Rego bus plates

[bushead]

Info on NSW rego plates 4147, 4159,4166,4170, 4216, 4283, 4292.

[LB608]

m/o4159 1/1953 Foggs Motor Service AEC D D X 1438
m/o 4166 6/1953 Red Top Transport AEC D D x 1583
3/31978 Caringbah Bus Service Bedford YMT3
1/1983 Manly Bus Service
Bedford SB5
20/9/1989 Blythe
7/7/1990 Sydney Coach Lines reregistered m/o8377
m/o 4216 Classic Tours AEC ?
Metro- Link Bedford YMT3
m/o4292 Bankstown Bus Lines Bedford SB5
South Western Coach Lines

[bushead]

Thanks lb608
Re 4159 1438 is a Leyland DD withdrawn 2-60

[hugh45]

bushead
I have additional details on m/o 4216 as Harris Park Transport then Merrylands Bus Co.
I have details for m/o 4283 as Granville Bus Co.
I am also chasing details for m/o 4147 and m/o 4170 in addition to m/o 4133, m/o 4273, m/o 4279 m/o 4362 and m/o 4385.
I am also interested in details for m/o 5170 before the more recent tegistration of this number with Busways.

[Red and Cream]

My rego list shows that m/o 4159 was an AEC DD with Fogg and was ex m/o 1458. (m/o 1438 was a Leyland TD5 and was never registered as a bus after DGT service but sold to Narromine as caravan. It was acquired by the Sydney Bus Museum in the 1990s and i assume it is still there.)
m/o 4166 AEC Redtop was never used as a DD but chassis was rebodied with a FC Syd Wood body.
m/o 4279 was a FC Bedford with a Comeng body for Kurnell Bus Svce.
m/o 4283 was FC Leyland with an own built body with Granville Bus Service.
m/o 5170 was a FC Bedford with a CCMC body for Col Sinclair.
m/o 4216 was FC AEC WITH A Comeng body with Merrylands Bus Service.

[LB608]

Have given myself a slap on the waist for miss reading my writing

[Red and Cream]

Have given myself a slap on the waist for miss reading my writing

Easily done LB608 as i know as most of my posts are done between midnight and 2AM due to my crap internet being at its best then and being just about to nod off myself at that time i have mistyped a few times, luckily gently reminded by others in the further posts ( or i pick it up myself the next day when i am more awake) that i have made a boo boo.

[hugh45]

I have m/o 5275 and m/o 5278 registered with Hillsbus in 2010. I am interested to find out whether these registrations were previously used on other buses.

I also have an articulated Volvo registered with State Transport as m/o 4255. I am interested whether this registration was previously used on a private bus.

[Red and Cream]

I have m/o 5275 and m/o 5278 registered with Hillsbus in 2010. I am interested to find out whether these registrations were previously used on other buses.

I also have an articulated Volvo registered with State Transport as m/o 4255. I am interested whether this registration was previously used on a private bus.

Hi hugh45, the plate m/o 4255 was issued towards the end of 1959 to an AEC with a MBA body with the Sinclair Bus Services then sold to Merrylands Bus Service.

Do you know how the Volvo acquired this plate?

Brings back memories of the shock when for the first time i had seen it when DGT 31 seat SD Leyland m/o 2862 lost its number plate in October 1963 and instead of the usual practice of waiting for the plate to be remade it was issued with the private rego of m/o 4716.
Sorry no info on m/o 5275 or m/o 5278.

[LB608]

m/o4255 was a Volvo B58 Demonstrater,it operared on 417's Quay to Country Trains for maybe 3 days only,no fares were charged,as the bus was driven by a Volvo Australia driver,with a couple of top notched government officials as passengers, it was all white

[bushead]

Re 4385 was a GMC FC 1-49 Syd Wood which in 2-61to Goodwin Glen Innes as MO 4346.
It originally operated for Berry Lithgow as MO 3743.
Dereg 1955
12-60 to Foggs as CFF 612 rereg 4385.

[hugh45]

I have not been able to identify buses with registrations m/o 4504, m/o 4627, m/o 4628, m/o 4708 and m/o 4774.

Does anyone have details of buses with these plates.

[Red and Cream]

I have not been able to identify buses with registrations m/o 4504, m/o 4627, m/o 4628, m/o 4708 and m/o 4774.

Does anyone have details of buses with these plates.

hugh45 - m/o 4628 was a FC SB Bedford CAC with Duffy of Richmond and went through a few registrations with Duffy starting out as MO 111 then registered as m/o 4419 then finally m/o 4628. After service with Duffy it was sold to Lanes of Warrnambool Victoria as JJN 109. The plate MO 111 after removal from the SB was used on Duffy's 1961 CCMC bodied Bedford SB3.

m/o 4708 was a FC Syd Wood GMC with Larkins Bus Service route 6, then Jamiesons Bus Service . It came from Richter of Umina where it had been MO 627 and after sale from Jamieson it went to Canowindra on car plates ENT 760.

m/o 4774 was a Syd Wood bodied AEC Half Cab with Seven Hills Passenger Service and came from Pioneer Coaches of Bexley. After service with them it went to a wreckers yard at Padstow.


My photo of m/o 4708 and this Don Allit photo of m/o 4419 before it became m/o 4628.

Larkins m/o 4708 on a special hiring.

And this Don Allitt photo of m/o 4419 before it was reregistered as m/o 4628.

[hugh45]

I am chasing details of buses with m/o 4131, m/o 4147 and m/o 4170.
I suspect that m/o 4131 may have been issued from the Newcastle registry.

[LB608]

Here are 4 that somebody may know
m/o 110
m/o 4328
MO 975
MO 980

[hugh45]

I do not have any information on m/o 110.
m/o 4328 was with Granville Bus Company.
I do not have any information for MO975 and MO 980. However, m/o 975 was an Atkinson bus with Saints, Peakhurst Bus Company.
m/o 980 was with Bosnjak's of Parramatta.

[LB608]

Here is a few more
m/o 154
m/o 343
MO 280
MO 4901
TV 499
TV2514

[hugh45]

LB608
i do not have any details of the above mentioned buses.
I do have details of m/o 280 last used by Campbelltown Transit and m/o 4901 last used by Bosnjak's at Penrith.
Do you have any details for m/o 342 and m/o 346.

[LB608]

m/o 342 Troy Eastwood Reo
m/o 346 can't help you

[robert]

m/o 4774 was a Syd Wood bodied AEC Half Cab with Vardys Road Bus Service and came from Pioneer Coaches of Bexley where it had been m/o 266. After sale from Vardeys Road it went to a wreckers yard at Padstow.

Hi Red and Cream

Slightly off-topic. But I had never seen reference to "Vardys Road Bus Service".

I am guessing they ran route 144 between Seven Hills and Vardys Road. In my own notes about that route, it was run by (as per website):

• Toongabbie Bus Co (Feb 1959 - November 1959

• Seven Hills Bus Lines (M Holman & WA Willmot, November 1959 - April 1961)

• Seven Hills Passenger Service (Wilmott, from April 1961)

Seven Hills Passenger Service later transferred to Fitzgerald & Barton.

Was Vardys Rd Bus Service perhaps an alternative trading name for one of these operators?

Thanks

Robert

[hugh45]

Fleet lists for Pioneer Coaches shows m/o 266 was sold to Crowther & Sons, Cronulla in February 1961. If it was then sold to what is shown as Vardys Road Bus Service at a later date, I assume that it would belong to Seven Hills Passenger Service.

[Red and Cream]

m/o 4774 was a Syd Wood bodied AEC Half Cab with Seven Hills Passenger Service and came from Pioneer Coaches of Bexley. After service with them it went to a wreckers yard at Padstow.

Hi Red and Cream

Slightly off-topic. But I had never seen reference to "Vardys Road Bus Service".

I am guessing they ran route 144 between Seven Hills and Vardys Road. In my own notes about that route, it was run by (as per website):

• Toongabbie Bus Co (Feb 1959 - November 1959

• Seven Hills Bus Lines (M Holman & WA Willmot, November 1959 - April 1961)

• Seven Hills Passenger Service (Wilmott, from April 1961)

Seven Hills Passenger Service later transferred to Fitzgerald & Barton.

Was Vardys Rd Bus Service perhaps an alternative trading name for one of these operators?

Thanks

Robert

Hi Robert
Good to hear from you, i will have to go through my notes in regard to Vardeys Road as i have not yet got to the alzheimers stage yet but as it is 55 years ago i need to rely on my records, so i will get back to you soon.
Regards Dave.
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[Red and Cream]

Here is a few more
m/o 154
m/o 343
MO 280
MO 4901
TV 499
TV2514

Hi LB608, some info about your rego numbers from my records.
m/o 154 was an AEC half cab with Parramatta Bus Co.
MO 280 (Country rego) was a Toyota Arakawa mini bus with Harris of Tumut.

Cheers Dave.

















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[Red and Cream]

Info on NSW rego plates 4147, 4159,4166,4170, 4216, 4328, 4292.

Hi bushead, i know you posted thia message nearly 12 months ago about rego details and in regard to m/o 4328, hugh45 correctly identified it as a Granville Bus Co bus. i thought you might be interested in a bit more info about it. m/o 4328 was an Austin with a PMC body and was one of the very earliest buses constructed by PMC in Sydney and after service with Granville it was sold to Lowder of Wee Waa as M0 3270.

Cheers Dave.

[1whoknows]

The Wee Waa operator was Lowder. The Grenfell one is Loader.