Ex London Transport bus RT 1062

27th September 2009

After being sold off by London Transport back in the 1960's RT1062 (registration number JXN 90) worked for several private bus and coach operators ending its days in the Harlow and Hoddesdon areas in the mid 1970's. Its final commercial operator being Golden Boy Coaches of Roydon who had been using it on school contract work. My mate David and I had already expressed an interest in it so it was offered as seen for Ł200. We struck a deal where we could keep it in their yard so we handed over the cash and set to work on fixing it up. Luckily both London Transport and London Country were still using RT's at the time so spares were no problem. A chance meeting with the man who ran the LT Loughton garage workshop proved invaluable. So many new parts on buses going for scrap found themselves transposed for the badly worn parts on 1062. We had repainted our bus in Woolworth's red which was pretty close to the LT shade. It was only when we parked up close to a bus still in service that it really noticed. We had it taxed and insured as a 56 seat private vehicle and as such only needed an ordinary driving licence. The quirky law was such that if you took the seats out you would have needed a Heavy Goods Vehicle licence to drive it. We had great fun in it until we lost out on our parking agreement and had to sell it. RT 1062 now resides in Canada with its roof cut off taking tourists on city tours while painted yellow.. a far cry from its days working the streets of London

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