Historic buses

690123Th York (WA): WAGR Foden DP52 / WAG8952; V1202. (Roderick Smith).
From www.perthbus.info : Dp52, Foden PVSC6 / Comeng built Oct.1950, seating FC18FV.

Roderick.

One of these is preserved by the WA bus museum at Whiteman Park.

TDU

I love semi buses, the only problem with that one is you could have passengers in the cabin with you!

2016 Flxible Bus Parade Loudonville USA. There are some beauties to be seen here.

Some VERY tidy old girls there!

Roderick,
I have just come across a " Trail Ezy " caravan, have done a Google search with no luck, do you know any thing about them?
Peter

I know nothing, and have reposted the question to the lengthy thread on wooden (and other) caravans:
www.hcvc.com.au/forum/oldjunk/11631-wood...ans?start=180#174357 .
It is on page 19, with a few thoughts and extra questions to narrow the field. A photo or link could well be worth a thousand words.
Roderick.

141109Su Healesville (Vic.) Heritage Festival: McKenzie's 1947 International/Webber SW400 (fleet 40). (Roderick Smith) This was larger than most Healesville ones, as it was celebrating the 150th anniversary of the founding of the town.
It did clash with HCVC's annual rally, held at Yarra Glen for the first time.
I got to Yarra Glen by a McKenzie's route bus from Lilydale, then continued later to Healesville on a special heritage-bus shuttle, then returned to Lilydale on a McKenzie's route bus.
From Paul K in HCVC facebook: McKenzie's had three Weber-bodied buses: 40 (SW400), 41 (TP763) and 43 (TG508). Perhaps there was one other? In 1949, McKenzie's, Peninsula BL (where Roy Weber then worked) and Bond's of Adelaide formed a partnership to run Greyhound Tours in the southern states. It didn't last long, but long enough for McKenzie's to get three Weber-bodied buses and one Bond-bodied bus (which went back to Bond's).
From me, in HCVC facebook: I was at primary school at Chatham (Surrey Hills, Melbourne, Vic.). For swimming days, we used chartered trams to Kew. For picnics and excursions, we used McKenzie's. Most such headed to native territory, as it was our side of town, and we were adjacent to Whitehorse Rd / Maroondah Hwy: Sir Colin MacKenzie Sanctuary, Maroondah Reservoir. ABFL doesn't go back that far. I was a passenger on at least one of the four. There were also Bedford SBs.
Facebook doesn't search on comments, and doesn't bring up comments when linking to the first of a set.
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Roderick

690114Tu Perth (WA) WAGR Leyland DP76; Hino H92. (Roderick Smith)

Roderick

One for Roderick Smith, possibly?
A few years ago, remember seeing two short version AEC buses, looked from what you could see of them from the road, maybe 22-24 odd seater single deckers. They were in that bit of a wrecking yard at Buangor on the Western Highway, Vic.
Someone or other told me that somebody had bought one of them to convert into a motor home and after purchase at auction, (possibly ex-Govt?) discovered that they were 8 foot 6 inches wide and that S.A. was the only state they could legally run in, if at all. I have an idea they were eventually cut up for scrap.I often wondered about not only the origin (fully imported?) but also what they were powered with. Have heard that AEC did make a 4 cylinder diesel, similar in output to Albion, never actually laid eyes on them myself.
In one way they were a bit of an oddity, being of limited seating,unless they were bought for country school buses originally?
It had been suggested that they spent some time ferrying Govt workers around, don't know where exactly or just what they were used for. From the road, they looked like a normal AEC Regal or something similar, except for being so short. Was S.A. and possibly the N.T. the only states to allow buses to go to the 8'6" width configuration, bodywise?
Whoever the bloke was who had ideas of conversion, got his fingers burnt, maybe should have gone to the trouble of checking with the different State authorities, unless they were possibly dirt cheap?
I do also recall seeing one of those overwidth Scammel Contractors, bonnetted job, in a yard down around the back of Gepps Cross, looked to be still registered, had some sort of plates on it. Had the tiger stripes and overwidth plastered on the front bumper bar and a couple of revolving lights on the roof. Was many years ago, maybe around 1980 or so, could have ended up anywhere although reckon I saw the same truck, or maybe one of it's mates, in either Coober Pedy or Andamooka, but that would have been 2005. Anyone confirm?
Cheers, Dave_64