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'''Motor Body Specialists''' was an Australian bus bodybuilder in [[ |
'''Motor Body Specialists''' was an Australian bus bodybuilder in [[Eagle Farm]], [[Brisbane]]. |
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==History== |
==History== |
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Motor Body Specialists commenced operations in 1964 bodying [[Bedford Vehicles|Bedford]] and [[Leyland Bus|Leyland]].<ref>{{cite book|last=Travers|first=Greg|title=The Australian Private Bus|year=1979|publisher=Historic Commercial Vehicle association|location=Sydney|isbn=0 959601 61 9|page=69}}</ref> |
Motor Body Specialists commenced operations in 1964 bodying [[Bedford Vehicles|Bedford]] and [[Leyland Bus|Leyland]].<ref>{{cite book|last=Travers|first=Greg|title=The Australian Private Bus|year=1979|publisher=Historic Commercial Vehicle association|location=Sydney|isbn=0 959601 61 9|page=69}}</ref> In January 1965, it signed a deal to distribute [[Commonwealth Engineering]] bodied buses in [[Queensland]] and northern [[New South Wales]].<ref>{{cite book|first=John|last=Dunn|title=Comeng: A history of Commonwealth Engineering: Volume 2: 1955-1966|year=2008|isbn=1877058734|publisher=Rosenberg Publishing|page=315}}</ref> |
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By the mid-1980s the operation had been renamed Rogers and it was concentrating on bodying [[Isuzu Motors|Isuzu]] and later [[Hino Motors|Hino]] chassis.<ref name="ABP5/5">"Motor Body Specialists" ''Australian Bus Panorama'' issue 5/5 March 1990 page 22</ref> By 1990 341 chassis has been bodied.<ref name="ABP5/5"/> |
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By 1990 341 chassis has been bodied.<ref name=ABP5/5/> |
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Latest revision as of 09:39, 12 June 2020
Industry | Bus manufacturing |
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Founded | 1964 |
Headquarters | , Australia |
Motor Body Specialists was an Australian bus bodybuilder in Eagle Farm, Brisbane.
History
[edit]Motor Body Specialists commenced operations in 1964 bodying Bedford and Leyland.[1] In January 1965, it signed a deal to distribute Commonwealth Engineering bodied buses in Queensland and northern New South Wales.[2]
By the mid-1980s the operation had been renamed Rogers and it was concentrating on bodying Isuzu and later Hino chassis.[3] By 1990 341 chassis has been bodied.[3]
References
[edit]- ^ Travers, Greg (1979). The Australian Private Bus. Sydney: Historic Commercial Vehicle association. p. 69. ISBN 0 959601 61 9.
- ^ Dunn, John (2008). Comeng: A history of Commonwealth Engineering: Volume 2: 1955-1966. Rosenberg Publishing. p. 315. ISBN 1877058734.
- ^ a b "Motor Body Specialists" Australian Bus Panorama issue 5/5 March 1990 page 22