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AEC Regal I - T 357 Date: 1931 Registration: GN 8242 Acquired by Museum: 2003 Current State: As acquired, unrestored T 357 was new to Queen Line Coaches, Baldock in 1931 then taken over and renumbered T 357 by Green Line (LGCS) at the end of 1933. In 1935 it was re-bodied with a new Weymann metal framed body, with 26 seats and reclassified 5T4, and allocated to Green Line. In 1938 it was reclassified as bus and upseated to 30. 1943 saw it converted for producer gas operation, allocated to Addlestone garage for operations to Vickers (Weybridge) on 462, reconverting to petrol at the end of 1944. In July 1945 it was sold to the Ministry of War Transport for Allied Control Commission in Germany, being sold on to France in the early 1950s, finally being sold again for conversion to a mobile home. Depot 45 in Cobham's Redhill Road was one of the Vickers Works' out-stations and a terminus for buses on the 462 route. Detop 45 still exists today and, unbelievably, is now Cobham Bus Museum! T 357 was found in a barn in Dunkirk in 2002, and given the bus's local history, the Museum did not hesitate in making an offer to buy it. The offer was accepted and arrangements for the bus to return on a low-loader were put in hand. On Friday 14th March 2003, the bus re-entered the grounds of Depot 45, which is now Cobham Bus Museum, over 58 years since it had last been there! The bus is in need of a full restoration, but seems to have remained structurely sound, as it has been under cover since the 1950s. It is hoped that this vehicle will be one of the next to be restored, but not until the all the current restoration projects have been finished. Chassis: AEC Regal 1 Body: London Lorries (As Built) C29R, Weymann (rebuilt 1935) B26F Engine: AEC A145 7.4 litre petrol with manual gearbox Vehicle Classification: 5T4 Date into service: 1931 Date of withdrawal: 1945

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