CGJ 188 AEC Q type London Country New to London Country in 1935 as Q83

Pictured at the 2008 London Bus Preservation Trust Spring Gathering is CGJ 188, a preserved AEC Q Type bus. Despite appearances, although it was new to London Transport as Q83 in October 1935 and always wore Country Area green livery, until sold in January 1954.

Pictured at the 2008 London Bus Preservation Trust Spring Gathering is CGJ 188, a preserved AEC Q Type bus. Despite appearances, although it was new to London Transport as Q83 in October 1935 and always wore Country Area green livery, until sold in January 1954.

Q83 was new to Dorking garage and was one of 50 converted in 1937 for Greenline Coach use by the addition of luggage racks and heaters, working from Leatherhead and Watford, Leavesden Road garages. With the introduction of new 10T10 coaches, it reverted to bus work from Guildford, then Windsor.

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Thankfully, Q83 (CGJ 188) is now beautifully restored and safe in the care of the London Bus Museum. But this is how I remember her in 1968, and it...

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Preserved AEC Q83. CGJ 188. Seen here at Dorking 1 September 2002. Q83 dates from 1935, and classified as 4Q4, one of a batch converted to Greenline operation and reclassified 1/4Q4/1. It is one of a batch bodied by The Birmingham Railway Carriage & Wagon Co. Ltd. These sow a distinctive slopping of the roof from front to rear. Photograph. John ...

Inside, a longitudinal bench seat was fitted over the engine cover. The engine turned an offset differential on the rear axle, which necessitated the use of single tyres at the rear. This vehicle …

The Cobham Bus Museum's own AEC Q/BRCW Q83 CGJ188 is seen at their Annual Spring Bus & Coach Gathering, at Wisley Airfield, on April 5th 2009.