Side Loader Buses

My Grandfather had a Bus company that origonally ran from Brisbane to Goondiwindi.The Government came up with a licsensing scheme and another company got the run,so they then ran fron Brisbane to Tamworth,which was interstate,and didn`t require a licsense.Anyway,when they kicked off,they used side loader Inter`s,which where popular at the time.One of these pics is the second Denning Bus body built,the first was built for Glanvilles,another Bus company that my father bought in the early/mid 70`s.Anyway,hers some pics.-

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Wot B the Blu one n the one under it
?? Dodge Fargo??

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Those 2 are one and the same,after a Dulux reco into fleet colours.It`s a DeSota,I`ve got a Fargo I think I`ll have to have a look.

Here`s a couple more,including one from Gladstone,My old man had the Bus service there briefly in the late 70`s,check out the Knocker semi trailer

A couple more,My Grandfather also had this Inter,I remember him telling me that if the drivers got sick of the Buses,he could put them in the truck for a week or two.

Hey Big Cam, that Commer is actually a petrol and I looked at an identical one in Gunnedah for sale some years back. A local Gunnedah bloke bought it and it is now for sale again. It still had the bus trailer on it but some one had taken the body apart...............I wonder if it's the one : : :

Great pics. I like that blue K series Inter. I'm a bit of a fan of the K series.

There was a few of those Semi Trailer buses about,it`s a pity the`re gone.I would have thought that when the truck wore out they would have put another prime mover in front of them.

Hey Big Cam, that Commer is actually a petrol and I looked at an identical one in Gunnedah for sale some years back. A local Gunnedah bloke bought it and it is now for sale again. It still had the bus trailer on it but some one had taken the body apart...............I wonder if it's the one : : :

I saw photos of the bus in question being operated in the Newcastle area around 1970, owned by a private operator. It is the model before the knocker (same as the one in your photo) and as many as were operating, it is the only one I've seen being pulled by a Commer. I'll try and download a photo of it.

great pics cam, i have never seen a side loader bus before. would be good if someone got hold of one and restored it. would be something different.