Merc O302

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Merc O302

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Can anyone help out with some details of this coach?

It was acquired second hand by the Fire Brigade in 1984, MAY have come from Punchbowl BS
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At first I thought it might have been GBW vodied but I'm sure its built by Superior.Check the ID plates in the vehicle.
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Didn't Rover Motors have some of these at one stage?
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Rover Motors Mercedes 0302.Picture from the Norman Chambers collection
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Would it be a Denning body?
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boronia wrote:Would it be a Denning body?
The roof of the vehicle is different where the 2 windows are in the roof.The window behind the driver is different shape too.
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Looks like a PMC NSW body ( foggy memories these days!!)
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The NSW Fire Brigade vehicle was new to Punchbowl BC as m/o 143 - body PMC (0236 8/76) RC49F. It was later rereg PB2740 then later as TV812. It was traded in 1985 (along with 2 other 0.302 / PMC coaches) to Yorkstar. Yorkstar resold this coach to NSW Fire Brigade.
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VIKing wrote:The NSW Fire Brigade vehicle was new to Punchbowl BC as m/o 143 - body PMC (0236 8/76) RC49F. It was later rereg PB2740 then later as TV812. It was traded in 1985 (along with 2 other 0.302 / PMC coaches) to Yorkstar. Yorkstar resold this coach to NSW Fire Brigade.
I'm glad someone Was able to ID the vehicle.It shows how similar designs were.
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I would have picked it as Custom Coaches. Glad someone knew.
So this is one or the things PMC was keeping itself busy with in the years between their last mark II Leopards for the NSW government and their massive Merc 0305 order.
CKD Leyland Nationals was another notable activity in this wilderness period for PMC.
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Denv12 wrote:
boronia wrote:Would it be a Denning body?
The roof of the vehicle is different where the 2 windows are in the roof.The window behind the driver is different shape too.

Can you point out the differences of the windows , Im having trouble picking it up.
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I've added a photo of a Denning bodied 0302 of a similar year. Take a look at the side windows.In particular the 2nd and 3rd windows.The gap between them is narrower.The shape of those 2 windows is different too.If you compare these 0302's to others made by Domino,Smithfield,GBW,etc they varied. Also on the roof,where the roof rises you can see there is a difference there too.Every builder had their own design.

Has anyone else got photos of other 0302's?
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VIKing wrote:The NSW Fire Brigade vehicle was new to Punchbowl BC as m/o 143 - body PMC (0236 8/76) RC49F. It was later rereg PB2740 then later as TV812. It was traded in 1985 (along with 2 other 0.302 / PMC coaches) to Yorkstar. Yorkstar resold this coach to NSW Fire Brigade.
This is a photo of one of the other such coaches with Punchbowl m/o 656 http://www.busaustralia.com/gallery/dis ... ?pos=-9780 which became PB2718 and then TV 813
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