Newcastle Transport AEC Regent III NVK341 

That Bristol LWL5G gave this more powerful AEC Regent a run for its money, even uphill!

Thank goodness this Regent III was saved as it was a rare 9612A crash box type as opposed to the more common 9612E or 0961. Liverpool had 9613As (A757-806) but didn't sound like this Newcastle bus because they were actually 9613S (synchromesh) with 9613A chassis numbers. A757-806, A1-100 ( which WERE 9613S types) and A101-292 (Regent V D3RV) all sounded the same.

Does anyone know who the current owner is?

Music! The grunt and growl of that 9.6 litre AEC is superb. No Leyland can get anywhere near it for aural effects, or I suspect performance? Certainly from a driving point, I always found London's AEC engined Routemasters superior.