Parramatta Bus Co - m/o 931, 932, 024. 157, 325. All AEC's, All PBC bodies accept 932 which was an MBA body on a Reo Chassis ex m/o314 GM

Shennan also used to publish the Ford Magazine.

TonyP Reo Pusher, 1942 Model, Eight supposed to have entered Australia only one survives in Victoria.
Fogg's Newcastle
The Entrance Red
Wagg A J
All had Syd Wood Bodies and converted to front engine
Still looking for rest? Have to ask Peter?

Re Hawkins buses, how far back do you wish to go? 1940's?

Len Manny took a number of photos of HHBC?

Neville Wran tried this in the 70's. Started with Kindergarten, 1st and 2nd Classes to continue on till all children had free travel? Did till the costs blew out and he didn't need it to keep him in office.

The original m/o 924 was an ex G R Sinclair MBA White, which later had an AEC Chassis?
Stone Bros - mo 924 White MBA 39 - Auburn Depot 00.11.1951 - ex Sinclair G R
Stone Bros - mo 924 - 01 AEC MBA - Depot Karrabah Rd Auburn - Ex Sinclair G R White

Centralian - Attached is a photo which I took in February, 1949 at RMRB of a new Star Bros bodied GMC for D Mathieson Route 11. Another Mathieson bus, I have not noted the author of the following - I think the vehicle in the first photograph is former Oliveri m/o 5394. I have compared it to a photo ...

That listing was taken from Robert Henderson's SYDNEY BUS ROUTES - Which I should have acknowledged. GM

burrumbus, you were asking about John Cole's previous life before he purchased Riverstone. I gave some info in my previous post and I have been trying to remember what he told me, but at my age the memory is failing? I do remember John saying that he had worked for the NSWGR as a Fireman and that on...

I first met John Cole about 1970 when I was dismantling a Bales Reo from his yard at Riverstone. The attached photo shows the depot, the Reo Syd Wood, my son David (now 58) and Stefan Indyka. It was during one of my visits to John that I mentioned I was interested in buying a bus service and he put ...

The bus belongs to Arthur Marrin m/o 70 AEC Syd Wood Route 34. GM

No problem Industry. I hope it helps Owen with his memory! Although I have a number of photos of buses on Routes 3 and 164 it is hard to tell which ones were Owens and his brother. The Chev I knew was Bevan's.

Hi Industry, maybe he is Owen Bevan, see below? Route 3 PARRAMATTA – EAST PARRAMATTA – BURNSIDE HOMES PARRAMATTA – EAST PARRAMATTA – WEBB ST – PARRAMATTA (bidirectional loop) July 1969: Transferred to OW & CS Bevan. 16 March 1971: Amalgamated with 164 (Parramatta – Webb St) as 3, Parramatta – East P...

Page 1 of 11 5 June 2014 index of operators.docx SYDNEY BUS ROUTES Index of Operators Index from 1925 to the present of operators of private bus services in the metropolitan area of Sydney, NSW, Australia (including routes with numbers in the Sydney Region Route Number System in the Blue Mountains a...

Industry may I ask the surname of Owen, as I am 86 and was a member of Parramatta BCA when I was an operator and may know him?

I have a number of old Victorian Railways Magazines dating back to the 60's, 70's and 80's. 1) Victoria's "News Rail" 2) Vic Rail News 3) VR Newsletter. 4) Victorian "Railways". 5) V Line News Plus a copy of "Victorian Railways, General Instructions, Cost Accountant at Workshops". If you are interes...

Some times you can find a lot of information on the back of a bus? Ocean Beach Bus Service - 159-696 Chevrolet

No more than 15 Passengers? GM

Rutty's bus is a White, a lot of buses operated with single rear wheels during that period of time. Rutty & Son - 218-951 White Syd Wood GM

Disappointed that "Rebodying Buses" got a mention in "The Private Bus Industry in NSW" but not one photo appeared! I appreciate the amount of work involved in the book but as we can see it was a big part of the industry during and after the war. Bridge & Carpenter - mo 683 Chevrolet Syd Wood - A Geo...

Re Properts - The reason for the local body work, as noted by John Dunn in ‘Comeng: A History of Commonwealth Engineering Vo1 1: 1921-1955’, was that during World War I there were few ships and little space to import entire cars to Australia so chassis only began to arrive here. By the 1920s the eno...

tonyp I have attached two pieces of information re Syd Wood for your perusal.
As far as I am aware ESWOOD was an off shoot of Syd Wood by a member of his family? GM

"Frame didn't look to bad , very little rust. Motor missing" - Fully Air Conditioned, no Jet Air?

TAA AEC MBA Motor Show c1955.
A couple of MBA bodied buses from Sam Hood.
White Waddington.