1942 White W20 Articulated Bus

Morning All !

Here's an interesting unit for sale. A 1942 White W20 Prime Mover that looks like an artic bus. Can honestly say have never see one before. Would love to know its history.

Here's the link:

www.truckworld.com.au/Trucks/WHITE/W20/17211.aspx

And the pics:







Who wants to take a guess what he's asking ???

Got a couple of emails about this the other day so passed them onto Dom for his artic bus hunting mate. Haven't heard anything yet.

The old bus has a Watt brothers body.Old mate wasn`t asking much for it,basically what the Perkins is worth. He needs the room and wants it out of his yard.I`ve passed his details on to Dominic,who sounded like his mate was going to buy it,and also to Barrie Watt who has been looking for ir for a while.Barrie has quite a few restored buses with his bodies on them.I would have thought between the two of them it would be gone by now.It`s up near Eumundi on the Sunshine Coast.

These articulated buses were fairly common in the late 40s and 50s. I think the road authorities may have banned them.
One sort of bus I could manage, you don't have to talk to the passengers and can always pull the pin if they are getting out of hand.

Just found these old photos dated 1947 in the National Archives.




It would be nice to think they are one and the same truck, but the one for sale only has 1 passenger door, the one above has 2.

G'day all just thought I would let ya's know my dad purchased the old white bus,its a real old gem,we are going to restore it,its now back in victoria my dad and brother picked it up from QLD last week,if anyone has found out anymore info about these old buses,please let me know,he also has a Diamond T 420 in very good condition its stripped down to chassis rails at the moment if any one knows where there is any parts for these please let me know (wiring loom would be handy)

also how do i upload pics???????

Hello, i wont swear to it but i think your bus might have operated in Caboolture Qld as a school bus

Comming from Eumundi just up the road might fit in

Rob

ok cool ill do some research on that and see what i find,thanks for the reply

Youngie, the photos are easy but you need to set up an album with photobucket or flickr etc.. dump your photos there then click on the image code (Ignore the copied sign that pops up) right click mouse and copy the image code then past it in your forum post and the picture will appear.

and well done to you and your dad

/me