Coventry Corporation Buses Others AEC Regent I

These were wartime buses procured via the Ministry of Supply. They are generally described as simply AEC Regent, but Mike Greenwood* has listed those diverted to Midland Red as AEC Regent II.

Model	AEC Regent
Details	Double deck with Brush bodywork AEC A173 7.7 Litre engine Upper saloon: 30 seats Lower saloon: 26 seats
Number	Delivered	Withdrawn	Reg No	Notes
259	1942	1958	EVC259
260	1942	1958	EVC260
261	1942	1958	EVC261
262			EVC262	These buses were originally allocated to Coventry by the Ministry of War Transport, but were reallocated before delivery. The registrations EVC262-268 were cancelled and the buses re-registered by the receiving organisation. 262 was delivered to Kingston-upon-Hull as Fleet Number 196 and the others were delivered to Midland Red as GHA795-800. They never ran in Coventry. A further fifteen were originally ordered, but the orders appear to have been cancelled, so Fleet Numbers 262-283 were never issued, although a second-hand Leyland Tiger (original Fleet Number 11) was renumbered 263 in 1946 in preparation for the re-start of numbering for the post-war fleet.
263			EVC263
264			EVC264
265			EVC265
266			EVC266
267			EVC267
268			EVC268

* Mike Greenwood Midland Red Glory Days Ian Allan Publishing 1998 ISBN 0 7110 2589 4