whatever happened to Hancock?

[scott]

I just bought myself a stack of old Truck and Bus Mags dating back to 1979 through to 1987 (various issues) and one of them had a very detailed report by the late great Geoff Johnson about the then new prototype Hancock medium bus chassis, built in Melbourne with a CAT 3208 and an Allison MT auto. Then another issue had a report by Steve Brooks about an an evaluation day with bus operators that Hancock held to get some interest. The bus was APD043, a Smithfield bodied unit which had the first production Hancock chassis with some modifications from the prototype.

Whatever happened to Hancock and why did they fold?, were there issues with the chassis, or were operators just not keen. I know Ventura had two of them, which were sold only after a few years to Sita, and I know Dysons had some which were sold not too long ago. There were only 20 made if I remember correctly.

[busways266]

3 Of them at Murpheys commercials Newcastle at the moment - They look ok . One rear mount & 2 mid mounts . 3208 Throw away cats with alison autos.

[busways266]

Anyone know where these 3 units came from ?

[1whoknows]

The mid mounts will probably be the pair of Newnham bodies from Dysons, originally Reids Bus Service.

[Hancockmotorhome]

Hey guys I brought one of the Hancock busses was so hard to find anything about them I got pretty much all I know about them from you guys here can I up load a picture on here ?? If so I’ll show u with one I got and hopefully I can get so more history of my new bus

[busrider]

Fleet Lists wrote a guide to uploading photos here, hopefully it is of some assistance to you: https://busaustralia.com/forum/viewtopi ... 14#p309214

[Keats]

From an episode of "Cop Shop", here's a glimpse of Mee's Hancock 2105AI!

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