Devon General – AEC Regent V – 506 RUO – 506
Photograph by ‘unknown’ if you took this photo please go to the copyright page.
Devon General Omnibus & Touring Co Ltd
1964
AEC Regent V 2D3RA
Willowbrook H39/30F
This very good looking Willowbrook bodied AEC Regent V of Devon General is I think about to start on its long distance run to Plymouth. It had not been in service very long when this shot was taken in the summer of 1964. It is on route 128 which was Torquay to Plymouth, the via blind reads Ivybridge and Totnes but on looking at a map it should be via Totnes and Ivybridge, still it will be right for the return trip. This route was one of the joint service long distance routes operated with Southern & Western National. Devon General also had an agreement with the largest city in their area Exeter, so Devon General buses did quite a few inner city routes and City of Exeter buses would be seen on some of the out of city routes.
———
It is possible that the intermediate display is printed so as to show the places only once, thereby being "wrong way round" on every other journey. This was a fairly common practice where operators quite reasonably sought to avoid wastage of the expensive material.
Chris Youhill
———
It is a very smart body, perhaps slightly marred by the heavy look of the sliding windows.
Amazing how rear wheel ‘spats’ always improve the look of buses. Was this a common feature of Devon General?
Chris Hebbron