on July 17, 2013, 05:05:00 AM
And Carnut has it! It's the W & G Model L, made by W & G du Cros Ltd of Acton, West London.

William and George du Cros were sons of William Harvey du Cros, who among other things was a founder of the Dunlop Rubber Company.

W & G ran taxis and delivery vans before WW1, making a lot of their own bodies. They made trucks and buses after WW1, then slowly disappeared, almost without trace. Though rarely mentioned , it was one of the companies that made up the Sunbeam-Talbot-Darracq conglomerate, and was disposed of just before that group went into liquidation in 1936, by which time production had dwindled.

This advert is from 1926.