Park Royal Vehicles

[1] Park Royal Coach Works Limited was registered as a private company on 12 April 1930 for the purposes of building and dealing in carriages, vehicles and conveyances of all kinds.

This formidable combination of AEC and PRV supported the demanding requirements of London Transport and many other major fleet owners and operators.

BL (British Leyland) was nationalised by the Labour Government in 1975, following which many subsidiaries were closed, including AEC in 1979 and Park Royal in July 1980.

During World War II it also played a part in the production of Halifax bombers as the outer wings and engine cowlings were built at the Park Royal site.

Park Royal built 150 Green Goddess fire engines between November 1954 and January 1955, with PRV body numbers B37444 - B37593 and registrations PGW51 - PGW200.