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Daimler COA6

Original Photo by Alf Owen

This was the first batch of buses ordered by Coventry Corporation with diesel engines.

Model Daimler COA6
Details Double deck with Metropolitan Cammell Carriage and Wagon (MCCW) bodywork
AEC A171 7.7 Litre engine
§ AEC A165 8.8 Litre engine 
Upper saloon: 26 seats				Lower saloon: 24 seats
Seats reconfigured in 1939 
Upper saloon: 27 seats				Lower saloon: 26 seats
Number Delivered Withdrawn Reg No Notes
117§ 1934 1951 KV9117 1950: re-numbered 417
118§ 1934 1951 KV9118 1950: re-numbered 418
119§ 1934 1951 KV9119 1950: re-numbered 419
123 1935 1952 AVC123 1950: re-numbered 423
124 1935 1952 AVC124 1950: re-numbered 424
125 1935 1949 AVC125 1950: re-numbered 425
126 1935 1950 AVC126 1942: new Brush body
Upper saloon: 31 seats		Lower saloon: 29 seats
127 1935 1952 AVC127
128 1935 1941 AVC128 Withdrawn after severe air raid damage
129 1935 1950 AVC129 1942: new Brush body
Upper saloon: 31 seats		Lower saloon: 29 seats
130 1935 1950 AVC130
131 1935 1952 AVC131 1951: re-numbered 431
132 1935 1950 AVC132
133 1935 1950 AVC133
134 1935 1951 AVC134
135 1935 1950 AVC135
136 1935 1952 AVC136 1951: re-numbered 436
137 1935 1950 AVC137
138 1935 1951 AVC138
139 1935 1949 AVC139
140 1935 1949 AVC140
141 1935 1949 AVC141
142 1935 1949 AVC142